Re: Etiquette - The less known rules…
So I remember the following growing up:
- Using right hand to handle food and water (even when passing stuff).
- We called older cousin bhai or aapi. But this was not a strict rule. I have a few cousins where the age difference is less than a year and we call each other by our first names only.
- Always say “no” when guests offer to help during dawat.
- Kids and men eat first.
This is a very common tradition in Bangladesh. Not only with DIL’s with their MILs, during Eid and other times when you visit elders, people touch the elders feet and ask for dua. Its done as a sign of respect.