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Kürtőskalács
Kürtőskalács (chimney cake, Baumstriezel) is a Székely-Transylvanian spit cake of wound yeast dough with a caramelized sugar shell; first recorded 1679, first recipe 1784, Hungarian Hungarikum since 2015.
Kurume kasuri
Kurume kasuri (久留米絣) is an indigo-dyed cotton ikat textile produced around Kurume in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, traditionally credited to Inoue Den around 1800 and designated an Important Intangible Cultural Property in 1957.
Kutia
Kutia (кутя) is the Ukrainian ritual Christmas grain dish of cooked wheat or barley with honey, poppy seed, and nuts, eaten three times in the winter cycle (Rich, Generous, Hungry kutia) and tied to ancestor veneration.
Kwakwaka'wakw potlatch oratory
Kwakwaka'wakw potlatch oratory is the formal public speaking in the Kwak'wala language performed by chiefs at potlatches, the ceremonial feasts of the Kwakwaka'wakw of British Columbia.
Kwakwaka'wakw Winter Ceremonial
The Kwakwaka'wakw Winter Ceremonial is the sacred winter dance season of the Kwakwaka'wakw peoples of northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, centered on the hamatsa dance.
Kwanzaa
Kwanzaa is a seven-day African American and Pan-African cultural holiday, December 26 to January 1, created in 1966 by Maulana Karenga after the Watts riots. Built on the Nguzo Saba seven principles and kinara candle-lighting, it is secular, celebrated alongside Christmas by about 3% of Americans.
Kylie Cosmetics
Kylie Cosmetics, also called King Kylie LLC, is Kylie Jenner's American makeup brand founded November 2015 with the $29 Lip Kit; Coty bought 51% for $600 million in 2020, valuing it at $1.2 billion.
Kylie Verzosa
Kylie Verzosa, also known as Kylie Fausto Verzosa, is a Filipina beauty queen, actress, and businesswoman who won Miss International 2016 in Tokyo as the sixth Filipina to hold the title.
Kynodesme
Kynodesme (κυνόδεσμος, "dog leash"): a thin leather tie ancient Greek athletes used to bind the foreskin during nude exercise, keeping the glans covered; also loosely called infibulation.
Kyō-yūzen
Kyō-yūzen (京友禅) is yūzen paste-resist dyeing as practiced in Kyoto, producing multicolored, picture-like kimono patterns; it takes its name from the fan painter Miyazaki Yūzensai, active in the Genroku era.
L.A. Beast
L.A. Beast, also known as Kevin Thomas Strahle, is a professional competitive eater who has set Guinness World Records, including eating nine powdered doughnuts in three minutes.
L'Entrecôte
L'Entrecôte: French family restaurant group born from Paul Gineste de Saurs' 1959 Le Relais de Venise formula; single menu of walnut salad, 170 g steak, secret 25-ingredient sauce, unlimited fries; branches in Toulouse, Bordeaux, Nantes, Montpellier, Lyon, Barcelona; unrelated Singapore and Brazilian namesakes exist.
L'Wren Scott
L'Wren Scott (Laura "Luann" Bambrough, 1964-2014) was an American model, stylist, and fashion designer, Mick Jagger's partner from 2001; her label launched in 2006, and her $9 million estate passed entirely to Jagger.
La Croix Sparkling Water
LaCroix (La Croix) sparkling water: zero-calorie, unsweetened flavored seltzer launched by G. Heileman Brewing in Wisconsin in 1980, owned by National Beverage Corp. since 1996, flavored by natural fruit essences, and a leading premium U.S. sparkling water brand.
La Graufesenque
La Graufesenque (Condatomagus), a Gallo-Roman site near Millau, Aveyron, France, at the Tarn-Dourbie confluence; the Roman Empire's largest terra sigillata (samian ware) pottery center in the 1st century, producing millions of vessels yearly, famous for bilingual Latin-Gaulish kiln firing-list graffiti.
La Movida Madrileña
La Movida Madrileña: Spanish counter-cultural movement of the late 1970s and 1980s centered in Madrid during the democratic transition; punk and new wave bands (Alaska, Nacha Pop, Radio Futura), Almodóvar's cinema, and founding tribute concert for Canito on 9 February 1980.
La Sape
La Sape (Société des Ambianceurs et des Personnes Élégantes) is a Congolese dandy subculture of Kinshasa and Brazzaville, rooted in the colonial era, resisting Mobutu's dress bans, and spreading to Paris, Brussels, and London.
La Tomatina
La Tomatina is Buñol, Spain's annual tomato-throwing festival on the last Wednesday of August, begun in 1945, banned under Franco, legalized in 1959, capped at 22,000 ticket holders, and a Fiesta de Interés Turístico Internacional since 2002.
Labatt Brewing Company
Labatt Brewing Company Limited, founded 1847 in London, Ontario by John Kinder Labatt, is Canada's leading brewer, owned by AB InBev via Ambev since 2004, with 70+ brands including Labatt Blue and Budweiser.
Labia stretching
Labia stretching, also called labia minora elongation or labia pulling, is a body modification practice that gradually lengthens the inner labia, practiced chiefly in eastern and southern Africa.
Labor Day
Labor Day is the U.S. federal holiday on the first Monday of September, created by the 1894 act signed by Cleveland after the Pullman strike; distinct from May Day (International Workers' Day), and shared by Canada's Labour Day.
Labubu
Labubu (拉布布) is a toothy elf-like collectible toy character created in 2015 by Hong Kong artist Kasing Lung in The Monsters picture books and sold by Pop Mart since 2019; its 2023 plush keychain sparked a global blind-box craze.
Lace
Lace, also known as lace making, is an openwork textile whose holes are deliberately formed by manipulating threads into the design, arising in the early sixteenth century.
Laconophilia
Laconophilia, also called Laconism or Laconomania, is admiration of Sparta and its constitution. Documented among wartime Athenian elites imitating Spartan dress and diet, debated in Xenophon scholarship, criticized via the Spartan mirage, and revived from the Renaissance to modern popular culture.
Lacoste
Lacoste, French premium sportswear brand founded in 1933 by tennis champion René Lacoste and André Gillier; first brand with a garment logo, its crocodile polo (L.12.12) stems from the founder's 1923 Boston nickname.
Lacquer
Lacquer: natural tree-sap coating (urushi, qi) from Toxicodendron vernicifluum and related species, cured by polymerization; used in East Asia since Neolithic times for carved lacquer, maki-e, and mother-of-pearl inlay.
Laddu (लड्डू)
Laddu (लड्डू, also ladoo, laddoo) is a round Indian sweet defined by shape, not ingredients; besan, boondi, motichoor, and other varieties, with a history from Harappan food balls and the medicinal ladduka of the Sushruta Samhita.
Ladurée
Ladurée (Maison Ladurée) is a Parisian luxury pâtisserie founded in 1862 on rue Royale, famous for the double-shell ganache macaron and early tea salon; Holder family-owned since 1993 with 100-plus shops worldwide.
Lady Kitty Spencer
Lady Kitty Eleanor Spencer, born 1990 in London, is a British model, socialite, and philanthropist, eldest child of the 9th Earl Spencer and niece of Princess Diana; Dolce & Gabbana and Bulgari ambassador, married Michael Lewis in 2021.
Lady Victoria Hervey
Lady Victoria Frederica Isabella Hervey (born 1976) is an English model, socialite, and aristocrat, daughter of the 6th Marquess of Bristol; a 1990s It girl, Christian Dior model, Akademi boutique founder, Prince Andrew's ex-girlfriend, and a defender of Ghislaine Maxwell and critic of Virginia Giuffre.