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Lewd behavior and even simple PDA (public displays of affection) between genders are highly frowned upon.
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Avoid giving or receiving anything with your left hand, always use the right. This goes for eating and drinking as well.
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Avoid pointing your feet or the soles of your shoes at people when sitting.
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Raising your voice in anger is usually considered bad form.
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Hindus are particularly sensitive about the pollution of food when it is touched by anyone outside their caste or religion
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When drinking from a water container used by others, avoid touching your lips to it. If you cant drink the Nepali way, please ask for a glass. In a Nepali home, it is best not to help yourself from a jug of water or common dish of food but wait for it to be served to you
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Don’t serve leftovers to guests or offer a person anything from which you have taken a bite or sip
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The left hand is another source of pollution in many Asian countries because it is used for toilet purposes
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Use the right hand when eating and also in accepting and giving things.
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Contact with shoes is considered defiling or degrading and shoe beating is one of the most humiliating forms of punishment.
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People of status may not want to help polish their own shoes or be seen carrying them to the repair shop
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Take off your shoes before entering a temple or one's home, before putting your feet up on chairs, tables or the bed.
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Shoes are worn inside many Nepali homes but it is safest to follow the example of your hosts. If you see shoes being left outside, please follow suit.
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When you touch someone with your feet accidentally, you pay back the respect by tapping the person's shoulder, and then your forehead.
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Superstition is a part of Nepalese life. Never say a young baby healthy and or fat - they don't like that, they think the baby will get sick afterwords.
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Never keep your shoes or sandals upside down - it brings bad luck around.
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Spilling rice on the floor (specially cooked rice) and walking on it is an insult to the Hindu Goddess of Food.
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Priest plays an important role in the lives of Nepalese. He is called in to get a special `birth name' when a baby is born, he is there to witness marriage vows, as well as he is present at the funeral, and also in selected Hindu festivals like Janai Purnima. He performs puja, worships God and asks God for forgiveness of someone’s sins. They are passionate people; they love their job like no other. Never criticize the job of a priest, even if you don't agree.
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For a long journey away from home, you usually depart with a sip of yogurt and/or a red tika (colored mix or powder) on your forehead given by the senior member of your family. Some highly superstitious people will only travel on specific days of the week for leaving home towards a specification directions like north or south.
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The number 3 is considered unlucky - for example, when three people have to depart from the same location, they leave one after another but not all at same time.
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It is common to pray before traveling especially on a long journey, so you will see bus drivers with photos of Hindu goddess, incense and bells and doing prayers before beginning the first drive of the day. Its common to see hanging of red dried Chilies in places like homes, restaurants and even in buses - it's done to protect the place from bad spirits.
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