NEPALI CULTURE & ETIQUETTE
* Take off your shoes before entering a temple or one’s home. * Ask for permission before entering a Hindu temple. * Taking photographs inside the most temples are considered illegal. Ask permission before taking photographs of objects, and including Nepali people. * Nepali people are friendly by nature. Have a genuine interest in them. Talk to them. Be friendly as you travel.. * Public displays of affection such as kissing may be considered offensive. * Say hello or Namaskar if anyone is initiating a dialogue with you. The form of greeting in Nepal is Namaste or Namaskar. Say it to greet Nepali people. It has a lot of meaning such as hello, how are you, have a nice day, bye bye. To do Namaskar by hand, join your palms together, bring it few inches below you chin facing it upwards. * You may accept handshake offered by both sex male or female, but never offer your hand first to women. Instead you do `Namaskar’ Its considered rude for a man to touch a women even shaking...
