Hi everybody, as you might know we are starting a new year -Our last
high school year, hopefully!- and I'm so excited because each year is different
and spontaneous, bringing us great surprises and showing us how to be more
mature. So in this first post I'm going to talk about different cultural
gestures because I think it’s important to understand other people and how they
behave, so then we don’t hurt their feelings by offending them with our own
traditions.
Did you know?
* In America a firm
handshake is considerate an heterosexual act and indicates self-confidence, but
if you give a limp handshake it can be interpreted as a sign of weakness or
homosexuality. However, in Africa a limp handshake is the correct way to do it.
Also
* Shaking the head in an horizontal
direction in most countries means “no” while
in India means “yes”.
