We live in a globalized but diverse world where people want to maintain their unique culture and traditions. Christians celebrate Christmas; Muslims celebrate Eid. One of the most important events in Spanish society is the Great Tomatina Festival, during which participants throw tomatoes at each other. In India, people celebrate the spring festival, Holi, by coloring their faces and clothes with dry powder and colored water. While graduation is a major event in the United States, whether from kindergarten, high school, or college, it is not at all significant in Afghanistan; people celebrate entry not graduation. Even though Norway is a small Scandinavian country, it has unique traditions that most people don't know about. Every Norwegian child looks forward to graduating from high school because of the legendary russefering festival, which is essentially a month of thrills and adventures. Russefeiring essentially began in 1905 when high school graduates admitted to an institute of higher learning were identified by their red caps; Red is the main color of the flag of Norway. In subsequent decades, other cap colors were added to distinguish students of different majors in high school. One hundred and nine years later, the Russian's costume developed with a red jumpsuit and cap, as well as shoes with the imprints of the Norwegian flag. Moreover, it has now become a general celebration for students who are about to finish their high school years. Besides the Russian costume, many other aspects of russefeiring have been added over the years. One of them is to create a russekort, russ card, in which students basically design what is called a business card. This map includes...... middle of paper ...... even though russefering lasts about a month, most russ only go crazy in the last few days. Non-Russians will only experience madness on May 17, unless they are high school students who have to deal with their elders on a daily basis. The Norwegian government faces the challenge of whether or not this tradition should continue every year, as the Russians become more and more crazy and out of control. However, the majority of Norwegian citizens consider the Russian experience a sacred tradition. Although they recognize that many have gotten out of hand, they don't want the tradition to end. Russefeiring brings together all the Norwegian graduates about to have a chance to be stupid and make mistakes before heading into the real world. Although the government should continue to monitor Russians, in order to protect them and other citizens, it is a tradition that must be maintained..