Nepal Dos:
- do use both of your hands rather than one when giving or receiving something, even money. It's seen as a gesture of respect.
- do walk around stupas clockwise, so that the outer walls are always on your right. If you encounter a stone wall covered with Tibetan inscriptions, do the same: Walk past with the wall on your right (and don't take any of the stones).
- do get a receipt of in-authenticity when purchasing an antique otherwise, you will not be allowed to take it out of the country.
- do wear a long skirt that covers the legs and men should always wear a shirt – it is very important etiquette in Nepal that men should not walk around ‘topless’. This behavior in Nepal would be considered extremely rude and disrespectful.
Nepal Donts:
- do not point with a single finger but use a flat extended hand especially to indicate a sacred object or place.
- do not (among Hindus) touch women and holy men. In Nepal, people especially women, do not normally shakes hands when they greet one another, but instead press palms together in a prayer-like gesture known "Namaste" greeting is preferable.
