The strange social ritual of Provence

provence likes physical contact, two men meet, handshakes are the minimum.

even when you have something in your hand, you have to put a little finger in your hand.

if the hand is a little wet or dirty, then the forearms or elbows are needed to perform this ritual.

being on a bike or driving a car does not constitute a reason for not having physical contact with a person.

so, you often see a dangerous scene on a crowded street: a pair of hands coming out of a window, looking for each other.

this is a preliminary, minimal move.

if more familiar and close people meet, they need to be expressed more strongly.

unlike elsewhere, in provence, men kiss each other.

in addition, they made a series of moves to squeeze each other ' s shoulders, punch each other in the back, punch each other in the abdomen and twist each other ' s cheeks.

i met an old friend of provence's, and you'd probably have been tortured by the end of the relationship.

a woman is much less likely to be physically injured when she meets.

but people who aren't familiar with manners don't know the right number of kisses, and they can make social mistakes, and they can be misleading about you being a hypocrite -- a hypocrite who only kisses one side, or a poor, biologically isolated person.

the kisses were right: three kisses, left-right-left.

three kisses, the crude custom of the provence, and two kisses for civilized people.

if you meet a woman, you have to pay close attention to her head.

after two kisses, if you stop swinging your head, you'll have fun.

on the other hand, it is the responsibility of the esteemed party to estimate the correct number of twists or whether they need to be.

but things can change at any time.

so you'll never be able to guess what manner they'll give you.

after the meeting, the conversation can begin.

the basket, the big buns, all of them have to be put down for a while.

if it's a dog, it's tied to the foot of the coffee table, and if it's a bike and a tool, it's going to have to hold it against the nearest wall.

this is important, because a serious and pleasant conversation necessarily requires the use of both hands to express linguistic accuracy.

a gesture can be a commas, a stop, an exclamation mark, or even a mere decoration.

because if words are just talkative, they cannot satisfy the provence.

then the hands joined, and there was a silent exchange of views.

even the shoulders are full of faces.

the provence talk, you can act from a distance, and you can know it.

there is also a silent language that begins with a handshake.

this is what we learned from our home builders.

they use this language to say no only when speaking of time or price.

but this gesture is of unlimited use to describe your health, your harmony with your mother-in-law, your career progress, your assessment of a restaurant, or your prediction of a sweet harvest this year.

when you talk about things that don't matter, your hands just shake, and your eyebrows rise.

talk about more serious things, like politics, someonethe probability of local racers winning a prize in this year's tour increases when the liver is persistent.

the hand moved slowly, with the upper body shaking gently, and the serious expression focused on the face.

when warnings or arguments are made, the tool used is the index finger, which is used in three ways: by pointing at the nose of the other side without moving, which reminds the other side to be careful; by shaking under the face like a metronome, which reminds the other side of what it just said, which is a complete error; and then he presents the correct theory, which is when the index finger moves from the right to the left and the left to the right.

if the untraceable party is a man, then the finger is poked on his chest and struck there; if the other party is not a woman, the finger pointer is stopped in the chest a few centimeters.

the conversation had to end suddenly, and two hands were needed: one with his left hand and his right hand facing the other from his waist - this is a restricted version of traditional and extremely vulgar upper limb moves.

you can often see unrestricted versions when there is a traffic jam in the heat of summer.

the bickering driver specifically jumped out of a narrow car, allowing the body to exercise the greatest freedom to carry out the classic move of the left arm, which waved up and was suddenly stopped by the right hand.

at the end of the conversation, there was a move to keep in touch.

three fingers in the middle, hand in hand, and thumbs and little fingers in telephone form, standing in the ear.

before you say goodbye, shake your hand again.

then they pack their own bags, dogs, bikes, etc.

it's less than 100 meters ahead, and it's another acquaintance, and it's all coming back.

that's why aerobics don't work in provence, talking for 10 minutes, one day is enough.

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