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Remember not step on threshold when entering the tent or house .Calling somebody in name please add "la" behind the name to express respects . If you are asked to sit down , please cross your legs , don't stretch your legs forward and face your sole to others . You should accept the gift with both hands . While presenting the gift you should bend your body forward and hold the gift higher than your head with both hands . While offering tea , wine or cigarette , you should offer them by both hands and any fingers don't touch inside of the bowl .
When the host presents you a cup of wine , you should dip your ring finger in the wine and flick the wine into the sky , in the air and to the ground respectively to express your respects to the heaven , the earth and the ancestors before sipping the wine . The host will fill the cup , and you take a sip of the wine again . After the host fills your cup again , you have to bottom it up .
Tibetan people neither take horse ,dog and donkey meat nor eat fish in some areas , so please respect their diet habits .
It is not polite to clap your palms and spit behind the Tibetan people .
No smoke in monasteries . And it is banned to touch the statue of Buddha and religious articles and take pictures of them .
Eagles are the sacred birds in the eyes of the Tibetan people . You should not drive or disturb the sheep or cows with red , green or yellow cloth strips on .