It’s considered rude to eat everything on your plate because doing so implies that you’re still hungry, even if you’re not. That means that the host hasn’t done a satisfactory job of providing enough food and can make them feel bad.
This is another country where firm shakes are considered rude. But don’t be surprised if the person holds the handshake so long that it becomes more like they’re actually holding your hand. Hand-holding is a gesture of friendship for both sexes. It’s not uncommon to see two grown men strolling around and platonically holding hands.
The handshake is believed by some to have originated in prehistory as a gesture of peace by demonstrating that the hand holds no weapon. On an alternative view, it symbolized sincerity when making an oath or promise: the gesture of clasping hands represents sealing a sacred bond. One of the earliest known depictions of a handshake is an ancient Assyrian relief of the 9th century BC depicting the Assyrian king Shalmaneser III shaking the hand of the Babylonian king Marduk-zakir-shumi I to seal an alliance.
Archaeological ruins and ancient texts show that handshaking – also known as dexiosis – was practiced in ancient Greece as far back as the 5th century BC; a depiction of two soldiers shaking hands can be found on part of a 5th-century BC funerary stele on display in the Pergamon Museum, Berlin (stele SK1708) and other funerary steles like the one of the 4th century BC which depicts Thraseas and his wife Euandria handshaking.
In addition, handshake appeared on Archaic Greek, Etruscan and Roman funerary and non-funerary art. Muslim scholars write that the custom of handshaking was introduced by the people of Yemen.
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