In India, Shake Your Head Left-Right

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China And Noses

In Western countries, people don’t pay attention to noses too much. Noses are part of our faces and they give an overall expression about us. But nothing more than that. In China, however, it’s a bit different. There (but in several other Eastern Asian countries) noses represent wealth, status, and self-esteem. In many countries, when you want to point out your strength and status, you point at your chest. In China, it’s more than enough to point at your nose, so that the people around you know what you want to tell them. Oh, and don’t forget to point your nose and not the nose of other people. It’s considered very rude.

In India, Shake Your Head Left-Right

When you want to say yes, you shake your head up and down. Admit that your first thought was that the whole world does this. Well, not quite. In India, when you want to say ‘yes,’ you shake your head. But you don’t shake it up and down, but left and right, towards the shoulders. Not only that head shake means ‘yes,’ it can mean that you are paying attention to what your speaker is saying. Pretty amazing, right?

Bow In Korea

Not only in Korea but also other East Asian countries, such as Japan and China, a bow is the basis of politeness, respect, and bon-ton. The more you bow to your speaker, the greater your respect is. Moreover, the more you keep the head bowed, the more serious you are. In Korea, when you say ‘Hello,’ ‘I’m sorry,’ ‘Thank you,’ and ‘Goodbye,’ you should bow at the same time.

‘Thumbs Up’ for Iran

Do you know what ‘thumbs up’ means? Yes, the thumbs-up gesture means that you are encouraging someone, and with this gesture, you are telling them, ‘Go ahead!’ And do you know that in Iran, when you show thumbs up, you can offend someone? In many Middle East countries, including Iran, when you show this gesture, it’s like you’ve been showing someone a middle finger, so, yes, it can be very offensive. But, thanks to the internet and today’s availability to be informed about anything you want to know, in Iran, people slowly started using the thumbs up gesture like in the Western part of the world. Well, not everyone and not all the time, but can come across some people giving you thumbs up in the meaning ‘OK.’

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