Mexico is a country of noisy sparkling fun that permeates all the colorful Mexican culture. Often right on the city streets, you can meet "mariachis" - groups of musicians wearing large sombreros, black trousers, and high-heeled boots and playing guitars and trumpets. They are also indispensable participants of absolutely all holidays and public festivities. Mexicans are very fond of cockfights, bullfights, horse racing - in a word, everything that stirs the blood. Tips are usually given for almost any service - typically 10%. Most of the waiters and guides are men. In Mexico, bathrooms are usually very clean but paid - at least 5 pesos.
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Mexicans consider red-haired people to be a kind of talismans that attract good luck, so a kind of competition is common here: the one who pinches one's friend first at the sight of a red man will be lucky. Mexicans like to praise their country and everything related to it in front of foreigners and do not tolerate criticism. Mexicans are collectivists rather than individualists. Family comes first for every Mexican, birthdays are celebrated only in a large family circle. In general, family members are the best friends of any Mexican, as well as family members of friends. When somebody's relative dies, all friends consider it their duty to visit and support the mourner. And on birthdays, heroes of the day always get pie in the face.
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During the conversation, Mexicans usually stand close to interlocutors. One should not move away - it is considered rude and shows unwillingness to communicate. Interlocutors of the opposite sex touch each other slightly during a conversation. In cities, it is considered normal to look at the people's eyes, but in rural areas, it may seem a sign of disrespect. If a child is looking into the parent's eyes while being scolded, this is regarded as disrespect and disobedience.