Body Language

To communicate with each other, people use not only verbal, but also non verbal communication. One of the non verbal communication is body language, which is use to expressed something they want to say. People around the world often use body languages to say something(both explicitly or implicitly), and also to affirm something they mean.
Because of that, we can see a lot of various body languages in every nations in the world. And these are several body languages that commonly used in Indonesia.

First, smile. We all know that friendliness is a characteristic of Indonesia. And, the smile of Indonesian can means many thing. It can be happy, welcoming someone, convey an apologies or forgiveness, show an understanding, respect, or forgiving, and many things. So, if an Indonesian smile at you, maybe you will a little bit confuse with what they means. But, you can understand what they mean with pay attention at their words and voice tone.

Secondly, to show someone a certain direction, Indonesian usually point their thumb (mostly, the thumb on the right hand), to the direction they mean. They use this, because this body language represent a polite way to point someone at a specific direction.

The last one, Indonesia have a lot of public transportation. And, if Indonesian want to take one of them, they will stop the vehicle by standing on the sidewalk, and pointing their forefinger at the street when the vehicle which they want to take is coming closer.

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