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Samhain
Samhain (Irish Samhain, Scottish Gaelic Samhainn, Manx Sauin) is the Gaelic festival on 1 November marking summer's end and the opening of winter, attested in early medieval Irish literature, later linked to All Hallows' Eve and modern Halloween.
Sámi traditional dress
Sámi traditional dress, centered on the gákti (also gáppte, gapta, kofte, kolt), is the regional clothing of the Sámi people of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia, made from reindeer leather and wool, identifying wearer's region and family, and protected as Sámi cultural heritage.
Samin Nosrat
Samin Nosrat (born 1979) is an Iranian-American chef and food writer, author of Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat (2017) and host of the Netflix series adapted from it; also wrote Good Things (2025).
Samoan tatau
Samoan tatau (tātatau) is the indigenous tattooing tradition of the Sāmoan Islands, applied by master tattooists called tufuga tā tatau using hand-tapped tools; the English word tattoo derives from tatau.
Samosa
Samosa (sanbusaj, sambusa, samsa): a triangular fried or baked pastry of stiff unleavened dough with spiced filling, originating in 10th-century Middle Eastern meat pastries, adopted in India, now a global snack with a USD 7.1 billion market.
Samovar (самовар)
The samovar (самовар) is a heated metal urn used in Russia and neighboring countries to boil water and keep it hot for tea, first recorded in 1746.
Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana (सम्पूर्ण ग्रामीण रोजगार योजना)
Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana (SGRY), a 2001 Indian rural wage-employment scheme merging EAS and JGSY, with Rs 10,000 crore annual outlay, 5 kg food grain wages, 20:30:50 panchayat allocation, and merger into NREGA by 2008.
Samuel Adams (beer)
Samuel Adams (Sam Adams) is a craft beer brand of The Boston Beer Company, founded by Jim Koch in 1984. Flagship Boston Lager debuted in Boston on April 15, 1985; NYSE ticker SAM since 1995.
Samuel Slater
Samuel Slater (1768-1835), English-born textile manufacturer called the father of the American Industrial Revolution, built the first successful water-powered cotton spinning mill at Pawtucket, Rhode Island in 1790-1793 and created the family-labor Rhode Island System.
San Fermín
San Fermín (Sanfermines): nine-day festival in Pamplona, Spain, 6-14 July, born of religious rites, a livestock fair and bull runs; famous for the 8 a.m. encierro and Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises.
San Ildefonso black-on-black pottery
San Ildefonso black-on-black pottery is a Pueblo style with matte black designs on a polished black surface, developed by Maria and Julian Martinez around 1918.
San Miguel Beer
San Miguel Beer is a lager first produced in 1890 by La Fabrica de Cerveza de San Miguel in Manila, whose flagship is San Miguel Pale Pilsen.
San Miguel Corporation
San Miguel Corporation is a Philippine diversified conglomerate founded in 1890 as Southeast Asia's first brewery, headquartered in Mandaluyong City and now spanning food and beverage, fuel, energy, and infrastructure.
Sancak of Muhammad
The Sancak of Muhammad, also called Sancak-ı Şerif, is a banner attributed to the Prophet Muhammad that the Ottoman sultans acquired in 1517 and preserved at Topkapı Palace in Istanbul.
Sancerre (wine)
Sancerre is a Loire Valley AOC in France's Cher department: whites from Sauvignon Blanc (AOC 1936, ~80% of production), reds and rosés from Pinot Noir (1959), on limestone, flint and clay soils across 14 communes.
Sancocho
Sancocho: thick Latin American and Hispanic Caribbean meat-and-tuber stew, from Spanish sancochar (half-cook). National dish of Panama (hen, ñame, culantro); Dominican seven-meat celebration version; Colombian regional variants.
Sand Island Surf Shop
Sand Island Surf Shop is a Honolulu, Hawaii surf shop at 2290 Alahao Pl Suite 202 selling new and used surfboards, fins, custom orders, and shipping, named for the nearby Sand Island surf break.
Sandra Lee (chef)
Sandra Lee (chef), born Sandra Lee Waldroop in Santa Monica, California, is an American TV food personality and author who created the Semi-Homemade style (70% store-bought, 30% fresh), hosted Food Network shows, wrote 27 books, and became a breast cancer screening advocate after her 2015 diagnosis. Not the dermatologist Dr. Pimple Popper.
Sandwich
A sandwich, informally a sarnie, is a food made by placing a filling between two slices of bread, named after John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich, in 1762.
Sanganeri printing
Sanganeri printing, also called Sanganeri Hand Block Printing, is a hand block printing craft from Sanganer near Jaipur, Rajasthan, known for delicate floral motifs on white grounds.
Sangiovese
Sangiovese, Italy's most planted red wine grape, a native Tuscan and Romagna variety with over 100 clones including Brunello, Prugnolo, and Morellino; base of Chianti, Brunello di Montalcino, and Vino Nobile, known for high acidity and tannin.
Sangria
Sangria (sangría) is a Spanish and Portuguese wine punch of red wine, fruit, citrus, sugar, and often brandy. EU law reserves the name for Spanish and Portuguese production; related drinks include clarea and zurra.
Sanguszko Carpet
The Sanguszko Carpet is a celebrated Safavid Persian carpet of the late 16th century, taken as war booty at the 1621 Battle of Khotin and now in Japan.
Sanjeev Kapoor (संजीव कपूर)
Sanjeev Kapoor (संजीव कपूर), Indian celebrity chef and entrepreneur, host of Khana Khazana, Asia's longest-running cookery show; founder of Wonderchef, FoodFood, and restaurants; Padma Shri awardee.
Sanka
Sanka (sans caféine) is a decaffeinated instant coffee brand created by Ludwig Roselius's Kaffee HAG, trademarked in the US in 1923, owned by Kraft Heinz, and the origin of orange as decaf's color.
Santino Rice
Santino Rice, full name Santino Quinto Rice, is an American fashion designer and reality personality, runner-up on Project Runway 2006 and a judge on the first two seasons of RuPaul's Drag Race.
Santo Versace
Santo Versace (Santo Domenico Versace) is an Italian entrepreneur who co-founded the Versace fashion house with his brother Gianni and was chief executive until 2004.
Santoku
Santoku (三徳包丁, bunkabōchō): Japan's most common home kitchen knife, a 165–180 mm double-bevel all-rounder for meat, fish, and vegetables, with a flat edge, sheepsfoot tip, and push-cut technique, distinct from the longer pointed gyuto.
Saperavi (საფერავი)
Saperavi (საფერავი), meaning "to dye," is Georgia's leading teinturier red wine grape, origin Kakheti, first mentioned in Vakhtang VI's Dasturlamali; basis of Mukuzani, Napareuli, Kindzmarauli, and Akhasheni PDO wines.
Sapphire Jubilee of Elizabeth II
Sapphire Jubilee of Elizabeth II: 6 February 2017, 65 years since her 1952 accession; first British monarch to mark a sapphire jubilee, observed privately at Sandringham with a 41-gun salute, a David Bailey portrait, Canadian brooch gift, and Royal Mint coins.