I will take an Indian foreign teacher out of Foshan in a few days. But I don't know their customs.

First of all, make sure that Indians do clean with their hands after going to the toilet-(left hand only). Please remember this). I couldn't believe it when I first saw the relevant statement on the Internet. I thought it was an ugly Indian. Now it has been certified by many parties. Prove that this statement is true.

Secondly, talk about their methods. Not as dirty as we thought. Toilets in India don't have toilet paper like ours, but all toilets have hand sinks next to them. Within reach. Specially used to help clean up afterwards. Even the most luxurious hotel bathroom. Therefore, friends who go to India, in addition to passports, must carry toilet paper with them. Otherwise, you can only learn the Indian model.

In India, hand washing has nothing to do with culture, quality, education and class. Even white-collar workers still have this custom. Therefore, when Indians travel to China, the most inconvenient thing is that there is no sink next to the toilet squat pit, which makes them uncomfortable after going to the toilet.

Indians caught it by hand. The same is true of Bangladeshis. They are all right-handed. Absolutely no one uses his left hand. Therefore, if you eat with Indians, you'd better not put your left hand on the table.

Finally, talk about how to treat this way of going to the toilet. I think there is no need to make a fuss, let alone despise it. This is just a different way of life, but it is full of misunderstandings.

Indian marriage customs

During our trip to India, the tour guide asked us such a question: "Do you know why the population of India is growing so fast?" Everyone's answers are divided. Some say that the family planning system has not been implemented, some say that the knowledge of birth control is not enough, and some say that traditional Indian concepts are at work. Xiaoke shook his head and said that it was not completely right. His eloquence is excellent. Kan Kan talked about it and told us an anecdote about the strange Indian marriage and customs.

According to him, the marriage of Indian daughters is a headache for parents, because according to Indian custom, the woman has to prepare a large sum of money as a bride price for the man. The more gifts you give, the higher the status of the woman in her husband's family. On the wedding day, the man can invite many relatives and friends to enjoy himself, and the guests attending the wedding don't have to give gifts. On the contrary, they can get red envelopes, all given by the woman. If the man's relatives and friends are huge, then the burden on the woman's parents is staggering. Therefore, once an Indian gives birth to a daughter at home, she will raise a large sum of money for her. On the contrary, a new son will give him another chance to get rich. This patriarchal custom has influenced the Indian concept of fertility. Some parents are unhappy when they have a daughter for the first time and decide to have another one. If they have a daughter, they will try to have a third child and a fourth child until they have a son.

This marriage custom is different from that of China people. China gave birth to a son, and he wanted to buy a house for a banquet, which cost a lot. On the contrary, if you have a daughter, you can spend less money. Besides, family planning is now practiced in China, and the new concept of "having a boy and a girl" is quite popular among young people, which is much more advanced than the Indian concept of fertility.

However, Xiao Ke added: "Divorce in India is good for women. In case of divorce, the woman can make conditions and the man can ask for as much as he wants. The decision is up to the woman. Therefore, although a man beats his wife, he is afraid of his wife's divorce because the loss is too great. " It makes sense to think that Indian law favors women. Whoever pays more, of course, takes more. Seeing us laughing, he said, "This is also a strange view of marriage in India!"

In my opinion, every country and nation has its own unique marriage customs, but some old ideas will be replaced by new advanced ones. In the final analysis, it is a question of education. Xiao Ke also agrees that because there is no compulsory education in India at present and the tuition fees are relatively expensive, many Indian teenagers can't receive more and better education, and of course they can't accept advanced ideas. Therefore, social development will definitely be slow and it is inevitable that the country's productivity will be limited.

Clothing: The traditional clothing of Indian men, the lower part of which is Totti, is actually a wide white cotton cloth wrapped around the waist, also made of hemp or silk. The length is generally 3.6 to 4.5 meters, wrapped around the waist, hanging to the knees or feet, and some have piping. Wearing a knee-length "Gu Erda" coat. Headscarves come in different colors and different wrapping methods. Rajasthan headscarves and Sikh headscarves are very famous, and sometimes people put feathers on them.

In rural India, men generally don't wear shirts, just put a sweat towel on their shoulders, or use a piece of cloth as their main upper body and put it on their shoulders. People call it "Chad"

The national costume of Indian women is "sari". Sari is usually made of a piece of cloth about 6 meters long and 1. 1 to 1.3 meters wide. Sari is worn by wrapping it around the waist and finally covering it on the shoulder or head. Sarees are generally divided into cotton, silk, yarn and nylon.

Indian clothing is related to the local climate. The temperature can be higher than 40℃ in summer and 20℃ in winter, so clothes need to be breathable and refreshing. Nowadays, most residents in cities wear westernized clothes, and men also wear shirts and trousers, usually wearing suits and ties. Most women still wear saris, and many people change to jeans. However, ethnic groups in various regions still maintain their own national characteristics. Many Muslim men like to wear a Turkish hat with Persian sheepskin. Sikh women usually wear robes covering their knees and a wide skirt called Charvaut-McAz.

Indians like to wear all kinds of jewelry, such as hair ornaments, earrings, forehead ornaments, nose ornaments, necklaces, brain ornaments, wrist bracelets, wrist ornaments, rings and so on. Most of them are gold, silver or precious stones. In some places, people even understand the jewelry in clothes. According to traditional customs, Indian men regard it as an obligation to give jewelry to women, and women regard wearing jewelry as an important part of their lives, but widows can't bring any jewelry. Headdress is a product fixed on the top of the head and forehead with small chains and hooks. Nose ornaments are mostly gold and silver products, which are decorative signs of married women. Necklaces in necklaces are regarded as evil spirits, and the groom brings them to the bride at the wedding. As long as there is no divorce, the wife will wear this chain for life, which is still a custom in rural India.

Diet: Due to the influence of nationality, history and culture, the diet of Indians is very different between north and south. Influenced by the northern Islamic culture, cooking is usually Mughal, characterized by a lot of meat, grain and bread. The south is vegetarian, characterized by rice and spicy curry. The only similarity of all Indian dishes is that they all like spicy food.

Indian dinners often start with soup, usually thin curry, and the rest of the dishes are usually given by all colleagues, not divided into several dishes. In addition to dinner, there are complementary foods. The most common are condensed milk or yogurt, curry mixed with vegetables, condensed milk mixed with vegetables, vegetable puree and chutney. After dinner, there are generally nut ice cream, pudding made of rice, cream milk balls flavored with rose water, pancakes in syrup, Tanghe fresh fruit made of milk and milk, etc. After dinner, Indians entertain guests with carved products made of betel nuts, hydrated lime and spices wrapped in betel nuts leaves to help digestion.

"Dunduli Chicken" and "Cream Mutton" are famous dishes in India. The practice of "cream mutton" is to add almost the same amount of yogurt to the mutton. In the past, this dish was only used by the royal family, but now it is more common. "Dunduli Chicken" is to sprinkle spices on the plucked chicken, then put it on the yellow mud stove and bake it slowly with slow fire. The smell of the oven makes your mouth water.

Eating sweets is a hobby of Indians. There are dozens of desserts in India, and different regions have different ways to treat one dessert. "Layeda" and "Sheridan" made of yogurt are very popular. Candy is generally made of flour, milk, cheese, almonds, walnuts, cardamom and crocus.

Hindus are most taboo to eat vegetables on the same plate, and there are many vegetarians. Generally speaking, the higher the level, the fewer meat eaters; Only people of lower rank eat meat (mutton).

There are many kinds of drinks in India. In the south, people like to drink strong coffee, while in the north, people like to drink tea. There are two kinds of drinks that are always accompanied by milk and sugar. If you don't put milk and sugar in your tea, you should "tea". Other drinks in India vary from place to place and from season to season, and fresh fruit sweat is widely loved by Indians.

Indians usually don't use tableware when eating. In the north, it is impolite for people to eat with the fingertip of their right hand and take food above the second knuckle. In the south, people stir rice and curry with their whole right hand and knead them into balls to eat. Indians eat with their hands, but they can't touch public plates or eat by themselves, otherwise they will be rejected by people who eat together. There is often a public water container for water supply when eating. When drinking water, don't touch the container with your lips, but pour it into whose mouth. After dinner, Indians usually bring guests a bowl of hot water and put it on the table to wash their hands.