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    Greeting Custom Around The World

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    Greeting customs vary significantly around the world and can be confusing for travelers. In the US and UK, handshakes are common greetings, while in France people often kiss each other on both cheeks upon meeting or leaving. In Japan, India, and some Arab countries, bowing or placing hands together is customary, and physical contact between genders is avoided. Handshakes, hugs, and kisses have different standards depending on factors like gender and familiarity between individuals across cultures.

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    Greeting Custom Around The World

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    Greeting customs vary significantly around the world and can be confusing for travelers. In the US and UK, handshakes are common greetings, while in France people often kiss each other on both cheeks upon meeting or leaving. In Japan, India, and some Arab countries, bowing or placing hands together is customary, and physical contact between genders is avoided. Handshakes, hugs, and kisses have different standards depending on factors like gender and familiarity between individuals across cultures.

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    Greeting customs vary significantly around the world and can be confusing for travelers. In the US and UK, handshakes are common greetings, while in France people often kiss each other on both cheeks upon meeting or leaving. In Japan, India, and some Arab countries, bowing or placing hands together is customary, and physical contact between genders is avoided. Handshakes, hugs, and kisses have different standards depending on factors like gender and familiarity between individuals across cultures.

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    Greeting Custom Around The World

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    Greeting customs vary significantly around the world and can be confusing for travelers. In the US and UK, handshakes are common greetings, while in France people often kiss each other on both cheeks upon meeting or leaving. In Japan, India, and some Arab countries, bowing or placing hands together is customary, and physical contact between genders is avoided. Handshakes, hugs, and kisses have different standards depending on factors like gender and familiarity between individuals across cultures.

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    Greeting Custom around the World

    A guide through various interesting gestures and greeting cultures

    The customs and rituals involved in greeting someone are often different from country to
    country, and unfamiliar customs can sometimes be confusing.
    Situations get even more confusing when different greeting gestures
    are required between male and female, female and female, male and
    male. Travelers, especially when in unfamiliar cultures, almost need
    a manual just to make sure not to offend someone when meeting and
    greeting.
    In the USA, it is normal for men to shake hands when they meet, but it is quite unusual
    for men to kiss when they greet each other. Greetings are casual – a handshake, a smile and a
    ‘hello’ will do just fine.
    The British often simply say ‘hello’ when they meet friends. They usually shake hands
    only when they meet for the first time. Social kissing, often just a peck on the cheek, is common
    in an informal situation between men and women and also between women who know each other
    very well.
    French nationals, including children, shake hands with their friends and often kiss them
    on both cheeks, both upon meeting and leaving.
    In Japan, the common greeting for men and women as well is to bow
    when they greet someone, as opposed to  giving a casual handshake or a hug.
    In India, people greet with 'namaste' (na-mas-TAY) or placing both hands
    together with a slight bow. These are appreciated and shows respect for Indian
    customs. Men do not touch women when meeting or greeting. Western women may offer their
    hand to a westernized Indian man, but not normally to others. Traditional Indian women may
    shake hands with foreign women but not usually with men.
    In Arab countries, close male friends or colleagues hug and kiss both cheeks. They shake
    hands with the right hand only, for longer but less firmly than in the West. Contact between the
    opposite genders in public is considered obscene. Do not offer to shake hands with the opposite
    sex.
    In Belgium, people kiss on one cheek when they meet, regardless of the gender or how
    well they know each other.
    Chinese tend to be more conservative. When meeting someone for the first time, they would
    usually nod their heads and smile, or shake hands if in a formal situation.
    In Russia, the typical greeting is a very firm handshake. Assume you’re trying to crush
    each others knuckles, all the while maintaining direct eye contact. When men shake hands with
    women, the handshake is less industrial. It is considered gallant to kiss women three times while
    alternating cheeks, and even to kiss hands.

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