Weirdest Taboos Around The World!! (America, Brazil, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, Philippines)

[@raphapereira9709]

In Brazil it feels like surnames exists only for the sake or differentiating between two people with the same first name. We really don't give much importance to that, no one says their surname when presenting themselves unless it's something REALLY formal. The concept of calling anyone by their surname is completely alien for most of us.

[@sevnesioran6193]

I noticed that in private schools surnames are more of a thing, but for students. As a teacher I mostly addressed my kids by their surnames and I was addressed, when I was a child, by mine as well. That doesn't happen much in public school though. (as far as I know).

[@isag.s.174]

You summarized it pretty well

[@lucayaki]

I've seen a fair amount of people here in the south being called their surnames as a nickname, specially if there are two people there with the same name. I'd say it's regional

[@raphapereira9709]

@@lucayaki well, yes. But like you said it yourself and I mentioned previously, we use it mostly to differentiate between two people with the same first name. It is extremely rare for someone to be addressed by their surname in any other circumstance.

[@lucayaki]

@@raphapereira9709 Ok, might need to add some context. What I've seen happen is that it's used first as a way to differentiate between two people, and then it catches on as a nickname, even in spaces without someone else with the same name. That's what I meant. It happens as an origin story for a nickname, but I've known a good amount of people by their last name only, without even knowing their first name

[@gabs6336]

Ana forgot to say that in Brazil, children and sometimes teenagers usually call their teachers and older people as uncle/aunt

[@laurailustre]

Aqui na minha região (região metropolitana de Porto Alegre) nunca ouvi crianças chamando professores de tio ou tia. Aqui as crianças chamam de “prof”. Depois, na adolescência, passam a chamar de “sor” ou “sora” kkkkk Na minha época já era assim e na escola do meu filho continua sendo assim até hoje.

[@gabs6336]

@@laurailustre eu mesmo nunca gostei de chamar, só que tinha vários colegas que chamavam. Mas eu chamava de pssor kkkkkk

[@lalla160]

​@@laurailustre "sor" "sora"? Kkkk nunca ouvi falar

[@marinacosta8835]

Eu vi todas essas variantes no interior de São Paulo, e o professor que tinha 2.15 m tinha a honra de ser chamado de "sorzão".

[@SarkeStorm]

Really? That would b so... I dnt know like a slang word in spain for ur closer friends. Or a word to talk about someone elses u dont really know. The word in english to use in the same scenario would b dude. Thats how we use tío (uncle)

A Ana ficando quietinha sobre os BR chapando em publico kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

[@lyndatavaress]

ela: to invisível, to invisível kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

[@sevnesioran6193]

Eu tava esperando ela falar: "Ah a gente abre a lata ou o litrinho ali mesmo na rua e ainda passa na frente da viatura." kkkkkkkkkk

[@taisa7512]

kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk SIM

[@isag.s.174]

​@@sevnesioran6193 da onde meu? Kkkk

[@paulambs]

@@isag.s.174 beber em público não é exatamente proibido. se tu tá passando com um vinho na mão, ninguém vai te prender por causa disso. aqui em porto alegre tá tendo um grande aumento de bares na cidade onde não se tem mais lugar pra sentar dentro, o pessoal fica tudo sentado na rua ou (em grande maioria) de pé bebendo. quando eu era adolescente eu bebia na praça pública. beber na fila da balada é normal também, o bairro boêmio aqui é só gente bebendo na rua

[@YannTube]

I found it so funny that everyone was shocked that we Brazilians call teachers, doctors etc by their first names, like: "omg you guys are so rebel" 😂

[@bryangonzales4198]

It’s so wild cause where I’m from teachers are respected so Mr. or Ms. is used.

[@hater_numero-1-dos_tugas]

​@@bryangonzales4198 aqui no brasil também os professores tem orgulho da sua profissão

[@lordvmm6076]

We also call our teachers by their first names here in Denmark

[@dennercassio]

Here in Brazil is more common though calling our teachers/professors by "professor". We don't usually call them by their first name. And when we want to refer to them, we usually say "professor (name)*" EDIT (*): actually we usually refer to them as their first name to friends lol just noticed lol

[@YannTube]

@@bryangonzales4198 we don't call them by their first names not because we don't respect them, but because there's no such a rule as calling someone by their surnames here. It would sound odd

[@odd-eyes6363]

The Belgium girl is so classy We Brazilians drink alcohol on literally anything available at the time

[@wanxye]

It's not really seen as classy here, more just a thing that you basically have to follow. As for drinking beer at home a lot of people actually make sure they have the glass of the beer they tend to drink the most or just have some of the most used beer glasses and if that's not the case a lot of people will just drink straight from the bottle. It's just a thing we do, cuz for some beers it can alter the drinking experience with how much foam there is and how it's bubbling etc.

[@MLWJ1993]

Eh, I personally don't really care as long as whatever I'm handed can keep the liquid inside. They could hand me an Amstel glass containing wine 😂

[@wanxye]

@@MLWJ1993 Blasphemy! :p

[@michiel1162]

it's just the Belgian way, beer is a very important thing in our culture

[@wanxye]

@@michiel1162 Exactly, this guy gets it

[@GameesMiguel]

A na só escutando a Belga falar da cerveja em copo errado sabendo que nós bebemos cerveja até em copo de geleia de mocotó e nos bares no brasil usa-se mais o famoso copo americano que bebe-se tudo nele!! kkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

[@jorgewilliam8919]

Cerveja? Copo Americano Café? Copo americano Água? Copo americano

[@ThiagoNonato4]

​@@jorgewilliam8919kkkkkkkkkkkk

[@teletubo6595]

copo de requeijao KKKKKKKKKKKKKK

[@GameesMiguel]

Aliás, copo americano que na verdade é Brasileiro!

[@sarahsilva3511]

@@GameesMiguel tbm conhecido como copo lagoinha aqui em BH.

[@Darkrajin]

In Brasil, "Copo americano" you can pour whatever you want there. It doesn't matter if its coffee, juice, beer, water, everything is fine!

[@taisefreitas]

única bebida que a gente respeita é vinho kkkkkk

[@lorenaramalho8405]

@@taisefreitas Já bebi até em copo de plástico kkkkkkk a gente só quer o recipiente pra beber. Se não tiver tbm vai no bico.

[@deisypereira3311]

In Brazil we also ask for "blessing" from the olders (edit: from our family) to show respect (idk if it happens in the whole country but it's very common in northeast)

[@nataliearaujo3095]

eu acho que é mais com católicos, aqui em Manaus eu já vi fazerem, mas meus pais nunca me acostumaram, não sou dessa religião ou evangélica, eu não entendo pq teria que pedir benção a uma pessoa idosa que não conheço, tenho tias avós que são e que antes do covid exigiam isso, então eu evitava visitá-las kk

[@deisypereira3311]

@@nataliearaujo3095 kkkkk que diferente, na minha família até quem não é Cristão pede e dá benção.

[@rafaellecavalcanti9446]

Eu fazia isso quando era criança só

[@belassis4511]

@@nataliearaujo3095 eu sou do interior do Rio e minha família tem de tudo (candomblé, espíritas, católicos, evangelicos) mas todo mundo pede bença kkkk pode ter diferença entre estados e regiões tbm

It's a Catholic (Christian) tradition.

[@BoitataFHD]

ana forgot the biggest of all brazilian taboos. the one that is widely known all over the country: The upside down slippers. There is a superstition that if you don't untap immediately, your mother will die.

[@fesouzasan]

While i agree that's the biggest one, the one she shared is more meaningful in social interactions

[@TanioGamer]

kkkk ss

[@CWFpresentes]

not a taboo, as you say it's a superstition

[@rodrigoandrade256]

@@CWFpresentes But it's so big of a superstition it dabbles close to taboo. At least where I live if you leave the slippers untapped people WILL look weird at you and even ask why you haven't untapped the slippers yet

[@MarriedWithPizza]

I never heard of this one, I'm from Brasília. Maybe it's not as big among my family/friends.

[@d.c4484]

In Brazil, the rule is: if the other person gives you the freedom to be informal, you can be informal, and this is for everyone and everywhere. Sometimes the teachers, bosses, fathers, or other person. I just have teachers that I call for nicknames, for the first name and other just for "teacher" (professor in PT BR).

[@FallenLight0]

In Brazil we don't like to touch the food, it's not higienic. Even when we eat using the hands we usually use napkins to grab the food.

[@marcoslazarine4207]

A Ana vem representando muito bem os brasileiros nessas brincadeiras! Ela é divertida, inteligente, linda! Que mulher e que sorte a nossa!

[@SamFortalCE]

During carnival in Brazil lot of people walks almost naked on the street but as soon as finish, it gets back to be a taboo and next year happens the same and I love it hahahahahha

[@robertagarcez3982]

I feel that there are also differences between the states of Brazil bout the "formality"... Northeasterners for example will probably use the formal form for older/unknown/higher charge people

[@PoetaDesperto]

Agreed

[@andreborges2881]

Here in Paraná we tend to use "você" for everyone, which was originally a formal form, but nowadays is just current speech. I do find it kinda weird when, in other states, like Rio Grande do Sul or in Rio de Janeiro they call me by "tu".

[@irmaosmatos4026]

I treat everyone 50+ by sir or mr. , here in the northeast is very common to treat very older people by sir or mr. mrs.

[@isag.s.174]

Not here in Rio Grande do Sul. We use "tu" for everyone (using você is considered weird or rude). Also, students (the polite, not the clown ones, call professors only like "prof" and "sor(a) instead of giving them nicknames and calling them by their first names. Also when addressing professors personally and/or by email we use senhor(a), but if the professor is offended we just use "tu" instead... Also it is expected that when writing an email you use the right 2nd person (tu) conjugation, but I think its too unnatural for me 😅

[@rhaienysilva3178]

Yeah, in Brazil we don't even know people's surnames 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@rodiceiarodrigues1147]

Sometimes we don’t know even their names, just nicknames 😂

[@hudsonmoraes1261]

Achei muito curioso que todas as superstições citadas pela americana também temos no Brasil!

[@mrdewes]

É só falar que a gente usa guardanapo pra segurar as coisas que vai comer.

[@MaxTargin0]

In Brazil kids and sometimes teenagers can also call an older person or a teacher as “uncle / aunt”, regardless if they know the person or not. Example “Aunt, may I go to the restroom” Instead of “teacher, may I go to the restroom?” Teacher in Portuguese is professor (male) and (professora) female, we don’t distinguish the title between school and university so sometimes we just abbreviate “Professor” to “Fessor” Like: Fessora, may I go to the restroom?

[@ivanovichdelfin8797]

Curioso, porque en España eso se suele hacer más con la gente más joven "Tío" o "Tía". Tienes que sentir confianza para poder llamar así a alguien. Normalmente se hace entre amigos o personas muy cercanas.

[@julianasilva6946]

I don't think teenagers call teachers "tio" or "tia". Only small kids do it, like 10 years old and younger.

[@MaxTargin0]

@@julianasilva6946 I think in smaller cities and the country side you can see teenagers saying Tia/Tio, but I said sometimes because it is unusual.

[@gudduentertains]

In India we mostly call older strangers or acquaintances as Uncle or Aunty. Teachers are not called Uncle or Aunty here.

[@MaxTargin0]

@@ivanovichdelfin8797 um exemplo seria quando as crianças estão jogando futebol e a bola cai no quintal do vizinho, mesmo não o conhecendo ele vai dizer: - Tio, pode pegar a bola, por favor? Em um mercado: - Tio, quanto custa o chocolate? - Tio, que horas são? É como se substituísse o Senhor, mas o normal é usar senhor em qualquer situação.

[@Andreecals]

Sooo interesting that in Philippines of all places there's a culture similar to the fairy customs from many places in europe like ireland and norway... i find those customs so fantastic and eerily mysterious, really interesting

[@pietrapk]

every family that I know of in Brazil talks about weight and tells them they gained weight and stuff like that. ana must have a really polite and conscious family if they don't

[@shi6ri]

my family aint polite/formal at all, but we still dont talk abt weight

[@kjbrandman]

that really depends on numerous factors such as which state you live on. i think ana is from são paulo which makes a huge difference, and it's not about being polite or conscious but rather from the place.

[@skiga]

@@kjbrandman Actually if I remember correctly she's from Rio Grande do Sul, not São Paulo

[@Ana-cl9wd]

Tem também a superstição do : “tá repreendido, bate na madeira”, pra quebrar uma “maldição” kk. Aquela de que acordar com o pé direito da sorte, a de se beber leite com manga morre (kkkk), o chinelo virado a mãe morre, os significados das cores das roupas/calcinhas no ano novo kk, apertar todos os botões do elevador, São Longuinho…. Vixe tem várias kkkkkk.

[@Anonymous_Gambito]

Leite com manga? Morre mesmo, de diarreia kkkkk

[@Ana-cl9wd]

@@Anonymous_Gambito só se for KKKKKKK

[@shiryaah]

O de bater na madeira sei que existe lá fora porque no filme Encanto aparece o Bruno falando knock on wood

[@Ana-cl9wd]

@vito sim, mas tem um momento em que elas falam sobre superstições. Sem falar que um tabu pode surgir de uma superstição.

[@isag.s.174]

O de bater na madeira eu realmente faço. Os outros n dou mta bola pra ser sincera kkk

[@naialaka3148]

In Spain we do call the teachers and professors by their first name too, at least in the school and universities I've been in.

[@VerilyTriumphant]

The Spanish girl is my favorite! I loved her sense of humor!

[@littleturnip99]

Ana is so cute

[@Wiley_Coyote]

Ana is both witty, and ridiculously attractive.

[@karllogan8809]

Irene is cuter 😛

[@Luanatica-m]

​​@@karllogan8809 only in her mind, Ana always stands out among the others she is the most attractive 😉

[@vandersonpessoa7846]

She is so attractive it hurts

[@fsogziewzxx]

​@@Wiley_Coyote 🇧🇷❤️

[@Unknown-ch7fg]

In Philippines during family reunions you won't only be told by your aunts, uncles that you gained weight. They will also ask things like, "Do you already have a wife/ husband?", "When are you getting married?".

[@hiyakota3452]

Yeah true, a lot of as dont take things seriously. We are not too sensitive.Its sometimes good but also bad.Good because we're not a cry baby.We are aware on things.Gor example weight.If no one tell you that you gained weight.You wont change it for better.Not includong those who have issues with their health.But the bad thing namn is.Sometimes they dont know there limits.Sometimes people already know it you dont need to tell.But as i have said oldies are not sensitive.Its a good thing din.Cause you know compare to other countries they have a lot of suicide incident because they get easily stressed.Just like right now.Here in the ph.Usually the GEN Z are the one's who do that because they are sensitive.They cancel everything.They get stressed easily

[@andressafs2872]

No Brasil também 😂, tão irritante

[@VenThusiaist]

@@hiyakota3452 aaaaand there we go, someone complaining about Gen Z and saying something unrelated. I assume you're gen x, considering this behavior.

[@hiyakota3452]

@@VenThusiaist"COMPLAINING" 🤣 I'm just stating my observation. Ni wala ka ngang ma sense jan na rant. My comment here is balance. Comparing the negative and positive side of both gen? Butt hurt ka ka agad? Truth hurts! totoo namang napaka sensitive niyo. Several times na kong nakakapanood ng viral vid na nag layas dahil pinagalitan ng parents. Not only through social Media but also sa mga nasa paligid k. Posting something on soc med na lahat na lang pinupuna and the subliminal effects nun kahit konting tapik tiklop agad kayo. Apaka toxic ng soc med dahil sa ganyang attitude, lahat issue. Even Cong TV experienced it. He even said na "BAWAL NA BA MAG JOKE, SIGE WAG NA MAG SALITA" kasi bawat salita nginangawa niyo 🤣. Just by reading your comment as well. See di kayo marunong tumanggap ng critcism.

[@VenThusiaist]

@@hiyakota3452 Listen, statements such as these may trigger or enrage certain people, but your flimsy overgeneralization of Generation Z shows the fact that you are an individual who believes in this particular bias and uses their limited experience with Generation Z to feed their own confirmation bias. What you are displaying right now is you are making a Generational Stereotype that only applies to a particular group among Gen Z, who have their own opinion that you choose to ignore. You are NOT giving constructive criticism - you are giving DESTRUCTIVE criticism. Even if not, you're delivering it in a way that is MEANT to offend. Also, including "Suicide" in your statement means that you have clearly misunderstood depression greatly. CongTV was referring to a specific group called "Cancel Culture", a group of ACTUALLY oversensitive people who cancel So essentially, you are being an asshole towards people who have different opinions, biasing a generation and overgeneralizing a generation. You are INFACT being an asshole. Period. 'Wag kang maging problema sa mga nakababatang kamag-anak mo. Ang pinapakita mo sa mga taong katulad nila ay ang katangahan mo. Don't be such a burden to everyone else as you already are. I know I've already made a mistake, and that is arguing with you in the first place. I advise you to watch this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5Cph6iHapWLbbcsi=SXmXpvV0y-0ixF0V "Calling Gen Z soft because you see a couple people making a fool of themselves on social media is just like saying 'All Baby Boomers are hippies' because you saw a couple of them on TV." -Tyreke Simmonds

[@viniso]

In Brazil it's disrespectful not greeting someone or saying goodbye when seeing someone too. Some people will answer a conversation that doesn't start with a "good morning" with something like "did you sleep with me this night?" lmao

Exactly hahahhaa

[@Cuestrupaster]

Nossa quando passa por alguém na rua e a pessoa manda um bom dia/tarde/noite e você não da conta de responder de volta... fica com uma sensação mó ruim de mau educado, da vontade de voltar e falar de volta pra pessoa kkk

[@fernandes.ricardo]

At Brazilian bars you actually almost always find frango à passarinha, which is deep fried chopped chicken, usually different parts of the chicken or just the lower part of the legs. Maybe it's not a thing where Ana comes from, but at any bar in Rio (and not only) it is a fairly basic finger food to have with beer. Of course we don't have buffalo wings, but for sure we do have chicken wings too

[@jhroenigk]

Que são as diferenças entre a comida do Sud e do Norte no Brazil? Natal ou Fortaleza vs. Rio ou São Paulo por exemplo?

[@famishedewe3357]

In case of Buffalo Wings isn't that supposed to be our "tulipas de frango" ?

[@triz8399]

@@jhroenigk no Norte a gente come mais peixes, camarão, caranguejo, animais que vem do rio principalmente. E a culinária regional tá muita ligada a culinária indígena. Muitos alimentos que vem da mandioca, como a farinha (de todas as granulações), a tapioca/beiju (tapioca raiz), a maniçoba que é feita com a maniva (folhas da mandioca) e tem que ser cozinhada por 7 dias por ser venenosa, o tacacá. Muitas frutas que só tem na Amazônia e que o resto do Brasil nem sabe que existe. E claro, o açaí ❤️ principal alimento nas cidades e interiores, especialmente dos ribeirinhos, que são quem colhe o fruto para alimento próprio e venda, mó respeito pelo trabalho árduo deles. Não é só uma sobremesa para nós, é cultura alimentar e registro da História e nossas raízes indígenas. Por isso quando dizemos que o jeito tradicional é o jeito certo de comer, estamos de fato reafirmando a nossa cultura e origem que é muito invisibilizada e ignorada no resto do país. Por pessoas que muitas vezes nem reconheceriam o fruto em sua forma natural, e não se dispõem a ouvir sobre a cultura originária.

[@maximipe]

Coixinho!

[@luksavat7750]

​@@triz8399 Eu não iria conseguir sobreviver um minuto no norte do Brasil. Tenho alergia a peixe e não como frutos do mar.

[@julianasilva6946]

🇧🇷 Brazilian pizza has too much topping, it's hard to eat it with your hands. The topping is going to fall off

[@VictorFC]

Não exagera, só segurar direito kkkk

[@centralfanatic7378]

@@VictorFC diga isso para a pizza de sorvete kkkkkkkk

[@littleturnip99]

É só usar um prato.

[@axellyann5085]

@@centralfanatic7378 🤮credo. kkkkkk

[@belassis4511]

@residentzero sometimes we eat hamburger with fork and knifes🤐 (but only if its too big to fit in your hands/mouth)

[@odiegofirme]

You should make more like this one. It's awesome to realize how people reacts to our culture. You should do one for country, as long as being interesting (I bet anyone will be).

[@JosephOccenoBFH]

Karijn is the prettiest among them! 😍💘💓😘

[@joaovitormwc]

Faltou dizer que se você for em qualquer padaria e pedir um pingado (café com leite) ele virá servido no mesmo copo americano :)

[@ValeriaMartinez-pj1eb]

I think most of latin america dont use surnames when calling eachother unless they have the same first name but even then you just use the middle name. And just like Ana said we call our teachers by their first name too

[@yasmin1261]

In Mexico you always hear profe o maestra.

[@jackheartsaturn]

Brazilian here, I would like to say that it's even really strange sometimes to call a teacher by their last name,we don't usually do that

[@arthurgoes4159]

Aqui no interior de São Paulo e tia e depois da quinta série fala dona

[@jackheartsaturn]

@@arthurgoes4159 aqui no centro nós chama até de mãe, nunca pelo sobrenome

[@Charl_es19]

USA are different States, there are things that are taboo in some States and others are not, the Netherlands is famous for being a liberal country, there are allowed things there that in several countries are taboos

[@jamesedwards1284]

I wouldn’t say the Netherlands is a liberal country, it is very diverse and very divided. Many things are taboo in our country, but that are typically not as taboo in the western cities, which are more liberal and it is probably where most foreigners get the stereotype of the country being liberal.

[@maximipe]

That applies for every country on Earth except maybe microstates.

[@goufackkentsaleandrinlebel8826]

we hate liberal over here in Texas

[@ha22el5]

@@maximipe Exactly!

[@guruxara7994]

The US isn't the only country with States lol. Brazil also has States, actually, a lot of countries do.

[@annilupu3630]

I am half Israeli half Brazilian, and a few years ago i went to visit some family in Brasil and we ordered pizza and I was yelled at by my cousin why am I eating with my hands... And in Israel its very common to ask people about how much they earn.

[@marii8ytb]

many brazilian pizza places will give you plastic gloves so you can eat with your hands! eating pizza with cutlery can also be frowned upon, for some reason.

[@annilupu3630]

@@marii8ytb We were at home, not outside hahah

[@EpicBundy]

that´s fucked up. never have a conversation which starts how much you earn. It usually shows along.

[@annilupu3630]

@@EpicBundy it's not like we start the conversation with asking people how much they make, but along the conversation many times something like this will come up in different scenarios.

[@EpicBundy]

@@annilupu3630 Exactly what I said.

[@IsaGacha]

people out of brazil really dont get our "student-teacher/professor" relationship. we call them by first name, nicknames, we follow each other on Instagram, and sometimes even group chats on whatsapp w teachers

[@Peter1999Videos]

way too liberal.

[@saralevi9372]

As a child in Brazil kids use to call their teachers like "aunt ..." ou "uncle ...". I did so to some of my thachers until 15, i guess. Shows proximity to the teachers, which is a good thing in here. We really disgust formality...

[@imme3958]

Im from the Netherlands and when we say something to an adult or senior we say ‘u/uw’ instead of ‘jij’ (Dutch for ‘you’)

[@Lxz3]

It’s said that tuesday as a bad luck day in Spain (and hispanic countries) comes from Romans. Tuesday (martes in Spanish) was for romans the day dedicated to the god Mars (Marte), the god of war, so this day was good for winning wars, but that protection that Mars gave them for wars was taken away from other matters, such as doing business or closing a deal on Tuesday. That’s why in Spain we have the saying “En martes ni te cases ni te embarques” which means “On Tuesday (sometimes we add the 13th) neither get married nor embark (in the sense of starting something new or traveling)”

[@Peter1999Videos]

Los dioses dan pero también quitan, tarde o temprano , pero cobran.

[@silvanacirilodeoliveira0001]

ANA você é demais preciso de mais vídeos com a Ana ela é incrível 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🤣😊

[@ShawnRavenfire]

I think the first/last name one (in the U.S., at least) mostly depends on the type of job. If it's an office, you might be more formal, but if it's like a factory job or a construction site, the boss will usually just introduce himself by his first name. Of course, if a costumer of the company shows up, then you definitely use the formal last name.

[@eternalwind08]

I'm not a Belgian but as a giant fan of Belgian beer I feel Naya so much! I even bought myself Rochefort and Tripel Karmeliet glasses so I can drink them properly at home. hahaha

[@lieselmeminger267]

All six ladies are so pretty and adorable. Everyone is beatiful in their own way. Btw... I'm watching this video on the Tuesday, 13. 😱😅

[@CanalGreat]

The Brazilian girl forgot to say that eating barehanded in public is like a sin

[@jullianapassos9558]

Só se você estiver comendo arroz e feijão, comendo batatinha no bar é super normal

[@BlackHoleSpain]

Spaniard here. I'm doing a vocational training superior grade course. People in the class range from 18 to 22 years usually, we're no longer kids, and we call all our professors by their first name and use "you" form to approach them. But even more, we do NOT know their last names!!!! If someone would ever try to call "Mr" or "Mrs" to a teacher, everybody would look at him like an alien that came from space.

[@anndeecosita3586]

I’m not sure but I think vocational schools might work similarly in the USA because there is commonly a wide age range of students. But it could also depend on where you live. I went to a university and how I addressed faculty largely depended on their level of education. If they had a doctorate degree, I called them Dr. However if it was a graduate student I called them by their first name. Also if someone was a dean, president or the like I use that title. I never referred to a university faculty member as Mr. or Mrs.

[@anndeecosita3586]

It’s interesting you don’t know their last names. Are you given a choice on who you want to be your instructor? Most of the time when we sign up for higher education classes in my country we can elect whose class we want to take until it becomes full. This information like name of instructor and time of class is listed in the class registration.

[@Cristopheles]

I expected Philippines to say so much more. Especially on the topic of finger food!

[@frnzx7371]

Yes!! i was waiting for her to say "oh you're going to hate eating with Filipinos" or "Let me piss you off more and raise my leg on the chair" 😂

[@erichanastacio9695]

Philippines: While your group still eating that the one who who gotta leave immediately needs to rotate his own plate. I just don't know why.

[@cbtowers4841]

The family telling you "Oh you gained weight" is not just in the Philippines. It's an Asian thing. 😂 Well, not Japan probably. They're too polite. 😂 I found it funny that all the Westerners thought it was sad. 😂

[@rayssapinheirol]

It happens in some brazilian families as well

[@dubmait]

It also happens in spain. The spanish girl must be out of touch. Its not a regional thing either. They all do it. Young and old 😂 Its ingrained in their language.

[@bustixaniego]

It's really common in Spain, in the old times it was well seen, cause' only rich people were fat hahaha

[@andresouza5751]

Speaking of Brazil, I believe that many taboos are related to women, such as those questions about age and weight, others like suggesting splitting the bill (especially on the first date) or kissing with your eyes open. Other silly things like how do you have to name a cookie, if is "Biscoito" or "Bolacha". Not discussing about politics or religion is the basic, as well which is the best football team. And talking about foreigners, never say that the language of Brazil is spanish.

[@luksavat7750]

I don't understand why "discussing politics" could be considered taboo in Brazil, as nowadays all Brazilians spend most of their time talking about it. If you sit next to someone in a public place in the country, they will likely start complaining about some political issue to you (which can be kind of annoying at times). A Portuguese friend of mine recently came to Brazil for a trip, and when I asked him how he liked it, the first thing he mentioned was this. As for splitting the bill, it depends on the girl and her generation.

[@antoniooclone6433]

​@@luksavat7750 I think that this taboo in politics is due to the fact that, for example, you are either in favor of one side or the other, without existing aspects that may or may not be better or worse, than just two sides

[@andresouza5751]

@LUk Savät It's simple. In Brazil, especially recently, we have two big and strong political references and many people can take it very seriously when defending their opinion or candidate. If you start talking about politics it can easily turn into an argument or even a fight when people have different points of view, it's not worth the risk in my opinion. So if it can be avoided, it's for the best. In extreme cases the conflict can be physical, at the beginning of the year there were several places attacked, looted and vandalized in the capital by people who disagreed with the result of the election.

[@luksavat7750]

@@andresouza5751 A taboo that Brazilians will be breaking all the time.

[@andresouza5751]

@LUk Savät And all the time the situation can become really problematic if they don't know the moment to stop, unless they have same opinion, in this case they will probably treat each other like BFFs. About the bill, a few won't mind this, but most girls will definitely see this as a huge red flag and sometimes the situation can be very uncomfortable if placed for discussion on the table. Many women don't even count with this possibility on the first date, if it happens hardly the guy will get a second one. But obviously only is a thing when we have a romantic context, if she's just a friend, it's all good.

[@FrantzVissarionovitch]

We use napkin in Brazil for fingerfoods

[@joelferraz8649]

Acho que ela quis dizer aqueles espetinhos de madeira.

[@gustavobuquera]

In Brazil wings are common just not super popular, but we do eat a lot of fried chicken in bars, though its the whole chicken cut into small pieces, we call it "frango a passarinho" and there's no way of eating it instead of using your hands.

[@isag.s.174]

You can eat chicken wings with fork and knives it's just that is more difficult. I'd say coxa de frango frita is a more common option to eat with your hands

exatamente, comer frango a passarinho de garfo e faca é quase impossível kkkk

[@MrSkeazy]

Talking about how much you earn especially if you are in the same industry is essential. It is the first step to acquiring equal pay for equal work. Sou brasileiro e acho isso muito importante.

[@littlemissmello]

100%, NOT talking about your wages benefits only your boss

[@Nexils]

As a Dutch person I wouldn't call it 'taboo', just generally rude to come visit unannounced, especially during dinner time. A lot of countries are very 'the door is always open', but Dutch people are quite strict in their planning and food, I think. Don't expect to be offered a plate etc because they probably only cooked enough for the people there.

[@fernandathomazinho7224]

In Brazil is taboo not to offer your food, even if you have just enough for one. Accepting the food varies from place to place, in some places it is rude to refuse, while in other is rude to accept. But we also don't like unespected visits in some parts of the country.

[@Nexils]

@@fernandathomazinho7224 Right! And in some countries it's rude to empty your place (I think China, either way leaving some food means that the host had made enough for you etc.) and for some it's rude to not empty your plate.

[@ashleyftcash]

I am Dutch as well and I hate unannounced visits. But I will always offer food, does not matter if I am not eating afterwards. My friends are like this as well. Shooing someone out of your home just because of food planning is for me still very rude. But he, I do not come unannounced 😂

[@Nexils]

@ashleyftcash Rude is a big word, I'd say. It's rather awfully inconvenient 💀 I would probably have food, too. But, bruh, really? Could've texted me.

[@gustavohikaji]

About the copo americano that Ana said: its a small glass, with about 190ml. I guess this arre very popular here because in most states is very hot, so if your glass is a big one your beer will get hot before you have done with it. Then we put the beer bottle on a "container" that keeps it cold and full de glass once its empity.

[@Charl_es19]

Pizza with knife and fork is kind of like an important meeting or fancy date , too fussy , my reaction is to same that Belgium lady and Shannon 😂

[@tufab3494]

Way easier

[@anndeecosita3586]

When I was a kid visiting relatives in Michigan I decided to be “fancy” and try to eat my bacon with a knife and fork. After watching me struggle for a few minutes my cousin said “If you don’t pick up that bacon and eat it!” We all laughed. I also tried eating chicken on the bone with a knife and fork when my mom’s boss invited us to a fancy Pakistani restaurant. Also very difficult.

[@chudawonn]

It is because there’s kind of pizzas, I’m from Brazil and here we eat traditional Italian pizzas with a lot os different kind of toppings and sauce there’s absolutely no way you can eat it with your hands without making a huge mess

[@dennercassio]

@@chudawonn I'm Brazilian and I started a long time ago eating slice pizzas with my hands. IT'S SO MUCH BETTER LOL.

[@ar_ytb]

At least in my family we are used to eat it with azeite de oliva (olive oil), so there would be no way to eat it without knife and fork.

[@eliaskvitvrleidland4390]

In Norway we call our teachers most often by theyre first names only

[@antoniobarreto6552]

In Brasil it is very unrespectful for a guest to refuse to eat a meal, when it happens it is a "desfeita"

Verdade, faltou citar esta.

[@alvarengacamila]

Irene looks very friendly and charismatic

[@belindaginete2931]

As a Filipina, yes I 💯agree about the comments with regards to weightgain. Sometimes your relatives will be the first ones to say that out loud regardless of who might hear-that you gained weight. Sad but true. I had experienced it myself.

[@lipetor4]

They are so pretty, naya is soo cute!

[@gimi5502]

Dang the Belgians are serious about their glassware and drinks.😂😂😂 Not surprised at the Belgian and Dutch girls having their own mini conversations lol I figured they’d have the most in common culturally.

[@LaraCroft36]

Yeah we take our beer culture very seriously! Lol The belgian girl speaks Flemish which is very similar to dutch. So yea that's probably why they connected more xD

[@PoetaDesperto]

Shes from Antwerp so It's basically "the dutch part" of Belgium.

[@chess4072]

​@@LaraCroft36 isn't Flemish just another way to call Belgian Dutch? Like isn't it just a dialect 😂 I've been to Antwerp, and they just say they speak Dutch

[@merel2451]

@@chess4072 I'm not a 100 percent sure but I think the official way to say dutch from Belgium is Flemish but most Belgian people just say dutch when they get asked what language cuz it's basically the same but just the dialect and some words are different. Also same with saying your from the Flemish/dutch part of Belgium you can use both really but if you want to make clear you from Belgium you should say Flemish ig

[@merel2451]

also Dutch in Belgium again has different dialects depending where you go and the difference is quite big if I can say so myself. Dutch from Belgium and the Netherlands is also similar but the difference is pretty clear as well like the dialects as a Belgian person but of course that's my opinion on it.

[@r0ckamped]

In the Philippines, the Filipino version of saying HELLO/HEY is head gesture, NODDING head, once or twice or saying this phrase, HAVE YOU EATEN?

[@guilhermebraga9773]

I think that because Brazilians want to be friends with everyone and it is part of the culture, so sometimes we become friends with our teachers, with cops, doctors, and I call them by the first name, drink together and all

[@wes1958]

I laughed about the cops lol

[@saratahiri2957]

As a spaniard i've always called my teachers either by their first names or by nicknames, for example: Jesus / chuso, primi, loli, marisa, guille,etc. Maybe it's just a thing we did at my highschool?

[@marcyabadeer9493]

In Brazil they will give you a knife and fork to eat pizza everywhere because the pizzas here have a lot, not just cheese and the dough is not thin. Even the thin-crust type is difficult to eat with just one hand

[@adrieljr]

Yeah, that is truth, and I miss that. Here in Canada my wife still refuses to eat almost anything with her hands: pizza, buffalo wings, vegetables,...

[@marcyabadeer9493]

@@adrieljr Anna in the video also talked about appetizers(?), and I had never stopped to think that a lot of people could just eat with their hands because around here, toothpicks always come along for anything. Every table will have that paper napkin holder and in several places that already comes with the place to leave the toothpicks to use picking up the portions, be it fries, pepperoni, tilapia (fish) *I think it's more hygienic, whether to eat alone or shared with other people

[@kirkfleming1041]

There are cities you can have an open container and drink. You cannot drive or have it in a vehicle but you can have an open drink in public. For example Indianapolis, Las Vegas, I think Austin, Texas (used to). I am there are others.

[@VitóriaDuarte-0]

Ana é tão fofa cara❤❤❤

[@agauerm]

é um simp...

[@viveroevangelho]

Naquele dia você dirá: “Louvai ao Senhor, proclamai o Seu nome; fazei conhecido entre as nações o que Ele fez, e proclamai que o Seu nome é exaltado” (Isaías 12: 4) 💟✨

[@lararayelly]

Ana❤

[@alexandresabarros1998]

in brasil people can pop a beer right they get out of work, sometimes while working too lol

[@docebeijodaignorancia6360]

A maioria das pizzas no Brasil eu como com garfo e faca pq as nossas pizzas são verdadeiras tortas cheias de recheios, as vezes fica caindo pelos cantos então é mais fácil usar o garfo XD

[@andressafs2872]

Fiquei hipnotizada na beleza da garota belga, ela parece uma boneca 😊❤

[@Rena-md3gv]

In the US you are always told to never talk about religion or politics at the work place. I would say that is one of the biggest taboos.

[@patricioguedes15]

No Brasil sua primeira conversa com alguém provavelmente já vai tocar um desses assuntos

[@antoniobarreto6552]

In Brazil we say that if you wanna avoid conflicts, you must not discuss religion, politics nor football.

[@vincentbarraza1115]

The Tuesday and Friday thing in Spain is maybe rooted in their Catholicism. Tuesdays and Fridays are reserved for praying the Sorrowful Mysteries in the Rosary. I'm from the Philippines, btw.

[@douglasandrews8977]

I believe that the reason why Tuesday the 13th is unlucky in the Hispanosphere is that in the Romance languages, Tuesday ("martés" in Spanish) is named for Mars, the Roman god of war. As for Friday the 13th being such in the West, the most likely root for Friday specifically is the Crucifixion; many theories have been posited regarding the supposed bad luck of thirteen.

[@valentinenriquedonadillo1873]

6:00 I can see the face on Phillippines explains how much eager she is to tell the dutch how we usually eat because we do it with bare hands

[@antoniobonito787]

Bro, its not usual. Usual Filipino way of eating is with fork and spoon.

[@V1CTOR07]

Se eu vejo que tem uma BR eu já venho correndo, para mim a Ana e a Shannon são as mais lindas,mais são todas lindas por mim eu casaria com todas elas haha ❤

[@Perquisitore]

I'm Spanish so I'm going to give/include extra info: - Botellón: you can go to a supermarket and buy alcohol (of course) which it's cheaper than drinking it at a bar or a club, and that's why young people do it. What you can't do (some people do it anyway) is buying alcohol and being with a whole group of people on a park or in the streets drinking alcohol (and being noisy, littering, etc). I've never been in one, so I'm not 100% certain of this. - Tuesday 13th is kind of like Friday 13th. Tuesday in Spain is Martes, Martes comes from Mars (roman god), so it would be Mars' day. 13 as its own is already a bad luck number (for a lot of reasons), pair it with the god of war and that's it. I think it is also a bad luck day in Greece? I don't know about this part. Obviously if you aren't supersticious you won't care about it, but if you are you will try to avoid it. - Philippines: Irene says "usted", although in the subtitles it says something like "particular word" XD. She is just saying "usted". Usted is the second person pronoun as it is "Tú" (You), but most of the people when they use it they're trying to be polite and formal. However, in some places (both in Spain and in America) they use it as a regular "Tú" and in these cases politeness isn't relevant. Even though it is a second person pronoun you conjugate it with third person pronoun verbs though. Even though it is like Tú, you conjugate verbs like if you were using Él o Ella (He/She). Thus you would say Tú dices (you say) and Usted dice (in the same way you would say Él dice), you are using a second person pronoun, in a third person person conjugation verb. Anyway, it's just grammar stuff I don't know if I'm being clear or not, if you have more doubts about it there's probably a lot of better info on the Internet than my own. XD About the politeness part, I think I've never called someone for their last name instead of their name. And yeah, when I was at school we would say maestro (teacher) or profesor (professor) but I don't remember ever using their last names either. And it's true, when you treat people as Usted or Señor/Señora, some people will think you are saying they're an old person. Some honorific prefixes are señor, señora, señorita, señorito, don y doña. I've never used them, maybe I'm too rude? XD

[@revenger211]

9:39 what happened to Philippines lol

[@vitorcruz674]

Here is a Brazilian taboo. People here shower twice a day, sometimes even more. It’s kinda taboo if you shower just once (cause it means you are either leaving your home “dirty” or going to bed dirty) and it is a nightmare if you don’t even shower daily.

[@tuffin]

Irene, Shannon and Naya it's the BEST TRIO EVER

[@thejanitor8512]

Cheers!! *Looks everyone in the eyes*

[@gigimenu]

Quando eu tinha 17 anos eu e minhas amigas fomos pra balada/ festa, com minha professora de biologia, você acha que eu não ia chamar meus professores pelo nome? 😂😂😂😂

[@wes1958]

A menina brasileira se segurando pra não falar que se deixar a gente coloca até apelido. Alguns secretos, outros nem tanto kkkkk.

[@stephenrowell9373]

Great interesting video, thanks ladies .

[@carloshfc]

"Copo Americano" não existe em Belo Horizonte. Aqui o copo se chama Lagoinha. For your information!

[@TasteBuds0213]

in the Philippines it's taboo to fit your wedding dress ! it's taboo to have 2 weddings within one calendar year!

[@dolydoly5679]

In Brazil nobody eats anything with their hands, it is seen as a lack of hygiene. Here we eat everything with cutlery or napkins... Pizza? We eat with a knife and fork!

[@rafaelacarvalho5286]

And when there's no way out, like eating a sandwich, we use napkins to hold it

[@lary_uwu6027]

Eu como pizza com a mão é mais gostoso kkkkk

[@mariapaulagl]

​@@lary_uwu6027 mas vc deve usar guardanapo

[@lary_uwu6027]

@@mariapaulagl não

[@Thelaretus]

In Brazil the street is the most popular place to drink. Brazilian taboos I can list as a Brazilian: - Going 24h without showering at least once in that time. - Smelling bad, or having bad breath, or hygiene in general. - Touching food with your bare hands. This includes street food, for which you have to use a napkin, finger food, for which you have to use toothpicks, and pizza, for which you have to use cutlery. - Picking your teeth with a toothpick. Most Brazilians brush their teeth at least three times a day, and it's perfect normal to excuse yourself and brush your teeth. In most restaurant and workplace, you'll always see people in the washroom just casually brushing their teeth. - Speaking with your mouth full, chewing with your mouth open, being rude to servants, burping or yawning, and making noises while you eat. - Throwing toilet paper into the toilet. You're supposed to use the trash bin for that. - Smoking. Etc. On surnames, I find it funny that it's the opposite to the USA, as in we often use only the first name for teachers, but in the university it's more formal and some odd professors do go by their last name only... and quite often those professors are foreigners. Though I have a Japanese Professor Minoru who goes by just this name. In fact most often that not we don't even know people's last names, except in professional/political/academic environments; and asking your acquaintances' surnames is even a little rude, as if you're trying to stalk them and get all of their personal data.

[@manucatlover]

Nunca vi ninguém escovar os dentes em lugares públicos

[@tfu122]

It's really interesting because Most of These Things are really really German and Common Here. Think it's stil the influence of German/european immigrants

[@jackielima6347]

Call someone by "Mr" "Ms" (senhor, senhora) in Brazil is kinda impolite, the person will answer "oohhh please I'm not old" or "Senhor is in the heavens" 😆

[@lilfreak1491]

não mesmo. isso depende muito se uma tal pessoa gosta ou não dos honoríficos, mas a regra de ser formal com mais velhos e usar Senhor/ Senhora continua existindo.

exactly hahahaha.

[@-...................-]

Discussing money is a MUST especially among employees. You'd be shocked at the gap. Notice how your employers scare or forbid you to talk about salaries with other employees? If you guessed it, honey, get that higher salary.

[@HelloFreya]

In Italy it’s Friday the 17th the bad luck day 😂

[@josephpointcarre4822]

They all speak English so well that's amazing, the brazilian girl has a perfect (american) English

[@gregmuon]

Neopolitan pizza is floppy in the middle, and IIRC, they don't usually cut it at all before serving. You kind of have to eat it with knife and fork. American pizza is essentially a different food, and is I think more comparable to Roman pizza.

[@tresenie]

you can always fold them so they arn't as floppy.

[@v.v.9.9.]

​@@tresenie Brazilians just don't like getting their hands greasy, it's not practical 😅

[@aliasincognito0]

Why is America separated from the rest of the group? In this particular case, the comparison is between each other not USA versus the World.

[@julianasilva6946]

They always do that. I guess their biggest audience is from US.

[@anndeecosita3586]

They love to do this. I think they get more clicks whenever they put “American” in the title.

[@karllogan8809]

Because America and the English language, for better or worse, have been at the geopolitical center of the world for many decades, and before it Britain. South Korea, where this show is made, tends to look up to America like a big brother for historical, and contemporary reasons geopolitically.

[@tyreek.6815]

1. Bc the biggest audience is Americans. 2. The Americans are on the channel way more so they’re usually the hosts. 3. Bc the channel is directed for English speakers since everything is in English. That’s why Americans (USA) and British people are usually singled out.

[@fernandathomazinho7224]

A taboo in Brazil for some people is how people from the United States call their country "America" while that is the name of the continent. Also how they call themselfs "Americans" while that is the name of people from the continent again. We sometimes call them an equivalent to United Stater to emphasize how annoying we think that is.

[@Mr.Goldbar]

the Beer thing in Belgium... That's why I have a huge beer glass collection :D

[@yeox95]

These ladies are so educated and beautiful I really enjoy watching them.

[@erikaness8040]

The open container laws the American is referring to are regional. NC is in the Bible belt where there are more strict alcohol laws. There are places in the States where you can purchase alcohol in any store, you can purchase early in the morning or late at night, you can purchase on Sundays, you can have an open container in a public place and even have open containers in a vehicle.

[@JPindanga]

Brazil: don't ever never ever mistake portuguese with spanish! Don't do that! We speak PORTUGUESE.

[@timeformore]

In the US the formality depends on location too. In the west coast it’s less formal and we call each other by first name, not Mrs or Mr. With teachers, it’s Ms or Mr.

[@mpvasques]

In most part of Brazil, is common to use ketchup over the pizza, but in São Paulo (biggest state of Brazil) is a taboo

[@gf66620]

Brasil's biggest state is Amazonas! São Paulo is the most populated!

[@frigginjerk]

Ketchup on pizza? That sounds awful. I like ketchup in a few specific scenarios, but putting it where it doesn't belong always grosses me out.

[@chudawonn]

In São Paulo we only use olive oil 😂

[@chudawonn]

@@frigginjerk it’s literally bread with cheese and ketchup it’s not like it’s something out of pocket

[@dennercassio]

@@frigginjerk Brazilians love doing it and I hate it lol. I hate those dressings on my pizzas, hamburgers, hot dogs, ... Lol. But it's a big thing in Brazil

[@indianaraauaneduarte]

The pouring thing in Belgium… I must confess that as a Brazilian I do the same. I don’t put water into a mug or drink wine from a regular glass. Mug is for coffee, tea… 🤣 I thought I was crazy

[@ricardodeooij4961]

They did a challenge who can say the most time "like" within 14 minutes