1、Indian Etiquette,Table Manners (1),Does Indians all eat with hands?Though Indian cooking uses an extensive array of specialized utensils for various purposes, Indians traditionally do not use cutlery for eating, as many foods - such as Indian breads and curry - are best enjoyed when eating with the
2、hand. Eating with ones hands is a technique that can be quite clean when done correctly, but may require a degree of practice. First, the hands must be thoroughly washed, with particular attention paid to the fingernails. Having long fingernails in India is considered unhygienic.,2,Table Manners (2)
3、,Right HandThe cardinal rule of dining is to always use the right hand when eating or receiving food and never the left. The left hand is considered unclean and to use the left hand when eating is considered uncouth. The reason for this is because the left hand is associated with wiping ones bottom.
4、 However, since Indian tradition also dictates that food should not be jutha (contaminated with saliva), only the hand that is not contaminated with saliva (left hand) should be used to transfer food from the serving dish to your plate. Also, it is advisable to use the left hand if there are any cut
5、lery for taking food from the dish onto your plate.,3,Table Manners (3),Beef & PorkAlmost all Hindus consider cattle sacred, and do not eat beef. Muslims consider the pig unclean and do not eat pork. Restaurants in more conservative Indian states, therefore, dont serve beef or pork, and if they are
6、not on the menu then one would not ask for them for risk of offending the restaurateur.Other rulesIn formal settings, it is expected that everyone will wait for the host or the eldest person - the elder taking priority over the host - to begin eating before everyone else starts.,4,Indian Etiquette T
7、ips,In India, shoes are never worn in a place of worship or in a home, and you might have to take your shoes off before entering a museum or historic monument. Because of this, you might want to buy a pair of inexpensive sandals, like flip-flops(夾腳涼鞋). This way, you can just slide your sandals off a
8、nd on whenever you visit those places.DONT wear tight clothes or clothes that exposes skin in more rural areas. Exposing skin or tight clothes may suggest that youre either too poor to dress well or that youre shameless about showing your body DO fold your hands, bow your head, and say Namaste when
9、greeting.,5,Vocabularies,Extensive: 廣泛的Array: 一系列, 大量的Utensil: 器皿Cutlery: 刀叉Curry: 咖喱Thoroughly: 徹底的Fingernails: 手指甲Unhygienic: 不衛生Uncouth: 沒有教養; 粗野的Muslims: 回教; 伊斯蘭Priority: 優先權Slide: 滑Rural : 鄉村,Cardinal: 重要的; 基礎的Wipe: 擦拭Bottom: 臀部Dictate: 指定; 支配Contaminate: 污染Serve dish: 上菜Advisable: 適當的; 可取的Hindus: 印度人Cattle: 牛Sacred: 神聖的Worship: 祭拜Monument: 歷史遺址; 紀念館Shameless : 無恥; 傷風敗俗的,6,Reference,Vayame http:/ of Indian Dinning http:/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etiquette_of_Indian_dining,7,
