And then there's the bacon, which makes everything taste better. (Pancetta or guanciale are delicious upgrades.) The cabbage, however, roots this dish firmly in the Eastern European tradition.

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Chhau dance is a tradition from eastern India that enacts episodes from epics including the Mahabharata and Ramayana, local folklore and abstract themes.

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Eastern Europe, meanwhile, has a tradition of heavy subsidies to education, a wealth of grads from technical schools and colleges and a paucity of jobs.

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It is the most populous of the Arab nations adjoining the Middle Eastern conflict zone, with an ancient tradition of Islamic scholarship, and a citizenry that is tempted by fundamentalism but also admires some things about the West.

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Mr Blocher was cheered by a crowd of middle-aged mainly German-speakers, stressing the support his People's Party enjoys in eastern Switzerland, particularly in the smaller, tradition-minded cantons.

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The wine has an ancient tradition in the Dalmatian culture of Croatia's eastern coast, where parents make the drink when a child is born, and then put the bottles aside to be opened on their wedding day.

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With strong roots in the tradition of improvisation, jazz continues to evolve, collecting accents from Afropop, Latin dance music, eastern classical music, and pretty much every other music it comes into contact with, all while transforming other genres around the world.

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