Thursday, March 4, 2010

Zambian customs #2 - The handshake

If you are greeting people from afar, who you are simply saying hello to rather than intending to speak to, then clasping your hands together on your chest and sometimes doing a mini clap is the way to go.

A much friendlier greeting which takes place in one movement starts by shaking someone’s hand, moving the hand upwards so you are almost shaking their thumb and then back to the handshaking. Sometimes this can be quite swift, though more often than not the last bit of the handshake continues whilst you are talking.

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