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Cultural hints
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Indonesia shares the same attitudes to dress and social taboos as other Southeast Asian cultures
. In addition, Indonesians are generally very sociable, and dislike doing anything alone. It's normal for complete strangers engaged in some common enterprise - catching a bus, for instance - to introduce themselves and start up a friendship.
Sharing cigarettes
between men is in these circumstances a way of establishing a bond, and Westerners who don't smoke should be genuinely apologetic about refusing; it's well worth carrying a packet to share around even if you save your own "for later". Other useful information
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