Social Etiquette in India

India is one of the four ancient civilizations and pays a lot of attention to etiquette. So what are the specifics of social etiquette in India? Below I and you to learn the social etiquette of India knowledge .

Indian social etiquette

Traditional greeting

Indians in the meeting of acquaintances and guests are hands together, raised to the chest, and with a smile on the face of a sentence "Namaste" (Namaste). This is a traditional Indian greeting. Namaste" is an auspicious and respectful word in Hindi. Indians in the see their most respected people to perform touch feet, that is, after meeting bend down to touch each other's feet, and then touch their own forehead. This is to show the highest courtesy to the honored one.

Indian Etiquette

In modern times, city dwellers are more likely to perform a handshake when they meet. However, it is important to note that you should never extend your left hand to shake hands with someone because Indians consider the left hand to be unclean (when going to the toilet, you use your left hand to scoop up water to clean up excrement) and shaking hands with the left hand is considered disrespectful and insulting to people.

Indian homes are generally covered with a carpet, guests and hosts are sitting on the ground on their knees, that is, "cross-legged sitting", will be folded over the two legs on both legs, hands on both knees. Now more city dwellers use sofas and chairs, but there are still many people love to sit cross-legged on the sofa.

The basic social etiquette of Indians

1, hands together: is accompanied by? Namaste? s body language. Generally, the hands are folded in front of the chest, or raise their hands to indicate. When both hands are empty, it is a greeting; if a hand holding objects, then raise the right hand to salute, do not raise the left hand. There are also rules about the height of the salute. To the elders should be high, at least two hands and forehead level; to the younger generation should be low, can be flush in the chest; to the younger generation should be flat, hands are located between the chest and lower jaw.

2, embrace: is also a common gift. If you meet again after a long time, or will be traveling, or have a big event, etc., it is necessary to embrace. Embrace, each other will be hands on the shoulders, first the head to the left, chest close a bit, and then the head to the right, and then the chest close a bit, sometimes, each other with the back of the hand and embrace, in order to show that special intimacy.

3, touching feet: is to perform a great gift. On very important occasions, for special respect for the elders with the forehead touch their feet, kiss their feet, or touch their feet. Now more often used is to touch the foot ritual, that is, first bend down and squat, reach out and touch the feet of the elders, and then touch their forehead to show that the head and feet have been touched.

4, offering garlands: in India is to welcome guests common courtesy, the host to offer a garland, wear to the guest's neck. The more noble the guest, the string of garlands is also the thicker. Point auspicious mole is also the Indian people welcome guests of etiquette. Every festive season, the Indian people love to use vermilion in the forehead between the two eyebrows coated with a dot. They believe that the lucky mole can drive away evil spirits and avoid disasters. Sometimes, the Indian in order to show a grand welcome, not only to the guests to offer a garland, but also to the guests point on? Auspicious mole? In the girl before the marriage, the parents want to choose an auspicious day, please monks special to the girl point auspicious mole, wishing her a lifetime of happiness. Now, the auspicious mole has actually become an integral part of the Indian women's daily dress and beauty.

5, sitting cross-legged: is a common Indian sitting position, this habit is very common in both urban and rural areas. Farmers resting in the fields or eating at home love to sit cross-legged on the ground. In the old-fashioned store, craftsmen work, fellows selling goods, are sitting cross-legged. Folk rappers and drummers are also sitting cross-legged during the performance.

6, gift-giving: a candy or a bouquet of flowers is often sent to the Indian people to visit friends and friends gifts. Generally speaking, the gift has candy, flowers and the host may like things. Because the Indian people love to eat sweets, so send candy in the majority. Sweets are either purchased from stores or home made. Indian home made sweets are sweet and cloying and are difficult to use if you are not used to them.

Indian etiquette taboos

1. Do not ride on the Buddha statue photography in Northwest Asia's Siddhanta countries, hitchhikers, if the temple, Buddha, monks, etc. to make rash moves, is considered a heinous crime. Some travelers who do not know the good and the bad, have been penalized for sitting across the Buddha on the big shot nostalgic photos, to bring back the Buddha nostalgia, can not be arranged on the ground, due to the belief in the Shakyamuni countries to purchase the Buddha certainly belongs to all of their own, but the need for it to have a respect for it, such as as when it is a plaything, casual arrangements or rough hands and feet earthquake it, such actions, will trigger the country's people annoyed.

2. Invited to dinner with no need to polite in the Indian view, eating tools to master a piece of sharing, eating alone is stingy and unruly behavior, so the Indian about people **** meal, is never in the way of the sympathy of the hypocrisy, but the sincerity of the invitation, refusing to reject people outside the refusal of the people is certainly not happy.

3. Do not touch the child's head, India and other places people do not want others to touch any part of their head, they do not like to touch others they think, the head is the highest part of the human body, but also the human body is the most sublime and incomparable department, especially the child's head, is regarded as the place where the gods stop, so, in any case, never allowed to touch.

4. India is known as the kingdom of cattle, cattle is the local most noble and inviolable animals. When driving on the road, be careful not to hit the cow, not to wear cow products into the ancient temple, while the best as far as possible to prevent the cow as a photographic tool India has another particularly divergent customs, reply to the other side of the question if the head tilted to one side or shaking his head, that is a certain implication, do not get the wrong idea, resulting in the undeservedly poor Hindu Indians to fulfill the caste system, inquiring about the caste of the locals is also a very unruly thing. The first thing you need to do is to ask for a copy of the book, and then you can ask for a copy of the book.

5. not with the identity of the very different people eating India, Sangpur people attach great importance to identity. In India, if the identity of the differences or belong to a different class, can not be the same seat *** table, a piece of food, the Nepalese people also have the same class respectively, in its sea, the importance of identity, across all.

6. Buy alcohol occasionally limited, in New Delhi, India, 2, 5, public holidays and the first day of the month for the prohibition of alcohol, in these days is the magic of the people also want to buy alcohol.

Indian customs and taboos

First, men can not shake hands with women. Many housewives shy away from meeting strange men and do not easily come into contact with outsiders. But if the men are invited to participate in the actual social activities should ask them to come with their wives. General relations between men and women can not talk alone.

Second, the Indian people are shaking their heads to indicate approval, nodding their heads to indicate disagreement. People use their hands to scratch their ears to express self-reproach; the action of summoning someone is to swing the palm of the hand down to the fingers, but not just one finger; pointing to people should also use the whole palm, not one or two fingers.

Third, the right is honored, the left hand is regarded as a symbol of uncleanliness. With the Indian people often use the right hand to salute, because in their view, the human body consists of two parts, the right half is a symbol of male, the left is a symbol of women, so the left hand is powerless, the right hand is powerful, so not only with the right hand to salute. In addition, Indians wash with water after defecation, using the left hand, and never use the right hand, therefore, the left hand is considered unclean. If you give something to someone, most of them use both hands to hold, or one hand mainly, the other hand slightly touching the other arm, symbolizing both hands. Otherwise it is considered impolite.

Fourth, the process of eating, if you give each other (Indians) to add rice and vegetables, can not be used to eat the hand is still eating directly add rice and vegetables, if so, it is considered to be called to eat your leftovers, because the hand is being used to eat, has been in contact with the food.

In this case, a new pair of unused chopsticks should be used to add rice and vegetables to the guest. If the other party has eaten enough, no longer need, and you out of politeness, still insist on giving again, then you will find that the other party may hands holding chopsticks (or dinner plate) together under the table, which indicates that do not want to see this scenario, the host should understand: can not be given to the guest to add rice and vegetables.

Fifth, to the Indian temple or family guests, the door must take off their shoes. To meet the guests, the host often offer garlands, set on the neck of the guests. The size and length of the garland depends on the status of the guest. The wreaths for VIPs are thick and long, reaching above the knees. For general guests, the wreath only reaches the chest. When a wife sends her husband away from home, the highest courtesy is to touch her heels and kiss her feet. When visiting an Indian family, you can bring fruits and sweets as gifts, or give some gifts to the children of the host.

Sixth, Indian food habits and culture. Take food, gifts and tea with your right hand, not with your left hand or with both hands. When dining, Hindus most avoid taking food in the same container. They do not eat food that has been touched by other people, and even the tea cups that have been washed by other people have to be washed again by themselves before they are used. Like to eat separate meals, pay attention to the dishes crispy, general taste does not like too salty, favor spicy. The staple food is mainly rice, and is also interested in pasta in the cake type.

Do not eat mushrooms, bamboo shoots, fungus. People who follow Hinduism and Sikhism abstain from eating pork, beef. They generally do not drink alcohol, because it is against religious customs. But there is a habit of drinking tea in the manner of ? Lick drink? , that is, the milk tea served in the plate, licked with the tongue to drink. The Indians are least fond of large meat and eat more vegetarian food, and the higher the rank, the less meat they eat.

Seventh, India's colors, numbers, talk taboos. India taboo white, used to use lilies for mourning. They taboo curved moon pattern, depending on 1, 3, 7 for the inauspicious number, and Indian people talk, to avoid the religious conflict, and Pakistan's relations, wages, and the topic of gender relations.

Eight, India is sacred to the cow, taboo eating beef, taboo with cowhide products. Snakes are worshipped and killing them is seen as offending the gods.

Nine, taboo bath tub to the child bathing, that is ? stagnant water? , is inhumane behavior.

Indian dining etiquette

1, the meal needs to master the time.

Indians usually eat only two meals a day, the first meal is after 8 am, the second meal is basically after 8 pm.

But Indians who are used to the Western style of life, have also started to eat three meals a day, each meal includes an appetizer, soup, main course and dessert, according to the individual amount of food order, or do not want appetizers.

2. Eat meals at the same speed as each other.

The Indian cuisine is also very special when eating, is a combination of Chinese and Western, both the use of knives and forks, but also to eat together with everyone to order food.

And if you eat appetizers at the same table with Indians, it is not good to eat too fast or too slow, it is best to try to keep the same speed as the other side to finish the dishes.

Desserts and tea must wait until the end of the meal and then served on the table, otherwise it is also very rude to the guests.

3, Indians practice meal sharing, so eat as much as you can and don't leave leftovers.

4, Indians? Hand-held rice? which are fun and taboo.

The hand-caught rice is a long-standing Indian dining custom, they will wash their hands before eating, and then ready to eat. If you are visiting an Indian home, you must try ? Hand-pulled rice? The fun of it all.

It is because of this Indian habit that most of the Indian dishes are made into a paste, so that it is easy to eat with a handful of pancake rolls, or grab the rice and eat.

Special attention should be paid to the fact that the Indian people's hand-held rice in the hand is also a taboo. That is, only use the right hand to grab food, and the left hand should never be used to touch the food. Indians believe that the left hand is used exclusively to deal with unclean things, so when eating, their left arm is generally placed along the edge of the table, hand hanging on the table below, or simply hide the left hand in a hidden place.

At the end of the meal, the waiter will bring the guest a small bowl of hand-washing water with lemon slices for cleansing and flower petals for decoration, but of course, only the right hand can be washed.

Indians do not eat mushrooms, bamboo shoots or fungus. People who practice Hinduism and Sikhism abstain from eating pork, beef. They generally do not drink alcohol, because it is against religious customs. But there is a habit of drinking tea, but they like to lick it with their tongues. Indian people least like to eat big meat, eat vegetarian more people, the higher the rank, the less meat to eat. Like Chinese Cantonese and Su cuisine.