存続そんぞく
sonzoku

Noun
Suru Verb

1. continuance; survival; persistence; retention; duration

Transitive
その地方ちほうではそのふる風俗ふうぞくがなお存続そんぞくしている。
sono chihōdewa sono furui fūzokuga nao sonzoku shite iru.
The old custom is still kept up in that district.