He learned, for example, than when tables for two are set with small votive candles, "it makes you want to lean in and talk softly, " he said.

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The home that he has lived in since 1983, has been heated by two open coal fires, with candles providing his only light.

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He is followed by two friends with candelabra and others carrying candles and lanterns, five choral singers who sing the Lamentation of the Virgin Mary at several points along the way, and many worshippers of all ages from Croatia and abroad wearing the tunics of religious brotherhoods.

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Following "Just Polite" is the lush and yearning love song "14 Candles, " but the tempo and mood picks up for the remaining two tracks, with dance beats that are impossible to deny.

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