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Hey Pandas, What’s A Tradition/Term You Realized Is Mostly Exclusive To Your Country?
Everyone and everyplace has their own unique traditions, like, in my case, braai-ing. What's one that you thought was widely known, only to find that others had no idea what you were talking about?
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#1
idk if its just Mexico but if we see a stray dog/cat we lure it in and adopt it
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#2
Fika
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3points
Duckbadger (Submission author) 2 years ago
Not the Hungarian thing, I’m talking about the Swedish thing
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Duckbadger (Submission author) 2 years ago
It’s hard to explain, we Swedish just do
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#3
Free refills in the U. S? I took it for granted for a while until I learned that other countries don’t do that. Also, the 4th of July for obvious reasons.
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3points
HistoryLover (Submission author) 2 years ago
To clarify, I didn’t think other countries celebrated the 4th of July; it’s just a cultural tradition that is exclusive to the U. S.
RafCo (he/him) 2 years ago
No, but every country in Latin America has an independence day. Ours is Sept 7
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It’s not just exclusive to my country, but my province. We’re the only province who calls hoodies bunnyhugs!
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2points
#5
On New Year's Eve, we wear all white, and walk down to the beach to give gifts to the ocean goddess (orixá) named Iemanjá. Even Catholics do this now. Then you jump seven waves and make seven requests. I'm not a follower of candomblé so I don't make requests of any orixá, but I would wear white, and bring the goddess a gift. Now I live in the US, so I just wear white, and I'm a parent, so I never make it to midnight
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2points
#6
Everything (except overpriced Gas Stations) being closed on sundays and all hollydays. (Germany)
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2points
#7
This isn't my country, but just growing up in a rural area. I was shocked to learn that bigger cities have multiple zip codes. Each town had its own, so I always thought it was the same everywhere. (Granted, these were REALLY small towns. Like 150 people small.)
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2points
#8
Making ‘oliebollen en appelflappen’ for Newyearseve in Holland. Learned that the hard way. We went on holiday to Germany and my mom didn’t pack anything to make them, saying: they will have it there. They didn’t. It sucked. Still remember that as the shittiest Newyears Eve ever.
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2points
Winnie the Moo (Submission author) 2 years ago
Well an ‘oliebol’ is a specific piece of dough with or without raisins that are deepfried in oil. They have the shape of a little ball. Hence the name ‘oliebol (olie = oil and bol = ball). Legend has it this is the precursor of the donut (which is also made with dough) and was modified by the new Americans after the Dutch sold New York and left. An ‘appelflap’ is made with an mixture of chopped apple with cinnamon and sugar, put in a square piece of puff pastry and then folded to a triangle. This is sprinkled with a little sugar and put in the oven and it is delicious.
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Prepare for the almighty Southern-isms: "Whatcamacallit" "Butter me sideways" "Hug you in the neck" "Y'all've" Bonus: Asking people how they are as a greeting, not a genuine question.
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Bisexual Axolotls (Submission author) 2 years ago
Southern passive-agressive tendencies at their finest
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Bisexual Axolotls (Submission author) 2 years ago
Which state are you from? I'm North Carolinian, so the barbecue runs strong here.
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Boxing Day in the UK
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Julie Snelling (Submission author) 2 years ago (edited)
The day after Christmas day (26thDecember) is known as boxing day. Because when rich and well to do families had servants the servants had to work Christmas day serving their employers.The day after Christmas was the day the staff got to go home and have Christmas with their families and it was the day they also got given a Christmas bonus which was called a Christmas box. Which is why it is called boxing day and it is why it is a bank holiday in England and as it seems various other countries I didn't know about.
#11
Mass Shootings
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#12
Tipping in the us, around the world it's less common usually because the workers actually get payed, here they don't.
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#13
Halloween. It’s really just a holiday in the United States.
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#14
Ireland, Northern and the Republic, as a guest you refuse the offer of a drink the first and second time offered. Third time you can accept. As a host you must offer and when denied wait a bit and offer again. Then the third time a while after that.
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#15
Fireworks to celebrate an attempt to blow up the English parliament and burning an effigy of the guy who attempted it.
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