Greek Culture

One afternoon; I was searching information about Greece and I found three Greek cultural aspects that interested me because of their differences with the Costa Rican ones.



The first one; according to the most striking differences, will be their body language. For instance nodding your head to say ¨yes¨ is not polite in Greece. It is better to say ¨yes¨ instead. Otherwise, in Costa Rica it is pretty common to see people nodding their heads at all the times and even in a business meeting!

The second one is about their traditions. Such as The Name day, as it is very common in most Greeks to be named like the name of a saint. That day it is more important than your birthday and it will be better celebrated as well. On the Contrary, in Costa Rica it is more important to celebrate your birthday than your background’s name.

The third one is the way they greed. In Greece you shake hands with every one, men, women and children. Unfortunately in Costa Rica it is not so common to see a man shaking their hands with a woman or a child. However Costa Rican men or women would kiss women and hug or just say hello to children.

In brief, their body language, traditions and way of greeting are very different from mine and that’s the reason why I found them so interesting and that I will like to visit Greece some day!