The festival has no parallel in southern Europe, but it's Christmas's non-identical twin: it holds a special place in the national psyche with its own customs, memories and social pressure.

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Experience the local customs and culture with a genuine and truly special adventure and have Feynan arrange the aforementioned excursion to visit a local Bedouin family for tea and dinner.

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Import quotas have largely been replaced with customs duties, and subsidies, tax breaks and other special favours for farmers scaled back.

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They joined up under a special provision that allowed the Syiems to retain their royal privilege to preserve the customs of the tribe.

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"Well, I've been in (law enforcement) for over 20 years, and it seems like within the last five to 10 years they have gotten really, really creative in how they bring their drugs across, " said Andy Adame, special operations supervisor for the Joint Field Command Arizona of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

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