Manners in Guyana
Learn about cultural etiquette and manners of this country
Greetings
- Handshake
- Light hug
- Smiling "Hello"
Etiquette
- Basic greeting with eye contact and firm handshake
- Small sweets or rum as gifts appreciated when invited to homes
- Modest dress and hat removal at churches, temples, mosques
- Hindu temples and some homes require shoe removal
- Photography prohibited at military facilities and government buildings, ask permission for people
- Taking fallen fruit or flowers from ground without permission considered rude
- Relatively relaxed time sense, appointment delays not uncommon
- Either hand acceptable but many use right for meals
- Loud political/racial debates dampen atmosphere, caution required
- Traffic horns sometimes used as greetings