Customs around the world by Lucas Trelha

Brazil

lucas_trelha — 2025-10-05 21:13:22 UTC

In informal situations in Brazil, people may greet each other with a kiss on the cheek

Santa Maria, RS

lucas_trelha — 2025-10-06 18:59:27 UTC

In Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, there are parties in the first week of each semester (calouradas)

Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais

rocioangeveloza — 2025-10-06 19:01:34 UTC

People like to eat cheese bread every day.

Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia

rocioangeveloza — 2025-10-06 19:04:24 UTC

Cali is known as the world capital of salsa. People in Colombia also dance a lot.

Rio Grande do Sul

lucas_trelha — 2025-10-06 19:05:52 UTC

In RS, french bread is called "cacetinho", but that is a bad word in other states!

Buenos Aires, Argentina

rocioangeveloza — 2025-10-06 19:08:09 UTC

Argentina have a lot rock bands in spanish. Some are very famous, like: Los Fabulos Cadillacs, Soda Stereo and Los abuelos de la nada.

Coreia do Sul

lucas_trelha — 2025-10-06 19:08:41 UTC

In Korea, when eating with your family or extended family, it is considered ill-mannered when you take the first bite of the food. You should let the eldest of the family member eat first, usually the father.

Austrália

2025-10-06 19:08:49 UTC

The australian accent don´t pronounce the letter R after a vowel. "Car" tuns into "Cah" when pronounced

Fonte: KTS - Accents; https://accent.ktspeech.work/an-australian-accent/#:~:text=Rhoticity,with%20a%20feeling%20of%20despair.

Lima, Peru

2025-10-06 19:09:55 UTC

In Peru there are more than 50 types of corn, of different colors: white, red, black... among others.

Japão

2025-10-06 19:10:35 UTC

A custom in Japan is to take off your shoes when entering a house. It's a very old tradition.

Dalmatian coastal, Croácia

2025-10-06 19:12:46 UTC

The Dalmatian dog breed originates from the Dalmatia region of Croatia.

Angola

2025-10-06 19:13:20 UTC

The angolan portuguese sounds diferent of brazilian portuguese in words that sounds more open, because this words sounds more close in angola. Like "Troféu" is "Trofêu" there

Fonte: https://sistemas.uft.edu.br/periodicos/index.php/portodasletras/article/download/16784/23056/90530#:~:text=5.1.&text=A%20an%C3%A1lise%20comparativa%20das%20variedades%20do%20portugu%C3%AAs%20no%20Brasil%2C%20Portugal,como%20a%20palataliza%C3%A7%C3%A3o%20de%20consoantes.

Santa Maria, RS, 97010, Brasil

thiagodossantosmello789 — 2025-10-06 19:17:05 UTC

In Santa Maria, in winter, there is a custom of "lagartear", that is, enjoying the sun in a lazy way.

Grécia

lucas_trelha — 2025-10-06 19:17:11 UTC

While the thumbs-up gesture typically means "good" or "okay" in many cultures, it's considered offensive in Iran and can be taken as a vulgar gesture in Greece.

China

2025-10-06 19:19:06 UTC

China is one of the countries wiht the most biodiversity of the world. They have registered over 34,000 plant species and thousands of vertebrates. Like Brazil, they have a lot of different ecossistems and biomes in your territory

Fonte: https://www.biofin.org/china#:~:text=China%20has%20a%20total%20land,key%20habitats%20and%20threatened%20wildlife.

https://www.renewablematter.eu/en/wang-yao-this-is-how-china-finances-biodiversity#:~:text=China%20is%20one%20of%20the,in%202022%20made%20very%20clear.

Iran

lucas_trelha — 2025-10-06 19:19:24 UTC

In Muslim countries, eye contact has a gender dimension – it’s important that male and female employees do not indulge in too much eye contact, whereas between two males or two females strong eye contact demonstrates trust.

Holanda

2025-10-06 19:19:35 UTC

In the Netherlands there are more bicycles than people, with 1.3 bicycles per inhabitant

Rivera, Uruguai

thiagodossantosmello789 — 2025-10-06 19:24:21 UTC

Rivera is considered a free shop because it is a border city in Uruguay that is home to a large concentration of stores that sell imported products at tax-free prices.

Galiza, Espanha

thiagodossantosmello789 — 2025-10-06 19:36:46 UTC

The language of Galicia is Galician, an Ibero-Western Romance language that shares a common origin with Portuguese. It became an official language in Galicia alongside Spanish.

Uruguai

lucas_trelha — 2025-10-22 18:47:10 UTC

It's more common in Uruguay than in Brazil to greet people with a kiss on the cheek

Áustria

lucas_trelha — 2025-10-22 18:49:38 UTC

Austria must not be mistaken for Australia! This could upset Austrian people.

Fun fact: Vienna is not in Italy, it is actually in Austria.

Argentina

lucas_trelha — 2025-10-22 18:51:11 UTC

Argentinians speak very fast, maybe because they link words

Japão

lucas_trelha — 2025-10-22 18:54:07 UTC

This is not exclusive to Japan, but bowing is more common thank shaking hands.

Japão

lucas_trelha — 2025-10-22 18:56:23 UTC

It may be inappropriate to eat while walking in the street.

Besides that, it's more difficult to find trash bins or containers. It's even illegal to litter.

Canadá

lucas_trelha — 2025-10-22 19:10:34 UTC

Canadians prefer positive sentences (like You could do this...) instead of negative feedback. They wave to everyone to greet them. They use "eh?" instead of "right?" or "isn't it?"

Tibet, China

lucas_trelha — 2025-10-22 19:13:02 UTC

They stick out their tongues as a welcoming gesture.

Hungary

lucas_trelha — 2025-10-22 19:15:14 UTC

In Hungary, they don't tap glasses when they cheer because when Austria defeated Hungarians in the revolution, they celebrated in this way.