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Hi there, welcome to our website. This blog is consist of many things that we unfamiliar with from around the world. Culture? Yes, we talk about a lot of cultures. We’ll show you the different ways that people use to do something similar, we mean in this case is comparizon between a country and the others. Beside it, we’ll tell you many unique things that will surprise us and how come it be, such as: unusual habit, amazing place, and ,of course, the special thing between the people. To being kind, we’ll share them to all of you. Here they are. Enjoy!

Greetings Around The World

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Ojogi (source: Japanese.com)

Hi readers, how are you? I’m Lourensia. At this time, I’ll share you about how people around the world communicate with each other, especially how do they greet their partners. In the last time, I’ve told you about body language around the people. You can read it here. Greet someone sometimes isn’t simple as we think. There are a lot of people who think that it’s quite easy. We can greet someone with give a sweet smile. It’s better to say “Hallo” or “Assalamualaikum” and have a small talk. But the problem is existing when we start to greet people from another culture. India people say “Namaste” to greet each others. It’s a common greeting between Indians. They usually say this word with coverage-hands –which means both of the palm are touch each other—and place them in front of the chest. Indians don’t touch people around them when they meet. It becomes culture of their life. This body language is called as Añjali Mudrā or Pranamasana. Well, Japanese people give their respect with “Ojogi” or bow their bodies. Different with Indonesians and Europeans, Japanese people commonly don’t shake each other hands, hugging, or the others touched-body language. The best distance to face to face in their community is one meter. Maori people in New Zealand nudge their partner’s nose and forehead with theirs and say “Kia Ora” which means “I hope you always healthy”. Hongi means exchange the breath. Maorians believe when they exchange breath they already be a unity.

Maorians Greeting (source: www.nerygaga.com)

If you think that it’s strange greetings, you must be surprised with what Tibet people do. In Indonesia, stick out the tongue is an impolite behavior, but they do it in Tibet to greet somebody. It’s quite awkward if Tibet people do that in a common culture which can’t accept this. So because of that, knowing other’s cultures is a must. If you want to know about how people around the world greet each other, you can click this website: www.nerdygaga.com

That’s all from me, thanks for reading. Have a nice day!

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Lourensia Messyana (F1021131017)