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Greetings
1) Greeting an elder
To greet an elder (a respected person in the community, a
teacher, your...
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1 | P a g e
Learn culture by Indonesian Gesture and body language| Licence 3 Ingenierie du tourisme,
de l’hotellerie et des services | muhamad IKRAR
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Greetings
1) Greeting an elder
To greet an elder (a respected person in the community, a
teacher, your parents, grandmother, and so on), move their offered hand to slightly
touch your forehead.
2) Shaking hands
Shake hands softly and then slightly touch your chest
afterwards.
Men usually give a stronger grip than women when they are shaking hands.
Touching your chest after shaking hands demonstrates respect to other person (you’re
taking their greeting into your heart).
It’s often OK to shake hands with someone of the opposite sex.
Just use a soft grip and
then slightly touch your own chest as well.
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