Greeting in India. Social greetings and business in India. Indian greeting. Western Greeting

When you meet a person in India, in case they are used to dealing with Western people, will be familiar greetings typical of our culture, the traditional handshake. However, his greeting for excellence is known as "namaste" (which in English is pronounced as na-mas-ti). This greeting is to place the palms of our hands together, glued against each other, are put together under the chin and made a slight nod of the head and body from the waist. If you play this greeting, they will feel very flattered and honored by you, and his willingness to please. This greeting is a way to show your respect for the person being presented. The greeting, handshake both as "namaste" is found both when a person or entering a meeting, as the time to say goodbye or leave a meeting or social gathering. Men do not greet women with no physical contact. Simply show respect to gestures. In the case of women may shake hands with a Western man, but never do with another man who is Indian. Women can shake hands with another woman, either in your country or not, in the case of Western women, but not like too if they accept willingly shake hands with a woman. But in addition to the greetings we have indicated, there is another that is used in other parts of India such as the "Namaskaram" used in southern India, and that is very similar to the "namaste" join hands and make a small bow as a sign of respect for the person in front. In this case the hands are placed in front of your face, slightly higher than in the case of "namaste." At the time of the presentations, with the Hindus, you can use the complimentary phrase "salam alaikum," which comes to mean something like "Peace be with you / with you." If he presents is a Sikh (Sikh) is often used other terms of similar courtesy as "sat sri akal" which comes to mean something like "God is truth." It is a courtesy. Since knowing what religion a person is, at least initially, is not nothing easy, it is best to opt for Western behavior and greet by shaking hands and saying, an expression such as "How are you?, Enchanted know him, I am honored to greet ... The Indians only use his right hand in greeting. As for fire or say goodbye. Try to take this into account.