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Guzhuang (古装)
Guzhuang (古装), meaning "ancient costume," is the period costume worn in Chinese television dramas and films set in an imaginary past, a production idiom rather than a reconstruction of historical dress.
Gyaru (ギャル)
Gyaru (ギャル) is a Japanese youth subculture of bold fashion and makeup, named from English "girl", centered on Shibuya from the 1990s kogal era, with styles like ganguro and hime gal, now revived in Japan and South Korea.
Gyeongseong Spinning and Weaving Company
Gyeongseong Spinning and Weaving Company (Kyŏngbang) was a pioneer cotton textile company founded in Seoul in 1919 by Kim Seong-su and Korean asset-holders. It survives today as Kyungbang Co., Ltd.
Gymkhana (restaurant)
Gymkhana is a two-Michelin-star Indian restaurant at 42 Albemarle Street in Mayfair, London, opened by JKS Restaurants in 2013; in 2024 it became London's first Indian restaurant with two Michelin stars.
Gyros
Gyros (γύρος, also gyro) is a Greek dish of seasoned pork or chicken shaved from a vertical rotisserie, wrapped in pita with tomato, onion, tzatziki, and fries; descended from Turkish döner, distinct from shawarma.
Gzhel ceramics
Gzhel ceramics (гжельская керамика) is the pottery and porcelain of the Gzhel district southeast of Moscow, a Russian folk craft best known for cobalt-blue painting on white porcelain.
H Mart
H Mart (H마트), Han Ah Reum, is the largest Korean-owned Asian supermarket chain in the US and Canada, founded 1982 in Woodside, Queens by Il Yeon Kwon, HQ Lyndhurst NJ, 97-plus stores with food halls and Super H Mart formats.
H-E-B
H-E-B, also H.E. Butt Grocery Company, is a San Antonio, Texas-based private supermarket chain founded in 1905 by Florence Butt in Kerrville with $60; about 400 stores in Texas and Mexico, 175,000 employee-owner Partners, leading Texas grocery market share.
H&M
H&M (Hennes & Mauritz) is a Swedish multinational fashion retailer founded by Erling Persson in Västerås in 1947 as Hennes; renamed after the 1968 Mauritz Widforss acquisition, listed in 1974, now a multi-brand group competing with Zara and Shein.
H2o Surfshop
H2O Surfshop, a Portuguese surf, bodyboard, and skate gear shop founded in 2000 by Joca (Francisco Ferreira) in Marinha Grande, moved in 2021 to São Pedro de Moel beach, 17 km from Nazaré; distinct from Uruguayan and French namesakes.
Hafada piercing
Hafada piercing, also called scrotum or scrotal piercing, is a male genital surface piercing through the skin of the scrotum. Known for scrotal ladders, disputed Arabian origin story, and healing times of roughly 2-6 months.
Haft-sin (هفتسین)
Haft-sin (هفتسین), "seven S's," is the ceremonial Nowruz table of Iranians, displaying seven items beginning with the Persian letter sin, such as sabzeh sprouts, samanu, apples, and vinegar, kept until Sizdah Bedar.
Hagi ware
Hagi ware (萩焼, Hagi-yaki) is a Japanese stoneware pottery made for over 400 years in Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, prized in the tea ceremony for glazes that change color with use.
Hainanese chicken rice
Hainanese chicken rice (海南雞飯), also called Singapore chicken rice, is a poached-chicken-and-fragrant-rice dish from Hainanese migrants in Singapore and Malaysia, derived from Wenchang chicken, with chilli, ginger, and dark soy sauces.
Haint blue
Haint blue, also called haint blue paint or Gullah blue, is a family of pale blue-green shades used on Southern porch ceilings, rooted in Gullah Geechee tradition of repelling spirits with indigo-based paint resembling water or sky.
Hair care
Hair care: the products and practices for cleaning, conditioning, treating, and styling hair and scalp, also called haircare. Covers shampoos, conditioners, dyes, and relaxers, their regulation (FDA, EU 1223/2009), safety hazards like formaldehyde, and dermatologist guidance.
Hair coloring
Hair coloring changes hair color using temporary, semi-permanent, or permanent (oxidative) dyes based on PPD, couplers, and hydrogen peroxide. Covers chemistry, hair damage, PPD allergy, cancer evidence, and US and EU regulation including the 2022 lead acetate repeal.
Hair of the dog
Hair of the dog, short for "hair of the dog that bit you," is an alcoholic drink taken to relieve a hangover. First recorded in Heywood's 1546 proverbs; from an ancient folk remedy of applying the biting dog's hair to a rabid-dog bite wound.
Hairstyle
Hairstyle: the style in which hair is cut and arranged, also called coiffure or hairdo. Covers its social signaling, ancient Egyptian wig evidence, traction alopecia risks, and 2026 fashion trends.
Hairy Bikers
The Hairy Bikers were a British TV cooking duo, Si King and Dave Myers (1957-2024), who mixed motorbike travel, humor, and cookery from their 2004-2006 debut The Hairy Bikers' Cookbook onward; 33 books, 6 million copies, final series Go West.
Haitian coffee economy
The Haitian coffee economy is Haiti's system of growing and exporting arabica coffee, introduced under French rule in the 1700s and declined since the 1980s to smallholder farming.
Haka
Haka is a Māori posture dance combining chanted verse with vigorous synchronized movement, performed by men and women for welcome, achievement, funerals, and challenge. Ka Mate, by Te Rauparaha, is the best-known haka, protected by the Haka Ka Mate Attribution Act 2014.
Hakama (袴)
Hakama (袴) are traditional Japanese pleated, skirt-like trousers worn over a kimono by men and women. Types include andon and umanori hakama; used in court dress, samurai formal wear, martial arts, weddings, and graduation ceremonies.
Hakata-ori
Hakata-ori is a thick, tightly woven silk fabric from Fukuoka City, Japan, used chiefly for kimono obi sashes and known for the striped kenjo pattern; it dates to 1241.
Hakka cuisine
Hakka cuisine (客家菜), food of the Hakka "guest people" who migrated from northern China to hilly Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, and Taiwan: salty, oily, preservation-heavy cooking known for salt-baked chicken, yong tau foo, lei cha and mei cai kou rou.
Halaf culture
Halaf culture: Late Neolithic archaeological culture of northern Mesopotamia, southeast Anatolia, and the Levant, c. 6100–5300 BC, named after Tell Halaf. Known for polychrome painted pottery, tholos architecture, and the earliest stamp seals; replaced by the Ubaid culture.
Halal cart
Halal cart: NYC mobile food cart selling chicken or gyro over rice with white sauce, born from 1990s Muslim immigration; The Halal Guys (53rd & 6th, founded 1990) turned the format into a global franchise.
Halal snack pack
Halal snack pack (HSP): Australian kebab-shop dish of hot chips, doner kebab meat (lamb/chicken), cheese, and garlic, barbecue and chilli sauces; fame via the 2015 Halal Snack Pack Appreciation Society and 2016 Macquarie People's Choice Word of the Year; called an AB in Adelaide.
Haldiram's (हल्दीराम)
Haldiram's (हल्दीराम), founded 1937 in Bikaner by Ganga Bhishan Agarwal, is India's largest snack and convenience food company, known for Bikaneri bhujia, namkeen, and sweets, with Delhi, Nagpur, and Kolkata family divisions and recent Temasek and Alpha Wave investment.
Haleem
Haleem (حلیم, halim) is a slow-cooked South Asian and Middle Eastern porridge of pounded wheat, lentils, and meat, descended from Arab harees; Hyderabadi haleem holds India's first meat GI tag (2010).