- Sustained eye contact is not generally the norm, especially a woman looking at a man.
- If doing business, it’s not uncommon to keep eye contact, but it may seem odd to hold it intently for a while. The best option is to look away or even down once in a while. This can be accomplished effortlessly be simply using the looking away as a chance to gather your thoughts.
- Note that as a foreigner, one can expect to be stared at. Especially in rural areas.
- When communicating with elders it is common to use indirect eye contact.
- Direct eye contact is becoming a little more acceptable in the cities but in some parts of the country it can be inappropriate and rude to have direct eye contact. Especially for women to give eye contact to the husbands.
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