Gestures, mannerisms and expressions differ from country to country throughout the world. Knowing local gestures and rituals will help you make friends, and may also save you from embarrassment.

Like learning a few phrases of the language, a good way of integrating with the people at your destination is to find out about local gestures, mannerisms and expressions.

Greeting rituals vary from an embrace to a handshake to a nod to kissing, even within Europe, for example.