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World Heritage Edition
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AG No.95 Issue 2/
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of the Year
AG No.93 Issue 8/ - Best Single
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(Consumer)
AG No.88 Issue 3/ - Best New
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Selina Tan ASIAN
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IRAN
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SOUTH ASIA
Namaste (prayer-like gesture with the head slightly bowed) is performed when a younger family member meets older relatives. Also, the person of lower status or
prestige performs namaste first to show respect for the higher station the other person has achieved.
In many cases, holding a display of friendship.hands with people of the same gender is considered Nomadic Arab people passed down the most pertinent principle of dining culture to India and some parts of Southeast Asia, which is to use one’s right hand to eat, even if one is
left-handed.
If someone touches another person with his feet by accident, he has to apologise and reinstate respect by tapping the other’s shoulder, and then his own forehead.
When sitting cross-legged, the feet and shoes must not point towards anyone because the soles are considered unclean. Feet are the most unclean part of the human body. However, the feet of God and seniors are considered to be sacred.
During an Indian wedding, the bride’s parents will wash the newlyweds’ feet with milk so as to purify them.
NEPAL
BANGLADESH INDIA
Hands
Hands Hands
Feet
Feet When sitting cross-legged, the feet and shoes must not point towards anyone because the soles are considered unclean. Feet
During an Iranian betrothal ceremony, women from the man’s side put new shoes before the bride-to-be. When she slides her feet into the shoes, she symbolically demonstrates that
she has become the rightful life partner for her husband-to-be.
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