You could stand there, Christian, Jew, Muslim or atheist, and watch him dance for hours, with the swallows flitting overhead and the smell of centuries-old incense in your nostrils.

FORBES: How foie gras was my valley

Parents are unlikely to hit the dance floor for three hours while d.j.s from England play a mixture of dubstep and vintage drum bass.

NEWYORKER: On The Floor