Tanzania Traditional Cultural Gestures

Learn more about Tanzania Cultural Gestures at this site. Many visitors to Tanzania gestures haphazardly and this site takes this opportunity to teach you how to gesture in a Tanzanian style.

• When gesturing or beckoning for someone to come, you should face your palm downwards and make a scratching motion with the fingers. It is considered very rude to beckon someone with the palm up. That is reserved for animals.

• Pointing to a person with one finger is generally considered rude (although it is sometimes unavoidable). It's best to point with the whole hand or in a slightly more vague manner.

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