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... Turkey is a secular country with a majority Muslim population. There are no formal statistics on the population’s religious affiliation. National identification cards automatically list any citizen as ‘Muslim’ at birth unless their parents have registered ...

... The history of Thai emigration to Australia is relatively small until recent decades. During the early 20th century, Australia developed connections with Thai royalty. For example, Butra Mahintra was sent by King Rama VI to purchase racehorses. Seven years ...

... There are two Samoas: American Samoa and Independent Samoa. The former is considered to be U.S. territory while the latter, which is the primary focus of this cultural profile, gained independence from New Zealand in 1962. Despite the geopolitical separati ...

... Basic Etiquette In Korea, people rarely thank one another for gestures of courtesy (e.g. holding open doors), nor do they generally apologise if they bump into one another on the street. English-speaking westerners may interpret this as be ...

... Hong Kongese culture has adopted the western handshake as the norm. It should be accompanied with a nod and direct eye contact. A Chinese Hong Kongers’ handshake may be rather light. Older Chinese Hong Kongers may lower their eyes while ...

... Naming Conventions Thai naming conventions arrange names as follows: [given name] [FAMILY NAME]. For example, Somchai THEERAVIT (male) and Parfun VAIYASINGHA (female). The given name (or ‘personal name’) is chosen at birth as the individual’s personal iden ...

... Church Structure The Eastern Orthodox Church is a fellowship of self-governing churches, which are either ‘autocephalous’ (independently administered and self-governed) or ‘autonomous’ (self-governed but ...

... The primary author of this profile was Chara Scroope (2022). Ariel, A. (2021). Jewish Food in the Diaspora. In H. R. Diner (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the Jewish Diaspora (pp. 676–686). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190240 ...

... The first Chinese settlers that came to Australia in large numbers arrived during the Gold Rush period. Most were men who were contracted by agents, who sponsored their journey. Once gold ran out, many Chinese settled in the agriculture in ...

... Do’s Respect those who are older than you. Contradicting them, criticising them, disagreeing with them or ignoring them will give them a poor opinion of you. They are likely to think that you are not hunhu (well-mannered) and be dismissive ...