there are:
Bowing
Cheek kissing
Pressing noses
Handshake
Hand-kissing
Hat-raising
Hat-tipping
Kowtow
Namaste
Roman salute
Waving
2006-06-16 05:54:23 · 11 answers · asked by happyseventeen 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
Why should one form dominate? How dull.
No. A handshake can be rude, offensive, intrusive, and an excellent way to transmit disease. Even in culture like the US where a handshake is common, few know how, when and who may correctly offer, and who must wait to be offered.
I think bowing would be an excellent choice, but forcing homogeneity is to cause serious harm.
Lyotard has a lot to say on the negative ideal of consensus and its negative aspects.
2006-06-16 06:09:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
every culture and people were inspired by different values and rituals reflect that.
namaste( namah -te) means i salute the god whose presence is there inside you.
all are the myriad ways of expressing different degrees of affection or salutations based on social order.
touch is the most advanced sense we have when we come out of the womb.
all these are just ways of getting to touch each other. thats my guess.
and some like the wave and hat raising are non-touch for distant communication.
break the ice and get ur message across.what is universal is a SMILE.
2006-06-16 06:13:46 · answer #2 · answered by mnachuri 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I really wish that bowing was universal. I hate having to shake hands. After working in an office building for 10 years and knowing that most of my co-workers probably don't wash their hands after eating or going to the bathroom I can't STAND having to shake someone else's hand. Yuck! Who knows where that thing's been!?
2006-06-16 06:00:34 · answer #3 · answered by bettiegrl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You left out my Fav! Hugging. That is what I do and I get it from my family. and the small town I was raised in. We all hug, just a way of showing love, and saying I am really happy to see ya.
2006-06-16 06:01:05 · answer #4 · answered by smcneil40 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Different cultures have different ways of doing things. That's all there is to it.
2006-06-16 09:13:36 · answer #5 · answered by Mimi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why are you even asking this? The world would be boring if everyone did the same thing all the time!
2006-06-16 05:59:00 · answer #6 · answered by jannabanana 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because we're all created differently and don't you think it is a bit boring to have only one way to do something?
2006-06-16 05:58:50 · answer #7 · answered by Neny 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i find using the middle finger is stil universally understood
2006-06-16 11:58:51 · answer #8 · answered by Calvin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
different cultures and different personal preferrences
2006-06-16 05:58:00 · answer #9 · answered by professionaleccentric 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no because we are all differents
2006-06-16 06:04:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋