Body Language

Erick Silva

November 5, 2014

Body Language in My Country

                There are a lot of different cultures around the world and sometimes the cultures can be very similar or totally different. Then, anyone that wants to travel to another country will see what is different and what is similar. With my country isn’t different. We have our culture and inside the country we have a lot of different cultures. You need to know to know our mainly facial expressions, head/ body gestures, and physical contact.

                First, we are famous for our facial expressions because we are often smiling or sometimes with friendly expressions. So, when you see a Brazilian with sad or angry face, it is because something bad happened and if you try to talk with someone when they are sad or angry, you will be a new a friend for this people.

                The Brazilian gestures aren’t easy to say a pattern like the facial expressions, because everyone has their own gestures. Many people use their arms when they are talking. Others use their head, sometimes they only shake the head or move head and arms. The symbol, that represent “Good job” in United States, is used to represent a lot of things, such as “I liked it”, “Hi”, and “I understand”. So, some gestures can be easy to understand, others no.

                Finally, Brazilians have a particular feature that make us different of a lot of countries, the physical contact. In others countries, like United States or Japan, physical contact can be very strange or difficult to keep, so, we used to keep physical contact, like hugs, shake hand, and sometimes kiss faces (except man and man). We give hugs when we meet new people or when find our friends. We give kiss in the face when we are greeting someone. When we are talking, we always look in the eyes and keep a good distance, not so close and not so far.
                In short, each country or culture has its features. Each one has its way of communicate among the people. If you want to travel to another country, you can try learn a little about the culture in this country. The most important is always to respect the differences.