Everyone is Dancing

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Through the Chinese culture activities, I make many friends from all over the world. I learnt how to make dumplings, rice dumplings and flower arrangement. I like the activities of Mandarin Garden. They enriched my life in Shanghai.

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Pierre
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Niels
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Tomas
I have compared several schools before my decision. I want to learn Chinese well and I also like to know Chinese culture. And I think the attitude of the teacher, the consultant here are all very positive. I like to stay with them and get the care from th

Everyone is Dancing

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When I lived in New York City I signed up for some Indian dance classes just for the fun of it. It was more aesthetic

than just going to a gym or an exercise class. One of the hardest things to do was tilt our heads from left to right which

characterizes Indian dance that is combined with the movement of the eyes. I arrived in Cochin in the southern most tip

of India and everyone I talk to does that movement all the time. From my point of view everyone is dancing. I still haven’t

quite figured out what it means as guess if I knew I wouldn’t think they were dancing. It is so prevalent that sitting down

in the business meeting with 4 or six men they are all tilting their heads from left to right... I left my purse in the restaurant

and the young man who is at the reception desk returned it to my room. As he left he backed away and tilted his head from

left to right. Last night as I was talking to the boss’s wife she would periodically tilt her head from left to right as we were

speaking. I’ve never seen this in any other culture and never realized that it was my culture to tilt my head up and down

in agreement !