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... Religious Texts Bible: The Bible is the main religious text of Catholicism. It is often referred to as the ‘Sacred Scripture’. The Bible is a collection of different genres including historical chronicles and myths, genealogies, prophecy, laws, ethics, so ...

... The standard greeting in Laos is ‘sabaideebor’, which means ‘how are you?' or ‘are you well?'. This is usually accompanied by the ‘nop’ (see below). If someone greets another by saying ‘sabaideebor’, the receiver will usually reply with ‘s ...

... Verbal Indirect Communication: Ukrainians are relatively indirect communicators and are careful to remain polite throughout the discussion. They tend to deliver information in a sensitive manner that understates their point or opinion. While open and hones ...

... The Philippines is unique among its neighbours in the South East Asian region in that the majority of Filipinos identify as Christian (92.5%). More specifically, 82.9% of the population identify as Catholic, 2.8% identify as Evangelical Christian, 2.3% ide ...

... Samoans traditionally had a pantheistic religion, where family elders would perform most rituals. Missionaries introduced Christianity in the country in the early 19th century. Their profound impact on Samoa has become particularly evident in the religious ...

... Basic Etiquette It is important to respect the age hierarchy. Stand up when someone older than you enters the room and offer them your seat if there are none available. Men are expected to stand up to greet women—especially those with children. Avoid sitti ...

... Religion can be a casual topic of conversation in Korea and is often a point of interest to many when meeting someone for the first time. It is not considered improper or prying to directly ask someone what their religious affiliation is during the first c ...

... Verbal Indirect Communication: Iraqis generally communicate in an indirect fashion. One’s express point is generally reached in a long, roundabout way. This has the purpose of avoiding embarrassment or offence and respecting the other per ...

... Greet anyone older than yourself first. Greetings are performed in order of age. If someone doesn’t greet you, it may be because they are older than you and are waiting for you to make the first gesture. The common greeting is a firm handshake with the rig ...

... Peru Population Language Spanish (official) 82.9% Quechua (official) 13.6% Aymara (official) 1.6% Ashaninka 0.3% Other native languages 0.8% Other 0.3% Unspecified 0.7% [2017 est.] Religion Ethnicity Cultural Dimensions Power Distance 64 Individualism 16 ...