I am doing a project for one of my online classes, and in a nutshell I am supposed to come up with some different body gestures that we as Americans use freely and openly, but would be considered offensive towards people who live in India and Vietnam. I haven't really found any good websites for this. Help, please?
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i read that if you show the bottom of your foot to someone its considered offensive or if you point at something with your index finger or if a woman crosses her legs I dont know if these are true or not though
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- They avoid loud conversations and using too many gestures as it is considered very rude. - Pointing fingers or calling anyone with fingers pointed upward is impolite. - Rather you should use your entire hand with fingers placed downwards. - The Vietnamese are not too fond of any kind of physical contact in public, especially with the opposite sex. - They bow down to show respect specially to an elderly person - They generally do not shake hands with an older person. The young generally shake both hands, if at all they do. - Only the elderly touches a child’s head. - They use both their hands when passing on any object. - According to Vietnamese etiquette standing with arms on the hips is considered ill-mannered. - Crossing ones arms on the chest is also a very rude gesture.
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1`.Giving a peck on the cheek is considered offensive in INDIA(especially in rural areas but i can be ok in big citie remeber richard gere issue) 2.pointing fingers 3.not showing respect to elders
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See if you can get you hands on the two books: Culture Shock - Vietnam and of course Culture Shock - India
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