For this part of the assignment I decided to read and Google some
information. I decided to look up some information on different noverbal
communication in India. I found some of their nonverbal communication a little
odd, but interesting. Some of the things I found interesting were:
The finger to the temple. That
person is mad.
The Hand held to the side and
shaken side to side: Used to communicate a lack of commitment. Means It’s not a
good idea, it was never a good idea, it only contained elements of the truth
and don’t even think about it.
The palm upwards, three fingers
folded towards the palm, the index finger raised. This is a question hand
signal meaning how are you, what happened, what do you want, what are you
staring at, I don’t understand and I don’t have.
The one place I have visited in the country is Miami, FL. The people
there use kissing your cheek and a hug as a greeting. I love it they’re so
friendly and make you feel welcome. It is amazing how in some places a
handshake is enough, but in Miami they’re so warm.
The greeting in Florida may be different for the rest of America, but there are European nations that do the same thing when greeting people. In relation to the Indian communications, we have similar for the raised index finger and a finger to the temple. For us, a finger to the temple means that they have a headache, and are perhaps frustrated. Raised index finger means "hold on a second" or something related, and could mean a sort of inquiry as well.
ReplyDeleteI found it interesting that when you visited Miami people used different non verbal messages then what we are used to in California. I wrote in my blog, that usually through out the United States what some cultures might think is a nice greeting for example kissing could actually be crossing the line here. It is interesting to think Miami is different then us, I guess I though overall the Us would all be similar and that something like kissing is more similar to a European nation. I found the communications in india very interesting.
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