Greeting styles and gestures you need to learn when you visit these African communities

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Kalenjin

Across the Kalenjin community in Kenya, the greeting between an older or more respected person and younger or lower calibre person requires the latter to stretch out their right hand and hold it with their left hand in a handshake as a sign of respect. They use the phrase Chamge or chamuge (how are you) and the response is chamge (fine) or Chamge mising (very fine) for emphasis.

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