- Islamic countries
Prohibition of alcohol; Women wear veils (as do foreigners) and pray five times a day; Do not eat pork. During Ramadan, eating and drinking are not allowed after sunrise and before sunset.
It is taboo to pass food to guests with your left hand. Take a bath with your left hand, think that your left hand is not clean, and it is impolite to hold food with your right hand. There will be no alcohol at the party. Fruit juice will be served instead.
- Hindu countries
Hindus do not eat beef and consider it sacrosanct. The cow is regarded as a god cow, the cow walks in the streets and alleys, and the vehicles and pedestrians should be comity. Cows are regarded as "sacred cows" that cannot be slaughtered when they die of old age, and even when cows cannot find food by themselves, some are fed in "sacred cow nursing homes".
- Buddhist countries
The state religion of Myanmar is Buddhism. Buddhists make up 95% of Myanmar's population. Burmese people respect monks so much that everyone else has to stand up and give up their seats when a monk goes out to get on a bus or boat. The monks' food is served by the Buddhists. You have to be a monk to be an adult.
Thai people believe in Buddhism. Great emphasis on the head. The head is considered sacrosanct. If you touch a Thai person's head with your hand, it is considered a great insult to him. If the elder is present, the younger generation must crouch and kneel so as not to rise above the elder's head. It is taboo for someone to pass an object over their head while sitting. No one should touch a child's head, or it's unlucky. Thais can't sleep with their heads facing west because the sunset symbolizes death. Thais lay their heads facing west after they die.
- Thirteen is taboo in the West
The banquet should be avoided on the 13th and Friday, the house number, hotel room number, building number, banquet table no. 13, and the car no. 13.
(2) Customs and habits formed under the influence of cultural traditions
- Taboos in daily life
Thai people are accustomed to greeting each other by clapping their palms together. Thai people definitely do not sign in red pen, because in Thailand, people use red pen to write the name of the dead on the coffin.
The Japanese don't like to be toasted, they are used to their own brand of cigarettes. The Japanese taboo word "four" and "nine", "four" in Japanese is similar to the word "death" and "bitter".
The Chinese custom is "shaking the head does not count as nodding", but in Albania, Bulgaria, Sri Lanka, India, Nepal and many other places, people shake the head to indicate agreement, nodding to indicate disagreement.
Men wearing hats, in the United States and the United Kingdom, are expected to slightly lift their hats and nod when meeting friends. But in Italy, the hat is pulled down to show respect.
- Pay attention to titles and titles
Germans, Austrians attach great importance to the title of the title, if they are doctors, professors, should take the trouble to use this title, he will be happy.
- Color taboos by countries
White is generally considered a symbol of purity; Black is a symbol of solemnity; Yellow is the symbol of harmony, while red and blue are the symbols of good luck.
Many countries use black as the funeral color. The hearse is black. Belgians avoid blue. Brazilians regard brown as the color of mourning, believing that death is like yellow leaves falling from a tree.
