Traditions Collection (page 5)

Good Friday skipping contest, Alciston, East Sussex
Good Friday skipping contest outside the Rose Cottage Inn at Alciston, East Sussex, an annual event for which the road is officially closed. Date: 1960s

Native American costume, medicine men
Native American Indian, three medicine men, two with masks and masquerade dresses, and one man dressed as a bird. When men die

The Tables Turned by William Heath Robinson
Waits musicians rather put out of action during the festive period due to residents of one street playing jazz tunes loudly from their windows instead. Date: 1921

The 1958 Season - The last Presentations
Page from The Tatler reporting on the last presentations of debutantes to the Queen at Buckingham Palace in the Season of 1958

Candles and lanterns at Wat Phan Tao Temple, Chiang Mai
Buddhist Monk at Wat Phan Tao Temple holding candle during Loy Krathong in Chiang Mai, Thailand Date: 2014

Cartoon, Epiphany 1916, WW1
Cartoon, Epiphany 1916, illustrating a contemporary version of a childrens song about the Three Kings. Here, the three kings are from Turkey, Bulgaria and Austria

Samuel Baker, explorer, and King Rionga
Sir Samuel White Baker (1821-1893), British explorer, exchanging blood with Rionga, an African king, as part of a negotiation. Date: 1869

Tawaraya Sotatsu (17th c. ). Carriage of Prince Genji
Tawaraya Sotatsu (17th c.). Carriage of Prince Genji. Illustration from the book Genji Monogatari Emaki (The Tale of Genji) by Murasaki Shikibu. Japanese art. Momoyama period. Painting

Jewish man praying, Jerusalem
A Jewish man holding a book and praying, Jerusalem. Date: 1920s

Whatas or Patukas - Maori Food Storehouses. They are elevated from the ground by posts, to protect their contents from rats. Top left is an ordinary patuka for holding seeds

New Zealand Maori Ornaments and Decorations. They are an ear ornament, real or imitation teeth, grotesque figures (tiki), earrings, a tail feather, a shell, wooden combs, a fly catcher

Man wearing Venice Carnival Jester Costume, Venice, Italy Date: 2013

Person wearing Venice Carnival Costume, Venice, Italy Date: 2013

Couple wearing Venice Carnival Costumes, Venice, Italy Date: 2013

Venice Carnival Costumes
People wearing costumes at the Venice Carnival, Venice, Italy Date: 2013

Queen Charlottes Ball, 1934
The ceremony of cutting the cake performed by HRH Princess Arthur of Connaught (formerly Princess Alexandra of Fife), at Queen Charlottes Ball

Maypole Dance
Maypole dance, 1899 Date: 1899

Altay - Russia
The Altay or Altai are an ethnic group of Turkic people living in the Siberian Altai Republic and Altai Krai and surrounding areas of Tuva and Mongolia. circa 1910s

Naval review at Spithead, Hampshire
King George V reviewing the British naval fleet at Spithead, Hampshire. The Fleet Review is a British tradition, in which the reigning monarch reviews the massed Royal Navy

Quit Rents ceremony, Royal Courts of Justice, London
The ancient ceremony of Quit Rents taking place in the Royal Courts of Justice, London. The paying of quit rents by the Corporation of the City of London to the King (or Queen)

Three bedeswomen of Castle Rising, Norfolk
Three bedeswomen of Castle Rising, near Sandringham in Norfolk. When these elderly women enter the almshouses (known collectively as Trinity Hospital) they are required to wear an old Welsh costume

Errand Boy & Snowballs
On his way to deliver a goose and a box of Huntley & Palmers Dessert biscuits, a delivery boy stops to have a snowball fight

Children and Yule Log
Five children fetch home a very big Yule Log

18th Century Carols
The village choirmaster, with a group of boys and a man with a fiddle, sing carols in the village street

Midnight Mass
Returning from Midnight Mass, in a village of Savoie (France)

Book cover - Old Christmas by Washington Irving
Cover of Old Christmas by Washington Irving, depicting a jolly scene showing revellers dancing beneath a bunch of mistletoe. The cover is intricately decorated with a border of holly and mistletoe

Christmas Eve by Charles Robinson
The Childs Christmas by Charles Robinson, with text by Evelyn Sharp. Printed by Blackie and Son Limited. Illustration showing two children hanging up decorations on Christmas Eve. Date: 1906

Christmas Day 1854
A page of vignettes showing how Christmas Day was traditionally celebrated by Victorian families in the 1850s. Stockings and present giving was followed by church

Frith Stool, Beverley Minster, East Riding of Yorkshire
An Anglo-Saxon Frith Stool at Beverley Minster, East Riding of Yorkshire. Seating oneself on a frith-stool (also known as Frid Stools)

African dancer at ngoma, Mombasa, Kenya, East Africa
African dancer decorated with WW1 artefacts at a ngoma (traditional music and dance festival) in Mombasa, Kenya, East Africa. 1924

Wedding of Princess Mary of Cambridge & Francis of Teck
Throwing the slipper for good luck. The marriage of Princess Mary of Cambridge and Prince Francis of Teck. After the ceremony, the newlyweds are pelted with shoes and slippers for luck as they leave

Christmas Preparations - In Heath Robinsonland
No. 2 - Training a young wait. Blasting a trumpet player with wind and rain so he is prepared for all weathers once he goes Christmas carolling. Date: 1909

Interior of a Mosque, Algeria. Four men gather around an ablution fountain to prepare themselves for prayer. Three of the men wash their feet, whilst the other drinks the water. circa 1910s

Binche, Belgium - people in carnival costume
Binche, Belgium - people (known as Gilles) in carnival costume with ostrich feather headdresses, performing the Rondeau in the town square. Date: circa 1930s

French Basque - Best Calves Competition
French Basque Region - Best Calves Competition. circa 1910s

Annual festival, San Jose, Costa Rica, Central America
People taking part in the annual festival of Alajuelita just outside San Jose, Costa Rica, Central America. It is held in honour of the Black Christ of Esquipulas

Dancing, Chinatown, San Francisco, California, USA
Dance of the magnificent lion (dragon), Chinatown, San Francisco, California, USA. Date: 1936

Parade, Chinatown, San Francisco, California, USA
Parade, Golden Dragon of Good Luck, Chinatown, San Francisco, California, USA. Date: 1936

Italy. Rome. National Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions. 1938-1942. Facade

Syria. Damascus. Azm Palace. Facade
Syria. Damascus. Azm Palace (Beit Al-Azem). Facade. It was originally built in 1750 as a residence for the Ottoman governor of Damascus As ad Pasha al-Azm

Azem Palace. Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic
Syrian Arab Republic. Damascus. Azem Palace. 1750. House of Museum of Arts and Popular Traditions. Courtyard

Japan - Japanese woman O-Hana-San prepares for a bath Date: circa 1905

Buffalo dance
Gallas tribal buffalo dance, when returning home after a victory they celebrate a curious and violent dance, vigorously dancing around the buffalo skin, leaping high in the air

Masai young women adjusting iron wire
Three young Masai women sitting on the floor, while one of them gets her ornamental coil rings adjusted on her leg

Native American Indians pony dance
A tribal pony dance, showing a native American Indian riding a horse in traditional costume, and a group of native Indians chanting in the background. Date: 1891

Popular Healer
Madeleine, born in 1827, employed in a French chateau near Amiens, acquires a wide reputation for her healing skills based on old wives tales and traditions Date: circa 1880

Auld Lang Syne by Charles Robinson
Children sing Auld Lang Syne 1906

Hanging stockings by Charles Robinson
Children hang up Christmas stockings. Date: 1906

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