Body Language

Body language could be defined as a form of non-verbal communication. This language could be interpreted differently from one to the other countries due to the culture different. The two common forms of universal body language are gesture and facial expressions.

There are 3 example of body language which is commonly used in Indonesia. Firstly is the smile. Smile is very common among Indonesian people. Indonesian always smiles, even to the stranger. Generally, smile is showing friendliness. But sometimes, the smile could be a fiendish smile when someone is very bored during the conversation with a friendly person. They just nod and smile in fact they might trying to say, “Please Stop.” The second common body language is the hand movements. Some politicians including The President of Republic of Indonesia always move his hand during his speech. This artificial hand movement used to hold the attention of the audiences. And the last one is the eye contact. Friendly Indonesian always maintaining their eye contact during a conversation. An exception for the shy person, they can’t maintaining the eye contact; which isn’t mean they are showing their bored.

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