Sit down before starting the trip or go to the mall barefoot?

In China. In a Chinese province, about 30 million villagers live in caves. Many cave houses have been inherited for many generations. By the way, the price of such houses for sale can reach $ 45,000, despite the modest "design" of those homes.

At the same time, the Chinese love to decorate their pets. Every year in China thousands of dogs are painted like tigers, zebras, pandas and rainbows. In 2013, a mastiff painted like a lion was shown at the zoo for several days. In the streets you can easily see a dog not only in abstract patterns, but also with a mustache and eyebrows - “just like from a beauty salon”.

In Brazil. Brazilians are always late, so if you invite them to visit, please note that they are likely to be 2-3 hours late. Therefore, it is not surprising that even television programs there start 15 minutes late. Besides, in Brazil, you can meet a huge number of people wearing simple rubber slaps, which are called "havayanas."

Brazilians wear them even when they go to restaurants and clubs.

And sometimes it happens that the Brazilians fill up their cars with the fuel made from the waste of sugar production. And the sidewalks are swept with brooms made from real palm leaves.

In Russia. The Russians have a custom that surprises foreigners. Having packed their suitcases and put them at the exit, almost every family or an individual traveler sit down "before starting the trip". It is not clearly specified how long such a pause should last, but, even if they are being late for the plane, the Russians will still sit down for at least ten seconds before leaving home.

What is more, saying to each other “I hope you enjoyed the steam” when someone is leaving a bath or a sauna is a sign of politeness and good manners.

In India. At a funeral in India they smile and even dance. The Indians are actually celebrating the day of death. In accordance with the traditions of Hinduism, relatives and friends of the family celebrate the death of a deceased to make his or her afterlife happy. Besides, in the traditions of Hinduism there are not four, but six seasons.

According to the calendar of Hinduism, the main religion of the country, the year is divided into summer, monsoon season, autumn, winter, primaveral season and spring.

In South Africa. The South Africans can easily go to a mall wearing no shoes or sandals. The climate allows that, in the car it is comfortable to be barefoot, and on the streets and in public places it is always relatively clean. Most often children walk barefoot. Moms and dads take their barefoot children to shops and restaurants safely.

But older children love to be in public places wearing very expensive, sometimes hardly affordable, designer clothes. 

Such foppery is called "Izhikotan" - that is the youth subculture of South Africa. The strangeness of those guys is to compete in clothes to show that you are richer than others. Parents do not mind such fun of the youth and believe that it is better that they compete in outfit than pit their strength against others’.