Taboos In Mexico

A taboo is an activity that is banned or not allowed words based on religious beliefs or morals. They came from ancient times, because people did not want to speak and think bad and provocative things. Breaking a taboo is extremely bad and unpleasant in society as a whole. Around the world, an act may be taboo in one culture and not in another. Prohibitions ranged from strict taboos in which a species or area was forbidden by the ancestors to social norms that concerned acceptable behavior when harvesting wild species. Strict taboos offered real protection to threatened species. Informal institutions are important to conservation because they suggest ways of improving cultural awareness and conservation communication in taboo. Food taboos influence societal preferences, which affect the wider demand for a species. Most …show more content…
Using religious profanity is very offensive. In Brazil foreigners should learn Portuguese because Brazilians hate being talked to in Spanish. The "OK" gesture is vulgar for Brazilians. Never talk about anything related to sex because it is offensive to their religious background. In Colombia Using two fingers to show the length of something is considered an obscene gesture. Homosexuality is not accepted, especially by the elders. Argentines tend to stare, especially at women, so it is considered alright. It is rude to put feet on top of furniture. They never give thumbs up sign because it is like telling someone off. Indians never shy away from being extremely nice to their guests. That said, there are some cultural taboos that are traditionally looked without respect in conservative Indian households. One example of a food taboo in a different culture is pork, which is popular across much of the United States, but is forbidden in Jewish and Muslim cultures. In contrast, while many Americans would never eat a cockroach, it is acceptable to do so in Oaxaca,