Wood-carving is a traditional cottage industry in the region and carved ornaments now are produced in substantial numbers as souvenirs for tourists.

On the other hand, the traditional identification with a site in Assyria would then imply the later sense of " Babylonia ", and a few interpreters have additionally tried to identify Abraham's birthplace with Chaldia, a distinct region in Asia Minor on the Black Sea.

Cuisine can be stated as the foods and methods of food preparation traditional to a region or population.

These same visible lines, accompanied by the emission lines of trivalent europium and trivalent terbium, and further accompanied by the emission continuum of divalent europium in the blue region, comprise the more discontinuous light emission of the modern trichromatic phosphor systems used in many compact fluorescent lamp and traditional lamps where better color rendition is a goal.

Antiwhaling groups have protested the hunt, saying the meat from the whales is not for traditional native consumption, but is used instead to feed animals in government-run fur farms ; they cite annual catch numbers that rose dramatically during the 1940s, at the time when state-run fur farms were being established in the region.

Worth mentioning is traditional ham production in the Šumadija region.

Modern koras made in the Casamance region of southern Senegal sometimes feature additional bass strings, adding up to four strings to the traditional 21.

However, the biggest city of the Kashubia region is Gdańsk ( Gduńsk ), the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship and the traditional capital of Kashubia.

The region is the traditional territory of the Sto: lo, a Halkomelem-speaking people of the Coast Salish linguistic and cultural grouping.

The traditional territories of the Musqueam and Tsleil ' waututh lie completely within the region ; the southern portion of Skwxwu7mesh ( Squamish ) traditional territory is also in the region.

A large number of Macedonians live outside the traditional Balkan Macedonian region, with Australia, Canada and the United States having the largest emigrant communities.

The region lay at the southernmost end of a traditional trading world that encompassed the Red Sea, the Hadhramaut coast of Arabia and the Indian coast, described in the 1st-century coasting guide that is called the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea.

The province's name recalls the traditional name of a historic Polish region, Lesser Poland, or in Polish: Małopolska.

At the same time, the United States sought to enhance its presence in the region and pursued close cooperation with Brazil, Argentina's traditional rival.

During the evening of the Setsubun festival, it is traditional in the Kansai region to eat uncut futomaki in its cylindrical form, where it is called ehō-maki (, lit.

For some Italians, especially from the region of Calabria ( Reggio Calabria ), fried smelts are a traditional part of Christmas Eve dinner consisting of multiple courses of fish.

Some varieties of traditional medicinal herbs, particularly of the Genus Curcuma, family Zingiberaceae, are indigenous to the region.

* Satho-a traditional rice wine from the Isan region.

Franche-Comté (; ; Free Countian: Fraintche-Comtè ; ) the former " Free County " of Burgundy, as distinct from the neighbouring Duchy, is an administrative region and a traditional province of eastern France.

In the Algarve region along the southern coast of Portugal, several of the posh resorts towns offer their own traditional takes on the Carnival parades.

Some of the work-study has helped to extend and support practice of traditional crafts from the Appalachian region, such as weaving.

The province's name recalls the traditional name of the region, Mazowsze ( sometimes rendered in English as " Masovia "), with which it is roughly coterminous.

Thirteen desserts in Provence are the traditional Christmas dessert, e. g. quince cheese, biscuits, almonds, nougat, apple, and fougasse.

The term Provençal ( Occitan: provençal, provençau or prouvençau, ) may be used as a traditional synonym for Occitan but, nowadays, “ Provençal ” is mainly understood as an Occitan dialect spoken in Provence.

* Fougasse is the traditional bread of Provence, round and flat with holes cut out by the baker.

* Palette AOC ; the little village of Palete, four kilometres east of Aix-en-Provence, has long been famous for the production of a vin cuit, or fortified wine, used in the traditional Provence Christmas dessert, the Thirteen desserts, and the Christmas cake called pompo à l ' oli, or the olive-oil pump.

Pastis is the traditional liqueur of Provence, flavored with anise and typically containing 40 – 45 % alcohol by volume.

Unusually, the riders climbed the " Giant of Provence " on the second-to-last day of the race, on 25 July 2009, prior to transferring to Paris for the traditional parade on the Champs-Élysées.

A barretina (, ; plural: barretines, diminutive of barret " cap ") is a traditional hat that was frequently worn by men in parts of the Christian cultures of the Mediterranean sea such as Catalonia, the Valencian Community, the Balearic Islands, Provence, Corsica, Sicily, Sardinia, part of Naples, part of the Balkans and parts of Portugal.

In the eleventh century, Provence became disputed between the traditional line and the counts of Toulouse, who claimed the title of " Margrave of Provence.

In 1125, Raymond's heir, Alfonso Jordan, signed a treaty whereby his family's traditional claim to the title of " Margrave of Provence " was recognised and the march of Provence was defined as the region north of the lower Durance and on the right of the Rhône, including the castles of Beaucaire, Vallabrègues, and Argence.

* Mas ( Provençal farmhouse ), traditional farmhouse in Provence, France

The government bureaucracy comprises traditional ministries, special agencies, and parastatal companies.

* The Ichi-Lineage today comprises most of the traditional schools within Nichiren Buddhism, including some Nikkō temples, of which the Nichiren Shū is the biggest representative.

* The traditional sector comprises enterprises and individuals associated with fisheries resources from which aboriginal people derive products in accordance with their traditions.

Gravy is a traditional sauce used on roast dinner, which ( traditionally ) comprises roast potatoes, roast meat, boiled vegetables and optional Yorkshire puddings.

Philadelphia's traditional gay village comprises several downtown blocks and is called " the Gayborhood ".

The municipality comprises the southern part of the island of Moskenesøya in the traditional district of Lofoten.

Funchal comprises ten civil parishes () based on traditional religious districts ():

Modern cymbal making comprises many different techniques, from traditional hand methods to completely automated mass-production.

The region comprises counties that were originally divided into townships after the traditional method of land grants of the original New England and New York settlers.

The traditional Malvaceae sensu stricto comprises a very homogeneous and cladistically monophyletic group.

A traditional murga group comprises a chorus and three percussionists and this is the type of murga performed on stages at Carnival.

The celebration comprises traditional local customs and some heavy drinking.

The Vereinigte Großlogen von Deutschland or United Grand Lodges of Germany ( VGLvD ) is the regular Grand Lodge in Germany, it comprises five united Grand Lodges of varying traditions: two traditional German Grand Lodges, one Prussian Swedish Rite Grand Lodge, one English tradition Grand Lodge and one North American tradition Grand Lodge, the latter two Grand Lodges having been formed by occupying forces.

Contemporary music comprises modern-day compositions that have their roots in traditional musical styles and have been created for entertainment purposes, typically with the intent of eventual mass dissemination via cassette, compact disc, radio or internet.

Newtownabbey was founded in 1958 as a result of an Act of Parliament passed in 1957 and comprises large urban residential areas along with traditional farming communities.

* The traditional sector: comprises enterprises and individuals associated with fisheries resources from which aboriginal people derive products in accordance with their traditions.

Adogawa is well known for its fan ribs ( the wooden part that comprises the skeleton of traditional Japanese hand fans ), and roughly 80 % of fan ribs made in Japan come from Adogawa.

In mathematics, the theory of equations comprises a major part of traditional algebra.

) However, Williamson's work may point to a quite general way to modify traditional evidentialism to make it better able to meet the challenges it faces: Whether or not one goes so far as to accept that E = K, broadening one's view of what comprises our evidence may provide a way to address many of the objections to evidentialism, especially to those disinclined to swallow skeptical consequences of a view.

The district comprises eight traditional Dong minority villages.

The existing range provided by Caterham Cars comprises a mixture of chassis types ( the traditional narrow-bodied ' Series 3 ' chassis, the wider SV chassis and the CSR chassis ), of engines ( k-series engines, which are now being phased out, Ford Duratec engines for the more powerful variants and Ford Sigma engines for the lower-powered models ) and of models ( Classic, Roadsport, Superlight, CSR, in ascending order of price ).

The primary logo comprises a stylized wolf-head, wearing traditional pirate regalia, superimposed over crossed baseball bats.

Dance in Quebec includes dances that are specific to the province of Quebec, Canada, it comprises traditional group, couple, and solo dance as well as contemporary jazz, ballet, and modern dance.

He desires to set forth the contents of Judaism and the limitations in respect to them of the scope of philosophy. His book comprises four main divisions (" ma ' amar "), subdivided into " kelalim " and chapters (" perakim "): the first treating of the foundation of all belief — the existence of God ; the second, of the fundamental doctrines of the faith ; the third, of other doctrines which, though not fundamental, are binding on every adherent of Judaism ; the fourth, of doctrines which, though traditional, are without obligatory character, and which are open to philosophical construction.