Okay, here goes. That is my right hand reaching into an 18 inch community plate to share this meal of rice, soup, fish and chicken (I avoided the chicken, of course). You can only use your right hand as your left is considered to be very unclean because it is reserved for wiping of the back-side. Toilet paper is not widely used here (pardon the pun).
As a "Westerner" they offered me utensils but I wanted to be one of the "Arab-guys" just this one time. It reminds me of my kid's first birthday parties when they were given the cake and told to "go at it" The lieutenant took me to wash my hands after lunch. There is a whole system of cleanliness over here that we just take for granted.
Okay, here goes. That is my right hand reaching into an 18 inch community plate to share this meal of rice, soup, fish and chicken (I avoided the chicken, of course). You can only use your right hand as your left is considered to be very unclean because it is reserved for wiping of the back-side. Toilet paper is not widely used here (pardon the pun).
As a "Westerner" they offered me utensils but I wanted to be one of the "Arab-guys" just this one time. It reminds me of my kid's first birthday parties when they were given the cake and told to "go at it" The lieutenant took me to wash my hands after lunch. There is a whole system of cleanliness over here that we just take for granted.
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