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Perhaps the defining activity of the entire National Day holiday is the drive down Corniche Road. It is more or less a parade of vehicles moving bumper to bumper while making the most noise and commotion possible. Many people who join in this informal parade decorate their vehicles with flags, ribbons, balloons and images of the ruling Sheikhs. As the vehicles drive slowly up and down the Corniche, drivers blare Emirati music, honk their horns and rev their engines...