🇬🇭THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE GOING TO GHANA | American Couple Reacts "Ghana's Cultural Etquette"
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- 🇬🇭THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE GOING TO GHANA | American Couple Reacts "Ghana's Cultural Etquette" | The Demouchets REACT
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This respect thing we have for the elderly has a major reason . We have a saying that " everyone has been a child before, but not everyone has experienced elderhood". You never know what the future holds for you, so ascribe all the needed respect for the elderly and you will do well too..
Love this.
If you're are foreigner, you don't have to worry about these things cuz they understand you aren't native so you don't know. They'll rather teach you. But if you are a native, nobody will get the time to correct you cuz you should have learned it from your parents
Hi, the left hand thing is important. If the person is left-handed or the right hand is preoccupied, they have to begin with "sorry for the left" so they are prepared and they get the knowledge that you are not using your hand as a disrespect but because you can't switch cuz your right hand is preoccupied or you are left-handed. They will understand. You can't just stretch your left hand without saying anything.
One thing I was taught growing up was not to greet while on your way to the toilet/restroom which I didn't know why and didn't bother to ask at that time. I one day asked my late grandmom why we are not supposed to greet and she said one may be hard pressed going to the restroom and greeting somebody could start a lengthy conversation so you go handle your business and then come back and greet.
This is actually thoughtful lol
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The wisdom behind it is that, greetings normally leads to conversation, and back in the days, we normally use to have a community restrooms, so avoid greetings to an elderly persons on way to the toilet to avoid them getting embarrassed by pooing themselves because you don’t know how serious their situation. 😂😂😂🤪
My father's brother taught me that....I greeted him when going to the toilet, he told me not to do that again was confused, he later explained it to me.
That's true❤
Ghana culture is meant to humble the generation in good way
All the etiquettes are still there but not as intense. You'll meet people in the cities going about their daily activities and they don't have the time to be greeting but if you enter a house, especially a compound house, and you do not greet, you better hope that the person you're looking for is home cuz if they're not, you can't ask the other people in the house any question since you didn't greet them.
Oooh I think I'd be the person who would obnoxiously ignore them if this was my custom and they didn't greet lol
They will scold when you go back to greet them then they will let you know the where about of who ever you're looking for.
In Ghana greetings are really really important. You greet in the morning, afternoon, and evening. However there are exceptions. You can let the greeting slide if you have met the person multiple times already within a short time from, as in a couple of hours. However people will generally not bother about it if you are a foreigner because we know you aren't fully abreast with the culture. But it's a while different approach if you're a native
My grandma tells me, saying good morning, good afternoon and good evening are intentional words of affirmation or positive confession for yourself and the people you meet, thus, even we may say 'hi' and still say good morning. Eg. "Hellooo, good morning". 1.Buying bread as a gift for a household you are visiting is the standard thing to do except you know the exact thing the person you are visiting likes. 3. The thing is, you can refuse the food offered to you but it is considered offensive if you refuse the water offered to you as a welcome gesture, even if you are not thirsty, take a sip.
My grandma always brought bread to people's homes. This make me think! We always offer drinks.
That’s not true, I’m a Ghanaina I don’t eat from people that I don’t know. If someone give you food, you can say no thanks you don’t have to eating. 😂
I totally agree with you but I think she should have explained it well.
The food is mainly for family members or when u visit someone in different city and even you can still ignore it in a polite way.
YES IN GHANA, WE VALUE RESPECT MORE THAN ANYTHING
You can use the left hand to hand over things to some one when the right hand is busy, but you to tell the person "sorry for the left hand" and say thank you after, for understanding.❤
Love this, we'll. That is why you can say 'please, sorry for left' or 'please, sorry for using my left' it will be understood. But giving it and not apologising for using the left is where you find the person will not take it from you.
In Ghana greetings is a means of showing respect to the one or people who were there before you see them or met them
Nice couple doing nice job promoting the African continent to the world.
Am a Ghanaian and would like to comment on the left hand issue. There is an excuse/an exception if the right hand is so occupied that you can't do otherwise. In that case you let the person know that you are giving the thing out with the left then culturally the receiver will say "it is also a hand" and he takes it and both of you are good to go. Thanks!
You simply say sorry to he person you are handling something to by the left hand
It's refreshing experience to visit Ghana 🇬🇭. I promise ur family will loved it there. But u need to plan first. Love the reactions from Russia 🇷🇺👍❤✌️
The gift thing is purely family, if you are visiting family in Ghana or visiting your family in the village, it is purely family a thing.
With the food aspect you can refuse in a polite way... You can lie to say you just ate.. Or your wife or mom is preparing dinner so you wouldn't want to miss that.. Or you can say you will come on a special visit so you can enjoy the meal...
I never experienced these things growing up because as a child just like you guys said we are taught to not eat food from strangers . And a lot of Ghanaian parents do raise their children that way. I feel a lot of these things are now not a big deal. Greeting people that are older than you I feel is still something we do but all others are really not that serious.
I like the spirit you guys are using to promote Africa in general, keep it up watching you guys from South Africa cape town God bless you
Much love! We love Africa.
Fellow Ghanaian here, kwaku how's SA
I am a Ghanian I love our culture and proud of our upbringing ,it stays with us but I feel like children,s minds wander and if they don,t understand something, they should be respectfully ask questions❤
The Greetings......
Example you have to greet when you are leaving the house in the morning and you have to greet again when you return in the afternoon, evening or night BUT if you are home with them all day then you don't necessarily have to greet morning afternoon and evening.
Ghana is so similar to us, in South Africa you do not hand over anything to someone with your left hand and you also can't take it with your left hand. Greetings is also very important but there is a way that you greet elder people and younger people. In my culture saying hello/hi to an elderly is considered disrespectful. Here if you don't greet people they will just let you be but they will mark you and if you ever need help they might be hesitant to help you. They will just say "it's that one who never greets us and now he/she needs help. It's a norm that you do not go into something's house empty handed but it's not compulsory if you really can't. It's just a nice gesture. If an elder gives you something you must clap your hands before you take it but this is in my own culture not every South African. Smelling the food before you eat it is considered disrespectful to the person who cooked the food.
What do you say if you cannot say hello? The greetings: Good morning, etc.? Clap before receiving something is a new one for us.
@@TheDemouchetsREACT yes you can say "Thobela" meaning greetings or you can say '' Le tsogile bjang? " meaning how is the morning?" if it's day/afternoon you can say '' Le hlwele bjang? " meaning how is your day.
Okay, got it! I’m just going to get my smile together so they don’t hear my accent😅
@@TheDemouchetsREACT @The Demouchets REACT in Joburg it's easy, you are just going to say Sanibonani(Zulu) or Dumelang(Sotho/Tswana) then you will be good. These two are popular. The ones I just told you are more emphasized at the village. Lol I know, without the accent they won't even tell and don't be suprised when they greet you in our local languages 🤣
I think the gifts depends on where you are coming from to visit. I cannot visit my friends and family in Accra without sending foodstuffs from Kumasi. Those from Accra normally come home to Kumasi with fried fish, bread or anything Accra is noted for. However, if I visit a friend who lives right here in Kumasi with me, I am expected to get something for the kids usually biscuits and toffees
And you know when a family or friend is visiting from Cape Coast, they do come with fried octopus 🐙, duck, fishes, and the famous Fante Kenkey. Also, others do come with varieties of fruits found in the locality or home town
This is a great tradition amongst those you love.
I don't remember where you have to greet the same person 3 times a day in Ghana. I only know that you have to greet once but you have to say goodbye or goodnight if you're going home or going to bed.
The food is not just for everybody it's mainly between family members and you can decline it in a polite way.
They mostly prepare the food in your presence so you can tell them not to cook it because you are full and they will understand you.
I think the greeting bit is a way of breaking the cold and up somebody up before any form of communication starts .
You can use the left hand but with an excuse like " sorry for the left" when the right hand can not be used .
With the food aspect, you can always get away with it by telling them you just ate on your way and you are full but you must be overly apologetic whilst saying it. And tell them you promise next time you come you will eat. But you can't reject water.
Let's say you are eating and you want to hand something over with your left because you can't use your right, you put your right hand under the left hand and say sorry for my left before you hand it over. You will be pardoned 😂😂❤
You will hand over and sorry or please
@@faastyboy yes you say sorry for my left
You're 💯right.
@ The Demouchets As a Ghanaian l will give Ghana the thumbs up on that one . The adjective “right” represents, morally, justified, good , correct , fair etc . The left is viewed with some skepticism and suspicion in most societies, politics for example . Great video , it has untangled a social norm that nobody talks about until this 😅😅
Thanks for sharing, Stanley! We were just thinking of you the other day.
I'm basically a young Ghanaian and I feel some of the ethics are dying away. But we value respect very much.
It's not wrong to show affection in Ghana. Actually, it's encouraged because it's also a sign of respect to your partner.
What is frowned upon is displaying PRIVATE AFFECTION in public.
Hugging, friendly kiss, holding hands is encouraged in public but, Caressing, intimate kissing, fondling and any intimate Private Affection is frowned upon.
In a nutshell, don't display any PRIVATE gesture in PUBLIC.
Got it! lol
Sometimes when you give with your left hand, you have to let the person know that its not international. You can also say, "SORRY FOR MY LEFT HAND".
I love watching you guys keep it up #RoadTo1Milli
And again, I feel that the lady didn't do enough justice to the topic of relationships. She went a little too overboard with it. The main reason why you're not encouraged to show public affection is generally for the sake of respect for others, not necessarily because of someone's evil intentions. And keeping your relationship a secret isn't really a thing either
It's okay. They are just sharing the culture from their perspectives. There is no wrong in one's life experiences. We appreciate it all.
greeting is very important in Africa
Yes. In Ghana we greet alot. We do that to show respect and also as an acknowledgement. Imagine you are passing by someone and you don't greet and you collapse suddenly, how do you expect that person or stranger to help you.
Sometimes you can get confused at a particular place … then you keep questioning your self wether you greeted … or not … and the way the people around will stay at you… it’s just on another level… Ghanaians hmm😂😂
No u dnt ask anyone if you can bring ur shoes in, you always leave it outside unless they tell you to being it in and trust me no one will ask you to bring it in
once again, all these are not necessarily compulsory ....
Yeah, you just don't necessarily greet once you've already done that. But you must make the person you greeted earlier know u already did and it's nice seeing them again
if you're using your left hand, just say sorry before you hand it over, sometimes your might be busy with your right hand, so just say sorry if you want to use the left hand
I feel like the culture of public display of affection (PDA) is changing. As long as you are a married couple, you can show some affection, just don´t overdo it. People might stare at you because it is uncommon but no one will say anything.
And another thing our parents thought us to care and treat visitors well because they do not know anyone.
With the food its not necessarily compulsory for u to eat so just go with the flow and with the greeting, when u ask about how they are doing , they something throw shades as a form of tessing
You can always say this if u handing smthg with the left. " sorry for left". Sometimes the recipient will say oh say it is nothing. It totally depends
When you greet good morning, you don't come back and greet that same morning again. Unless when you are coming back, it's afternoon or evening then you greet again.
Naa if you said Good morning that’s it but in the afternoon you have to give your afternoon greetings too and in the evening same thing
The lady added a bit of sugar to her submission.
1. You don't have to send a gift to a person when visiting them. It's not the norm it only happens when you're visiting friends and family.
2. You'll not necessarily be given food and be expected to eat it. People are aware of preferences and it only happens again, when visiting friends and family.
In South Africa expressing affection publicly is not an issue at all, in fact other than the expectation to greet, there are no real rules that limit self presentation publicly, that includes what people wear even if it's kind of revealing too much body, people are expected to kind of mind their own business here, perhaps more like in the western countries.
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And one thing you have to know in Ghana is not call elderly person directly by their names is a kind of disrespect
U must firt size him or her age, to classify the person if the person is at the ur mum.. &.Dad continue....
Oh love love……y’all cute together
Thank you.
(How are you doing) this depends on the person you are dealing with. I often ask my mom, grandma and some elderly people I am cool with how are you doing and they are totally ok with it. So it depends
When using your left hand...just say "sorry for left" before handing it and they are fine...they'll accept it
And you can’t say “hey” to someone older than you.
Love birds, u guys 😄
I really want to tell you more about Ghana
Grandma will knock your head off for being disrespectful to elderly people and giving things to people in your left hand. You better watch her body language which comes with her African eyes 👀 wide open 😂😂😂
Well, it’s normal to show affection in Nigeria.
The greetings aspect is this way
For instance if we stay in the same house with you I will say good morning. If I don’t go no where for the rest of the day I don’t have greet again in the afternoon and evening
It only applies if I left the house and come back later and it’s either afternoon or evening then I will greet again but if I come back and it’s still morning then I don’t have greet again
It's depends on the family u'er coming from..... But mostly Ghanaian have larger families it easier to rise a well respected child. Living in Russia 🇷🇺and encounting all sorts of people have seen a wonderful difference. We're home alternated ❤😊
The food part it has to be some one you know .our parents don’t allow us to eat just anybodies food
The question is, why do people greet? Basically, the person greeting is just paving the way on the "ground" especially for a fertile conversation at a particular moment. Without greetings no one is interested in your conversation period except...... a very impoooortant reason
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If u want to use the left hand u say "sorry for left"
And with the food part, if it's people you don't know and your visit was not planned you can say you ate before coming. If it's people you know and your visit is planned you can give them notice ahead not cook. The thing is 98% of the time you are asked or told before the food is prepared. The 2% might be people you don't know and they want to show a kind gesture, you can always say no. Now, when they don't say anything but just come in with the food, that's when it can be challenging. If you don't know them but you are there one time only, you can say thank you. If you know them and you don't want to eat there you can ask them to package it for you to go or you might just have to take a bite or two
For the food aspect it's not just force or not that important
Buh for not taking their water it's like more personal than the food aspect
Hello beautiful family,greetings from Berlin,How is the little one doing?
Our Ghanaian sister did rep us well, just some little difffernces in experiences. Ghanaians value respect, this most importantly translates to greeting. you wpll actually feel it when you need to greeet. you dont greet the same person the same number of times everyday
In Ghana we do not send cooked food to people's home when visiting they would rather serve you and it is not really necessary to send gifts
It depends, not by force to do all this
But they're saying it different because they're doing video
How can you greet every person you will see on the day or how can you do all they're saying, just think carefully 😅😅😅
I'm a Ghanaian and it's just normal things
for here, it will be noice to do all this but not compulsory or offensive like how
they're saying 🤦🤦
If you give something to an elderly person
with ur left hand, some will collect and tell you that, it is a wrong so don't that to an any person again because it disrespectful and some will take it normal because u are human being u can do mistake anytime
Though we adore all this in our society again and again but not compulsory like how they're saying 😊
To check on people is more than that... You must be able to help if the person needs help.
U can use ur left hand and say am sorry for using for using it they will take it, but id u dont say anything u will stand there
Most of these cultural values are not too stringent anymore. You can choose to say you are full with the food and that is fine.
Thanks for always sharing your perspectives with us, Jenn!
@@TheDemouchetsREACT welcome
Not showing in your face affection in public is a consideration for others and not make any person feel uncomfortable
Okay so I'm in Ghana,(and a Ghanaian). Whenever I greet an elderly and ask how they are doing, they actually respond,but looks at me as if I've grown another head. ( Because it's rare because as a child, your business is greet , respond to their questions and move)
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It's not true that you have to greet someone three times a day , for instance, you wake up in the morning and greet the person and then go to school, right? So when you come back from school or work, then you have to greet again, but it's not like you have to greet the person morning, afternoon, and evening.
You don't really have to eat in someone you don't know's house. But if it's someone you know very well you better have a damn good reason or they're gonna feel offended. And no, you don't have to bring food or stuff to people you're visiting. It's when you travel and you're coming back home that you've gotta buy something for those in the house (my dad wouldn't lemme hear the end of it whenever I forgot)
For the greeting part, i dont think, it's by force to greet everybody. Only those you know not everybody.
Concerning PDA’s a lot have change 😂
You don’t greet in the morning twice naa and it depends if you are in the same house is not that necessary
You greet your neighbors
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No it not really always the case except u really know the the person u can aslo politely reject !
With the PDA you can but it depends on the environment and the age group. If I am with my man infront of my parents or their age group and above its a no but with my mate it's alright,it's not that deep.
Greet the same person 3 times
Good morning
Good Afternoon
Good Evening
at least you can put your right hand under you left hand and say sorry for left
Gifts are not mandatory though
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To avoid inconveniences, we don’t visit people we’re not comfortable with.
That isn't entirely true about PDA's you can really show such affection but not sexually. You can kiss ..hold hands..have your arms around her or his waist ..that could be done here in Ghana just that it's not commonly done so people will just look at you depending on where you find yourself
Well, when it comes to food I don’t think if strangers offering something you have to take it because that person is elderly. Back in 60s yes but we lived in the would wear people don’t trust like we used to so no you don’t have to take food from strangers. When it becomes a problem is when you go to a family member house and they offer you food and you don’t take 😂
The reason they try to keep their relationship secretly is that , Ghanaian culture and tradition does not permit you as a man to be with a girl without first not to seek permission from the girl's family.
It's much to aged people who prefer such for the purposes of socialisation
Even butter bread is okay as Gift
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It is not true that you have to eat if you are offered food, you can politely decline.
The food thing is purely between families, if you refuse food from your own flesh and blood we Ghanaians take it that you are not on good terms with them.