• In Japanese homes, a hot bath is prepared for the whole family at once with members take turns soaping, scrubbing, and rinsing off outside the tub before soaking in it
  • In India, people do not wear shoes in the kitchen because some food is prepared on the floor
  • Comics now account for about 40% of all published material in Japan
  • Parcheesi is India’s “national game”
  • In India it is common for the families of several brothers to live together
  • In Iran, it is traditional for families to eat meals together on the floor, gathered around dishes of food spread on a kind of tablecloth called a sofreh.