GREETINGS: As part of ubuntu greetings plays an important role. It is also important to know in terms of cultural values how greetings in done. It refers how a young person greets an adult person when they meet respecting of both of them know each other. Then Natural law / Culture expect a young person to show some respect to adult. In return adults are also expected to greet young people. Greetings as good morning uncle / mother from the young person. Adult might say good morning my son /daughter. Cultural values make the greetings recognizing each other as human beings. It also identifies how certain people culture is practice.

When it comes to greetings when one enters one family it depends one culture to another. In certain culture host are expected to greet the visitors. Visitors are given something to seat before greetings. While in certain cultures it requires the visitors to greet first. While others only greet people they know. It is very important to know the dynamics of cultures in order to avoid offending other by judging them in your own standard.

The dynamics of certain cultures require some young people to kneel down or squat when greeting adult people. It is uncultured practice to see young person greeting an adult wearing a hat in certain culture most African norms and values. Amongst other good values includes an expectation for men to take off their hat when entering someone house. There maybe other certain practices which I do not know important to some people to observe when in their houses.

The most important / fundamental thing is to be aware and learn the rule of how certain cultures conducts themselves at their homes and in public places. People must learn and use dialogue to find out what reason certain action are done before one makes uninformed judgments. Anyone doing such practice is trying to impose own values to other. You may not like be happy to get an opportunity to learn. The process of identification and recognition are developed as it makes other to gain knowledge. The culture of learning other people norms and standard will help to avoid offending one another. Be careful when visiting and hosting other people as it not an easy task. If willing to learn and respect other cultures.