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Quote from: BADecker on August 23, 2023, 12:28:20 PM

I have a friend who is a minister in Ethiopia. Greeting in Ethiopia amounts to this.

If you are walking down the path in Ethiopia, and you meet a stranger going the opposite direction, you spend at least 15 to 20 minutes in a friendly chat about anything and everything that comes to mind.

If you and your family are putting on a family luncheon, and you have a few friends and relatives over as guests, any stranger who happens to be walking by and sees your get-together, is traditionally automatically welcome to join your festivities and share in your meal.

If all the peoples of the world had this kind of friendly 'greeting' among themselves, the whole world would be a much better place to live in.

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That's very interesting. I didn't know Ethiopians are so nice.

I've always found it fascinating how the Japanese greet. I was once traveling by train and and a Japanese woman sat in my compartment. After a while she stood up and started bowing, so I stood up and asked if she needs help with her luggage, thinking that she wanted to leave, but she was just going to the toilet. Every time she wanted to leave the compartment she'd bow to each of us and we didn't know if she'd be back from that journey or not. Cheesy

In my country it's customary to greet people who you know and the one's you're about to interact with. We usually don't greet strangers, unless we want to ask them something.

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IMO everywhere greeting is important. Whether you've got an affair or you've got friends or even at work. But let's stick to the greetings with your parents of your partner. It's true that it's a gesture of respect and a sign that you're comfortable with them or even not, you're trying to get along with them. But the generation is changing and there could be some couples that treats this as nothing like there are no more greetings but that doesn't mean you're disrespectful to them, but because you're comfortable already with them so you don't greet them anymore.

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I have a friend who is a minister in Ethiopia. Greeting in Ethiopia amounts to this.

If you are walking down the path in Ethiopia, and you meet a stranger going the opposite direction, you spend at least 15 to 20 minutes in a friendly chat about anything and everything that comes to mind.

If you and your family are putting on a family luncheon, and you have a few friends and relatives over as guests, any stranger who happens to be walking by and sees your get-together, is traditionally automatically welcome to join your festivities and share in your meal.

If all the peoples of the world had this kind of friendly 'greeting' among themselves, the whole world would be a much better place to live in.

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Quote from: Zlantann on August 23, 2023, 06:50:17 AM

A young man brought his girlfriend to his parents and they disapproved of the marriage because they observed that she always failed to greet elderly family members and neighbors while she stayed with them.

Greeting is very important in every society but the difference is the way it is done. Like in the European culture, they acknowledge greeting but not the way it is done in Africa, they could greet hello or how are you to their parents but you don't dare that kind of greeting in Africa. Moreover, the European don't pay heed to bringing intending spouse for approval from the parents but this is done in Africa as you pointed out. However this same practice is beginning to reduce in Africa because of urbanization, modernity and distance.

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Here in my country greeting is important, but not as important as it is there and in those contexts you offer. For example, here parents do not need to evaluate their children's partners or stay with them, here we are more flexible on it.

When comes to greeting, I recall I was taught in school and by my parents that greeting and giving the "good morning" was important and was supposed to be a signal of respect towards others, since it looks bad when you greet someone and you do not get greeted back.

My parents typically mention and point out how some neighbors do not take the time to greet them in the morning, even if they greeted them first. So yes, it is important here, but there are some who may not pay attention to it or get out their way to greet everyone they encounter.

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In some cultures, the parents must approve your partner before marriage. So you have to take your girlfriend or boyfriend to your parents for them to know your fiancee and sometimes stay with them for a few days. After this meeting, they might approve or disapprove the marriage. A young man brought his girlfriend to his parents and they disapproved of the marriage because they observed that she always failed to greet elderly family members and neighbors while she stayed with them.

In some cultures greeting or exchanging pleasantries with family members and neighbors is very important. Children are raised to say good morning, afternoon, and good evening to mainly their elders. Greeting your elders is a sign of a good home upbringing and people that exchange pleasantries are loved in society. In some cases, mostly in rural areas, an elder asked why you refused to greet him. This might sound strange in some areas but this is an important part of people's lifestyle.

In my culture greeting is important, it is a sign of respect and humility. What about in your culture?

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