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SOME PRACTICAL CULTURAL TIPS
• Do not park in the middle of a village in case your vehicle is too close
to a
fisokina
, a
jiro
, or any other sacred place
• Enquire as to who should be visited first (notable, village chief, etc.)
• Acknowledge your presence by asking permission to enter a house
• Enter through the west door
• Always enter a house with the right foot first
• Once inside a house, never sit along the eastern wall
• Always try to be accompanied by a person from the village
• Do not touch a
Tangalamena
’s hat or cane
• Do not take food containing pork to sacred sites
• Take time to learn about regional taboos and find out which places
you can go to with ease
