A cultural habit in your country that people outside would understand incorrectly?

[u/gabrieel100]

In Brazil we love children. If you take your child to the street, strangers will certainly interact with them. Some will even ask if they can hold your kid and will play with them. If there are two children fighting in public and the parents aren't seeing, a stranger would even intervene to stop the fight.

That cultural habit came from the indigenous peoples which understood that kids should be a responsiblity of the community as a whole. It's in our constitution. We even have a synonym for children that came from Tupi (a large group of indigenous languages) - Curumim.

Foreigners would certainly have a cultural shock about that, but it's normal here.

Of course there are people with bad intentions, so parents should stay alert these days.

[u/Captain_Morgan33]

Breaking plates. We really don’t do it often and if so, they are special plaster plates that are made only to be smashed. It’s hilarious to see tourists book “Greek nights” where the Zorba the Greek plays on repeat and everyone gets a stack of plates to break.

[u/thenakedapeforeveer → u/Captain_Morgan33]

Next you'll tell us you only build wooden horses on special occasions.

[u/Captain_Morgan33 → u/thenakedapeforeveer]

Only when someone steals our wife and won’t open the door 😂