Traditions by whether it is still practised
The axis this catalogue exists for. Writing about a tradition in the present tense because a monograph described it in 1961 is a factual error about today, and this is the field that stops it. Unknown is a real answer and it is used.
Widespread living practice41
Practised across a substantial area by many communities, and currently documented.
Local living practice21
Practised now, in a limited area or by a limited number of communities.
Practised, declining21
Still practised and measurably contracting — fewer practitioners, less territory, or a shorter season than the earlier record describes.
Revived6
Lapsed and deliberately restarted. Not the same thing as continuous practice, and the difference is recorded rather than smoothed over.
Historical15
No longer practised. Known from documents, excavation or ethnography.
Why some groups are missing
A value appears here only once at least 4 practices sit behind it. The vocabulary has more values than this page shows, and the missing ones are gaps in the catalogue rather than in the world — several of them are subjects this site intends to cover and has not yet.