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Medina, Saudi Arabia
5 customs and traditions in Medina — what they are, and how to take part without causing offence.
Visiting the Prophet's Mosque — not a formal pilgrimage rite, but undertaken by nearly all pilgrims.
A permit-controlled and heavily crowded rite; patience and orderly queuing are expected.
The city is deliberately quieter and slower than Mecca, and pilgrims often stay longer.
A specific cultivar with religious significance, sold by grade and heavily counterfeited.
Study circles held in the mosque courtyards, open to observe respectfully.
