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Stereotypes & Prejudices Mind Map
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Top 10 Superstitions
You can't whistle in the house or car, as we believe that you are whistling away your money.
If you step on your spouse's shoe by accident, you have to let the other person step on your shoe, or you will have an argument.
If you leave your house, you cannot go back inside for something you have forgotten, or your trip will result in “nothing good”.
If you must go back in to get the forgotten item, you can try to mitigate the bad effects of returning by looking into the mirror at your own reflection for a moment before you leave again.
Never demonstrate another's surgery or wound on your own body with your hand or other means as you are likely to visit that upon yourself.
Never give a Russian woman an even number of flowers. Even numbers are for the dead.
Don't show your newborn baby to strangers until after forty days. They are waiting for their soul to arrive and they may take on another's soul or energy during that time.
Never give knives or handkerchiefs as gifts otherwise you may quarrel with this person.
Whenever someone praises you or offers a positive comment, you knock on wood or imaginarily spit three times over your left shoulder so that you are not jinxed by the comment.
Do not shake hands or kiss over the threshold of a door. It forms a bridge that allows the devil or evil spirits from the outside to enter the house this way.
Top 3 Stereotypes
Stereotype #1: Everybody Loves to Drink Vodka.
Stereotype #2: Russia is Always Cold and Everyone Wears Fur Coats.
Stereotype #3: Russian Women Are Desperate to Marry Foreigners.
Where do they come from?
intercultural communication
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