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Jerusalem, Israel
5 customs and traditions in Jerusalem — what they are, and how to take part without causing offence.
Observed far more strictly than in Tel Aviv — transport stops, most of the city closes.
A produce market by day that becomes a bar district after dark, with shutters painted as murals.
The Via Dolorosa's fourteen stations, walked in procession by Franciscans every Friday.
Covered shoulders and knees at all holy sites, and awareness of which quarter you are in.
A craft brought by survivors of the genocide in 1919, still made in the Armenian Quarter.
