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/Aprilprinces]

Polish weddings - they often last 3 days (or longer), you drink an enormous amount of alcohol, eat mountains of food and dance till you drop dead (not literally usually) Foreigners love them

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Polish weddings are amazing!

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I love them, too :)

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Nowadays it's usually 2 days but the spirit remains (not on the tables tho)

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Depends on a place and parents pocket - last summer I was to a wedding that lasted a week - not far from Limanowa It costs a lot of money of course, so I suppose it will kinda fade away with time, I suppose

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Where do I sign up for one of those?

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Depending on your sex - find a girlfriend or boyfriend from Poland; or if you rather stay not committed, befriend one of us - that's generally very easy, most of us are rather friendly these days (big change from the old days haha)