### tradition:

Buddhist tradition
* All Buddhist traditions have nuns, although their status is different among Buddhist countries.
* forbid removing any part of a human body under any circumstances.
* has a similar idea and representations of it too, for example on statues.

Celtic tradition
* are famous for their triads - almost everything goes in threes.
* is that the bride where's some kind of veil or netting and an article of scarlet.

Chinese tradition
* associates every year with a particular animal.
* classifies goldfish into four main types.

Christian tradition
* depicts a white dove as a saved soul, the purified.
* has it that Mount Tabor is where the Transfiguration took place.
* is full of animal imagery
  - underpinned by the tenets of forgiveness and reconciliation

Cultural tradition
* affect the ways that land is used, occupied, and shaped.
* can help weave more sustainable lifestyles into the fabric of civilizations.
* form the foundation of a people's identity.
* have a marked influence on their behaviour.
* is also strong in several areas such as chanting and handicraft
  - still very strong in some rural communities
* show up in festivals, landscape design and structures, and symbols.

Eastern tradition
* go into more detailed divisions of man, whether fourfold, fivefold, or sevenfold.
* seem to put emphasis on meditation and spiritual practice.

Ethical tradition
* Every ethical tradition including the medical view of the body has some ritual surrounding death.
+ Death, Society and culture, Rituals surrounding death:
  * Every ethical tradition including the medical view of the body has some ritual surrounding death. Often these excuse behaviours that might be hated if they did not have the ritual. For instance, one may say that organ transplant is like cannibalism.

### tradition:

Family tradition
* Most family tradition contributes to life
  - long life
* are the blocks to make special family moments.
* can have a powerful effect in shaping attitudes toward giving.
* help establish and strengthen faith.
* is another reason some vegetarians choose to live their particular lifestyle.
* part of folklore.
+ Christmas, Christmas Traditions, Family celebrations, Family get-togethers
  * Family traditions are very different. Some families might all go off to church together, to a Carol Service, a Midnight Mass, or a Christmas Morning service. Some families are pulled out of bed very early by children who want to open their presents. In other families, presents are given on St. Nicholas Day, on Christmas Eve or not until after church on Christmas morning. The Christmas feast might start on Christmas Eve, with a special breakfast on Christmas morning, or at midday on Christmas Day.

Hindu tradition
* circumscribes a very limited role for women.
* continues to emphasize marriage as a universal ideal.
* has birds representing the higher states of being.

Holiday tradition
* Some holiday traditions have no origin.
* are also a special part of life at Salem.
* have a way of evolving over the years, as children grow and families change.

Indian tradition
* considers invisible chakras as centers of consciousness.
* posits an eclipse of the Sun at the start of the kaliyuga epoch.

Islamic tradition
* dictates that a cow or a camel can be sacrificed by larger groups.
* forbids eating pork or drinking alcohol.
* has similar practices.
* is the foundation of their society and family honor is highly valued.

Japanese tradition
* are now on the verge of extinction.
* come to life.