Sebelum anda travel ke sesebuah negara, selain daripada buat itinerari tu, tolong juga buat research mengenai pantang larang dan budaya rakyat tempatan. Ini supaya anda lebih bersedia untuk experience local culture and sites without unknowingly offending anyone.
Di Vietnam, local people memang menghargai para pelancong yang try to abide by their customs, and very forgiving if you get it wrong. Bagi memudahkan perjalanan anda ke Vietnam, artikel ini menyenaraikan Do’s & Don’ts buat anda to avoid culture shocks and enjoy Vietnam in the happiest way it should be.
Perkara perlu dibuat – Do
- Remove bling
Tolong tanggalkan barangan kemas yang berlebihan. Sebab kalau anda pakai banyak sangat barang perhiasan, ini menunjukkan anda banyak duit. Lepas tu, anda boleh menjadi target kepada petty theft.
Keep all valuables in a safe place. Jika anda bawa banyak cash, you can divide into several parts and put them in different places with you, in case you meet the pickpocket or lose money elsewhere.
- Bawa botol air
Bawa botol air sebab air mineral kat sana mahal. Jangan terkejut, you will pay less for a bottle of beer than a bottle of water.
Keep a non-disposable water bottle on you and fill it up with boiled or purified water whenever you get the chance.
- Guna chopsticks dengan betul
Tolong make sure anda menggunakan chopsticks correctly. Sebabnya kalau anda letak chopsticks upright in your bowl of rice, for example, is considered unlucky.
Malah kedudukan ini juga adalah simbol of two burning joss sticks used for funerals.
Perkara dilarang – Don’t
- Don’t end up in jail
Haa yang ni kena bagi perhatian lebih. Jangan tangkap gambar di military installations and equipment, it is a breach of national security and you could end up in jail.
Mesti anda tak nak spend your vacations di Vietnamese jail kan? Nak tangkap gambar pun kena berpada taw.
- Observe the altars
Jangan memusingkan badan anda kepada altars apabila anda melawat temple atau di rumah sesiapa. Jangan juga pointing with one finger to the worshipped gods will really upset them. Use your whole palm if needed, and well behave when you are at the site. The Vietnamese are very spiritual.
- Jangan rekod minority villages
Buat anda yang plan nak lawat kampung minority di Vietnam, tolong don’t take video cameras ke sana.
Mereka merasakan kehidupan terganggu jika anda buat begitu. If you do, always ask permission first.
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