Greeting faux pas

Here is the link to the article I mentioned last week in class:

- Americans Abroad: When Goodwill Turns Into Gaffe

And here is also the video showing President Obama's faux pas in Burma.

GREETING: how do people greet each other in Tunisia?

Greeting in Tunisia

Greeting is an act of communication in which human beings intentionally make their presence known to each other to suggest a type of relation ship and to suggest social status between individuals or group of people coming in contact with each other.Every country  has each own way of greeting for example in tunisia people used many way of greeting .                                      

Greeting depend on many field . First of all, greeting depend on social status sush  as some tunisian people especially the poor start greeting high classes by shaking hands to show  respect .Second,  according to the relation ship the evrey day greeting for friends is a hand shake for both men and women, and sometimes kiss on the cheek for both:(two times or more than that).  Another way of greeting used by friends which is  a hug or a pat on  the back.    Third, greeting also related to the age for example young people greet each other  by high-five or they shake hands .But adults kiss on the cheek and also use a hug for close friends and family and sometimes young people start the first to greet old people in order to show respect . Finally, according to gender, women and men greet both male and female by shake hands and kisses on the cheek especially for the close friends or family .Sometimes men pat each other on the back.

                   by the plum group

GREETING: how do people greet each other in Tunisia?

by the roses group

GREETING: how do people greet each other in Tunisia?

 

 

 

 

 

 

by the orange group

GREETING: how do people greet each other in Tunisia?

Greeting ways in Tunisia

 

In Tunisia there several ways of greeting between people of different categories  :gender ,age and position.

1/ Between men and women : generally between a man and a woman who don’t know each other ,they just greet with a handshake or oral greeting like saying :’’ salem or bonjour ,how are you doing?’’And a man and a woman from the family or relatives it is allowed to kiss each other on the cheeks along with the handshake .           

2/ Between women :

generally women are greeting with cheek kissing,

but the older women have a very special way of kissing especially old southern women of Tunisia:

o   sometimes several kisses in one cheek.

o   two kisses in the left cheek .

o   four kisses in the right cheek .

3/ Between Girls: two close friends : young ladies have different greeting ways such as :

o   a cute, light pinch on the cheek.

o   high –five / a hug

o   kisses in the air

o   Pinch on the waist

o   oral greeting: Ahla , cava ,cvn

4/ Between Men: they give cheek kissing or a handshake.

 

Between close friends :  

* a handshake *a pat on the shoulder

5/ Ages : generally the younger persons  are the ones who start greeting the older.                        

BY THE PURPLE TEAM

GREETING: how do people greet each other in Tunisia?

There are several ways of greetings in Tunisia. To start with the most knowing ones are the shake hand and the word “asslama”, it is applied by all the categories, regions and genders. Also, there are many other ways to greet. Each one is related to a specific category, region, and gender.  In south Tunisia for example, the greetings differ from one region to another. In Tataouine, men greet by kissing on the shoulders. In Matmata, old women greet by kissing many kisses on one cheek and one on the other cheek. In Gbeli, the old men and women greet by kissing the hands alternately. In north Tunisia, there are no specific greetings. When they meet they greet by kissing two or three kisses each one on the cheek.

by the WHITE GROUP

GREETING: how do people greet each other in Tunisia?

To start with,Tunisians in the north, in the formal meeting, they shake hands. Whereas, kissing is for friends and relatives . As to do two women, two men,or men and women. Moreover, most Tunisians are kissing each other only twice. That's means kissing air. They  also kiss each other at every meeting.             
However, there are other ways of greeting in south Tunisia. For instance, women kiss each other four time cheek kiss(one on the left, one on the right, one on the left , one on the right  . Additionally, some men greet each other by using their shoulders at the same time handshake.

By the way, there is common ways of greeting between north and south such as high five and hug(one someone women back from abroad).

Like all the country, Tunisia has specific ways of greeting.

 

by the VIOLET GROUP