1) If an Indian runs over a cow or a person, s/he keeps on driving. The reason being, if the driver stops the crowd may injure or kill him/her. If a person is run over, the driver drives to a police station to turn him/herself in. There, the driver is given a fine then released.
2) When an Indian woman wears an ankle bracelet, a bracelet is put on BOTH ankles. When we would wear only one, we were stopped an informed that a bracelet was missing. Ankle bracelets have tiny bells on them; that way a man can tell if a woman is in the next room.
3) Shoes must be removed before entering a home or a temple. When we visited temples this weekend we wore socks when walking to the temples in order to protect our feet from the hot paving stones.
4) Houses are painted in auspicious colors. I still haven't determined who decides the auspicious colors.
5) Indians really liked Obama until Obama decided to give tax incentives to companies that didn't import goods.
6) Indians feel that the United States needs to take a bigger role in preventing global warming. They feel that the former President Bush was wrong in withdrawing from global warming talks.
7) "Construction dummies", which look similar to scarecrows, are hung at construction sites. When the building is done, the dummy is burnt and a chicken or goat is sacrificed. Somehow this brings good luck.
8) Indians don't nod or shake their heads like Westerners do. Their heads go from side to side (ear to shoulder). This means yes, no, or maybe. Stephen said that Indians don't like to commit themselves.
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