- 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.