The Qatari people are descendants of Bedouin and have maintained a tradition of generous hospitality.
The boy carrying bridal slippers, right, maintains a tradition of Seventh-day Adventists and other churches; at the altar, the bride changes shoes, signaling purity and cleanliness.
The simple reason: Unlike its competitors, the "Today" show has not maintained a tradition of offering a moment of silence on 9/11 mornings.
But Mr. Vikharev's production of this old "Coppélia" is less historically controversial, simply because most Russian companies have not maintained a tradition of dancing the ballet.
Most shockingly, the 26-year-old PhD student revealed that the alsatians that patrolled the Berlin Wall were direct descendants of those deployed by the Nazis in Buchenwald and Sachsenhausen concentration camps, thus maintaining a "tradition of violence".
Major Peake will eat at a communal table – the space station furniture maintains a tradition of floor and ceiling – but that doesn't mean he has to sit at it, because "up" and "down" become meaningless in microgravity.
For nearly 25 years the Villanis have maintained a tradition of braving the elements and staying open until Christmas Eve, before taking a well-deserved hiatus during the coldest months of the year.
While not as decorative as Ms. Choi or the "Top Chef" host Padma Lakshmi, Mr. Stone maintains a tradition of exoticism (he's Australian) and has the advantage of being a chef himself.
The Wigmore, however, has maintained a tradition of presenting chamber editions of works written for voices and orchestra; the two commissions were doubtless conceived as companion pieces to the now familiar versions of Mahler songs by Schoenberg and Reinbert de Leeuw.
