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A. Have you ever made friends from other countries? What are some of the different ways people
in other countries greet each other? How do you feel when someone kisses you on the cheeks
on your first meeting?

kiss on cheek

How "salaman
Indonesians gesture"
greet others

handshake

Taken from: http://www.indo5.net/learning-indonesian/indonesian-body-language

B. GROUP WORK. Discuss how people from other countries greet others. You may pick two countries
from different continent to be discussed. Share your discussion result to the class.

C. Read the text below.

Greetings Around the World

I n the United States and Canada, a simple might hug and kiss each other (but not a

handshake or nod is the norm. Handshakes
woman) on the cheek. Men will also shake
are also usually used in other parts of the
world, including Britain and Russia. In Russia, hands with other men there. In some Eastern
countries, including Korea and Japan, bowing is
males grasp other men’s hands very strongly the traditional greeting.
during the handshake. In other countries, such In Japan, the deeper the bow, the deeper the
as France and Belgium, hugging and kissing are respect shown. The strangest custom, though,
more common when two people meet. In is likely in Tibet. People there choose to stick
those cultures, people kiss each other on the out their tongue to greet others.
cheeks. The number of times varies depending Adapted from pocketcultures.com/2010/07/14/kisse-hug-
on the particular country. In Saudi Arabia, men or-shake-hands/

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