It was a tradition to open the White House on that day so the president could wish visitors a happy new year.

VOA: special.2009.10.08

By tradition, George and Laura Bush will leave Washington immediately after Barack Obama is sworn-in on Tuesday.

VOA: special.2009.01.17

Jake Rohrer says everything is settled with a handshake based on the Hawaiian tradition of pono.

VOA: special.2011.05.09

Many other countries around the world also enjoy the tradition of exploding fireworks on special days.

VOA: special.2010.07.04

This is an old tradition where couples jump over a broomstick laid on the ground.

VOA: special.2010.08.09

"It was a tradition in Anglo-American culture to swear oaths on a Bible."

VOA: special.2009.01.19

Eunice Shriver also carried on the family tradition of public service.

VOA: special.2009.08.23

In keeping with U.N.tradition, the U.S.president will address the General Assembly on the first day of its annual debate, on September 23.

VOA: standard.2009.09.02

"I am bringing up winter Olympics to a country that has no tradition on the snow sports,".

VOA: standard.2010.01.22

The idea of a no-frills, environmentally-aware grave may,however, take time to catch on in Australia, where there is still a deep respect for tradition.

VOA: standard.2010.07.22

The musical ride has been a Canadian tradition since 1887, but this is the first year that there are more women on the team than men.

VOA: standard.2010.02.25

"As Wooden enters the playing court, he receives a standing ovation from an overflow crowd and true to the Wooden tradition, on the outside everything appears calm."

VOA: standard.2010.06.05

Perhaps most importantly, there is the clash between world views, where on the one hand, there is the democratic and progressive trend embodied in the venerable and still extant tradition of Arab liberalism, and on the other hand,the bloody and violent current represented by far too many of the region's seminal figures."

VOA: standard.2010.03.18