What are the traditional costumes of France?
Like USA France is divided by state, we call it Region, each region as its own culture, if they dont have many.For instance i live in Britanny, Bretons have some Costumes .While its almost evry time black suits, the headchief vary almost each 50km…As for the scottish kilt, the head piece here will almost set were you come from and who you obbey. Well Used to…. Now its just folk.More closer to our time, the “coiffe” aimed to be a hint of your social class.Thats only for britanny.Alsacian have the same idea with thoose kind of outfit (near germany ) :Corsica :BasqueAnd so on…And so you get that there is nothing like a one and only french costume :“The France in traditionnal costumes”
3rd day in France and I'm terrified?
My sister (21 years old) took me (15 years old) to France with her to stay with her boyfriend (an exchange student at my sister's college) as a sort of mini-vacation. So far my sister and I have just been going on walks and going to restaurants. My sister is almost fluent in French, but I'm only on level 5. After 3 days, I can honestly say I am terrified. Everyone I see stares us, and I feel like whenever I open my mouth and speak in english to my sister, I just puts everyone around me in a foul mood. A big reason I'm writing this is because of what happened yesterday. My sister and I were at a restaurant, and I asked the waiter if I could have more ice in my drink. He got really pissed off. He did go and add more ice, but I could hear him saying in french something along the lines of "Moronic americans always wanting too much ice in their cup". And like, a few tables near us had people sitting there just watching what was happening, one table with a bunch of guys started to silently chuckle for a second. Am I doing something wrong thats making people angry at me? I've been too shy to ask my sister's boyfriend or his younger brother, because I'm afraid it's something really obvious that I'm doing wrong and that they're going to silently think I'm being stupid or ignorant for not learning about things I shouldn't do before hand. Could someone just explain to me all the glares, and the whole ice thing, and If I'm doing something wrong??
How do people greet each other in Canada?
Canadians without a doubt are one of the friendliest bunch on the planet!The greetings are essential part of social behaviour here, the expression might change according to the part of Canada but the idea remains the same!In Maritimes: Its generally How’ya doin? Or plain simple Hi or Hello.People speak fast and have a distinct accent (British+ French+ Canadian). Its easy to strike up a converstaion.Quebec: Bonjour! commonly and in rural or northern parts it “ca va” (how is it going?) is added.Again friendly and accepting people, but hard to start a conversation if you don’t know french or hockey!Ontario: The life is fast paced here, so are the people… so mostly smiles and visual acknowledgement of presence, if you get a high or 0.5 seconds of attention from a stranger, its a good day or you’re attractive! Especially in Toronto (GTA)Ontario is the most cosmopolitan province, you’ll get variety of people from multiple ethnicity and origin, accordingly the social behavior. But overall Canadian friendliness takes over.Northern Ontario, Manitoba: A little reserved, Hi or HelloIn bigger cities like Winnipeg, Thunder Bay or Brandon, you’ll find more openness and people willing to talk but in the various small towns where everyone knows everyone, you’re bound to feel like a stranger.The Prairies: Saskatchewan & Alberta: Howdy! with a friendly grin or a smile.These people are the friendliest in Canada in my opinion, you never feel like a stranger in smaller cities, you’ll always find people willing to share drinks and stories. In bigger cities like Calgary and Edmonton, it feels you’re in little Toronto with busy people all around.British Columbia: Similar to Toronto, busy and fast paced. So usually a visual acknowledgement or smile to strangers and a general “Hi” to acquaintances.You may also hear “Ni Hao” due to the huge Asian population.Overall, in addition to being one of the best places to live on the planet we are the friendliest and most accepting people. So if greet us, you’ll always get a response irrespective of how busy we are or the city we live in.