Meeting and Greeting In Cambodia

Shaking hands, nonetheless, is a universal welcome. Individuals do it when they meet and when they say farewell.

In numerous European nations, companions kiss one another on the cheek as opposed to shaking hands. Men kiss men in Russia. In English talking subject, ladies kiss, ladies and men's companions, yet in most different districts, ladies don't as a rule welcome men with a kiss.

In Cambodia, individuals more often than not utilize the conventional "Sampeah" to welcome one another. When they meet companions, they set up their hands together and say "Chumreapsuor", yet nowadays a few individuals shake hands.

Meeting and Greeting

Welcome between Cambodians are subject to the relationship/progressive system/age between the general population. The customary welcome is a bow joined with a uniting of the hands at mid-section level. It is known as the 'Sampeah', where you join your hands at the level of your mid-section, button, nose, eyebrows or over the head. Every position is coordinated to an alternate sort of individual. In the event that one plans to demonstrate more noteworthy admiration the bow is lower and the hands brought higher. The Sampeah is distinctive between companions, from saluting supervisors or senior persons, diverse again to greet folks, grandparents, instructors, still distinctive for saluting ministers, and with the hands most elevated when 'imploring the God or sacrosanct statues'. Sampeah is not only a type of welcome. It is to show acknowledgment as well as admiration to somebody. It is discourteous not to give back a Sampeah.

It is critical to request the age so as to know how to deal with the relations: to call you "more seasoned" or "more youthful" sibling or sister, close relative, uncle, nephew or niece, child or girl, grandchild or grandpa or mama. Cambodians regard everyone as a major family, therefore they don't utilize the individual name of others time after time.

Admiration and reverence should dependably be appeared to the most senior individual. At the point when meeting a gathering you will be acquainted with the most elevated positioning individual, correspondingly you ought to have the most senior of your gathering welcome them. In the event that gatherings are included you ought to acquaint individuals concurring with rank so that your Cambodian partners comprehend the flow of the gathering.

With outsiders some Cambodians have taken toward the western routine of shaking hands, however the bow remains the customary welcome, particularly for ladies.

Individuals are generally tended to with the honorific title "lok" for men and 'lok srey' for ladies took after by both first and last name. Taking after "lok" just with a surname is inconsiderate so make certain you get both names. The straightforward guideline is to react with the welcome you are given.
Gender:
It is not neighborly to touch a man of the other sexual orientation. Cambodians of various sexual orientation don't kiss or embrace out in the open. Open showcases of afffection are not socially fitting in Cambodia and will presumably be viewed as hostile.

Be that as it may, same sex companions are as often as possible embracing one another, strolling down the road as an inseparable unit or affectionately intertwined. These are considered non-sexual presentations of fellowship and are entirely satisfactory.

In western society, we tend to judge somebody that won't meet our eyes as sneaky. In Cambodia society, circuitous eye contact is a type of appreciation and direct eye contact is generally just made with social equivalents.

Don’ts

• A major no-no in Cambodia and in the vast majority of Southeast Asia is to touch anybody on top of the head, aside from possibly for extremely youthful youngsters.
  
  It is not viewed as well mannered to point your feet at anybody and particularly not at a Buddha statue or a minister.
  
  In the case of entering a sanctuary, guarantee that you sit leg over leg to maintain a strategic distance from offense.
  
  In sanctuaries men ought to wear long jeans, so no furry legs jabbing out, and ladies ought to maintain a strategic distance from any garments that uncovered the shoulders.
  
  Abstain from giving anything to anyone with your left hand.
  
  To pass things pleasantly, touch your left hand to your right elbow and pass the item with your right hand.
  
  It is well mannered to uproot your shoes before going into somebody's home and compulsory in a sanctuary.
  
  Anyway, need to know how Cambodians welcome? Watch the video in which Mr. Sophat clarifies the five positions of the Sampeah to welcome in Cambodia.