In this video, Bárbara, a Brazilian resident of India, shares ten unique cultural habits practiced by Indians that may be strange or unfamiliar to Western audiences.
1. **Menstruation practices**: Many Indian women, due to financial constraints and societal taboos around menstruation, do not have access to sanitary products. Instead, they use old cloths or towels.
2. **Sleeping on the floor**: Despite having beds, many Indians, especially those with traditional upbringings, prefer to sleep on the floor.
3. **Sleeping arrangements for children and teenagers**: It is common for children and teenagers to sleep with their parents.
4. **Use of oils on the scalp**: Both men and women in India, including Bárbara, use oil on their hair and scalp.
5. **Health check-ups**: Unlike in Brazil, Indians do not regularly check up with doctors unless they are sick.
6. **Skin whitening**: In India, there is a strong preference for lighter skin tones, reinforced by British colonization. This has led to the cosmetics industry promoting skin whitening products, many of which can be harmful.
7. **Superstition and astrology**: Many Indians are superstitious and base their daily decisions on astrology.
8. **Cooking practices**: Indian cooking often involves the use of metal utensils and specific dishes, which may differ from Western cuisine.
9. **Determining the baby's sex**: In India, it is not possible to know the sex of a baby before birth.
10. **Vegetarian restaurants**: Many Indians only eat at vegetarian restaurants due to their dietary principles.
Bárbara encourages viewers to subscribe to her channel, like and share the video, and to check out her previous videos about Indian bathroom habits.
1. The speaker, Bárbara, is a resident of India and is sharing unique cultural habits and practices of Indians that might be strange to Brazilians or the rest of the world.
2. Bárbara encourages viewers to subscribe to her channel, like the video, and share it with others who might be interested in the content.
3. The first habit discussed is the use of panty liners, with over seventy percent of Indian women not having access to intimate absorbents due to financial reasons and cultural taboos around menstruation.
4. Indian women often use old clothes, towels, and other materials for menstruation due to the lack of access to intimate absorbents.
5. Many Indians, especially those from traditional upbringings, still sleep on the floor, even if they have beds available.
6. Young people in India still have the habit of sleeping with their parents, with the old ones sleeping separately.
7. Indian women and men use oils on their scalps, with coconut oil being a popular choice.
8. Indian women are famous for their long, shiny, and voluminous hair and natural eyes.
9. Medical check-ups are not a common practice in India, with people only visiting the doctor if they are unwell.
10. Skin whitening is a huge taboo in India, with the ideal of beauty being lighter skin.
11. The teachings of cooking in India involve the use of a lot of metal utensils, with glass utensils being rare.
12. It's not possible to know the sex of the baby before birth in India.
13. A significant portion of the vegetarian population in India only visits restaurants that serve pure vegetarian food.
14. Bárbara has a separate video that focuses on the bathroom habits in India.
15. Bárbara encourages viewers to subscribe to her channel, like the video, and share it with others.
16. Bárbara will be back next time with a kiss and a hug.