Culture Insider: Cultural taboos from nine countries
( chinadaily.com.cn ) Updated: 2014-08-11 07:00:08Russia
Don't give an even number of flowers as a gift: "That's for dead folks. A proper bouquet will have 1/3/5/7 flowers."
Don't rely on a credit card: "There are lots of places that only accept cash."
Don't assume the people support everything the government does: "Quite often we don't. Don't criticize our government. We do it a lot by ourselves, we don't need your help in that."
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A young man with a bouquet from a flower vending machine in a shopping centre in Moscow, Russia, July 30, 2012. [Photo/IC] |
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