In this Just for fun thread, we would like to highlight unconventional customs which make India stand out. This is a chance, at the same time, to learn about other countries' equally interesting traditions.
1. Which country considers cats to be lucky? How about India?
2. In which country should you not write in red ink?
3. Is there anything like a 15-minute grace period in India or is showing up on time or earlier a common practice?
4. In which country do people greet each other by rubbing noses?
5. What is one custom associated with Indian culture that you have found to be quite unusual?
Thanks for participating,
Diksha
Just for fun: Unusual cultural habits in India and around the world
Diksha
11 December 2019 11:27:59
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AdiAlps
15 December 2019 19:50:00
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Diksha
Nice topic, Let me add 
1 - Cats are highly unlucky in India if they cross the road ahead of you
3 - Its always grace period. We are kinda famous for not being on time
deafdrummer
16 December 2019 16:16:56
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The Indian nod, side-to-side, when you want to indicate "yes". I do it now.
The wiggling thumb-up sign to indicate that something is not good.
The rapid hand-open-and-spread shaking, especially at someone to mean something like "stop or quit" or "leave it."
The open hand with fingers straight out at someone to direct attention to or put emphasis on the person you are addressing.
The slapping of hands together into a namaste and yanking down to your chest to indicate frustration and get away from something irritating.
The facial expression of widening the eyes, curling your tongue underneath with the mouth open, and Indian nodding all at the same time.
deafdrummer
16 December 2019 16:28:45
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I forgot...
Eating with the right hand only and serving yourself or someone with the left hand only (hygiene-based).
Giving or offering someone something (like a gift to a friend, money to someone) with the right hand only. I even see many Nepālese touching their right elbow with their left hand while offering with their right hand, consonant with certain āratrika methods in a Hindū temple (the waving of a plate with a flame in front of a deity). A lot of times, when I remember, I do this. Right hand offering with left hand to right elbow. Typically, I see people offering with just the right hand without the extra step.
Stepping into a person's house with the right foot.
Leaving what you feel to be a sacred place or a temple by stepping backward off the platform (above the top step leading up) with the left foot and touching the platform surface with my right hand to my chest.
If you have a Hindū temple in the house that has to face opposite the entrance to the bathroom, keeping the bathroom door closed at all (In general, such small temples face the east in many cases) times.
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