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Pipa
From the Dunes
Praia do Meio, Natal
BEACHDon't Touch Your Food or Burp
Being an American, we eat everything with our hands and have no trouble with it. Basically because we wash our hands all the time and especially before we eat.
Brazilains, however, don't touch their food. They'll eat pizza with a knife and fork, and routinely hold sandwiches with a napkin so their fingers never touch the food itself. Needless to say.. I touched my food and disgusted many.. oh well for them! I know my hands are clean! LOL
As for burping.. well.. just don't do it. I think, as an american, we understand that some bodily functions are OK given certain situations.. well.. sometimes. But.. burp and OK.. well.. excuse me.. oops! NOT in brazil.. oh no.. burp and every brazilian around will give you a dirty look.. some may go so far as to tell you "falha da educação " - equating to.. you're uneducated.
I found these things to be hilarious considering that men and women alike will hock up a big loogie anywhere, anytime and everyone spits all over the place.. but GOD FORBID you touch your food or let a little gas escape your stomach in public!
Go figure.. ;-)
