julia90
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Similarity in hospitality of both relatives, friends and even unknow people among Greece and Italy.
This is a Magna Grecia characteristic toghether with Greece; it's a long lasting cultural and behavioural heritage in Southern Italy since the times of Greek colonization there.
I'm referring to some of my experiences (and also those of other people and the commong saying and aknowledgment) about the hospitality you receive in southern italy, that is the same as in greece.
The concept to host people you even know in your house or to help them.
For example when i was in sicily, we were invited at home to have lunchg, these people didn't even know who we were, they only knew, uor friends because they were distant relatives!!, the lunch was faboulsous, rich, and abundant..., at first we rejected the invite because we were embarassed.. we didin't know them... but the hosts as soon as our friends telefoned them to say them this got offended and insisted on us to have lunch at their home.
they were friendly and gentle, they said they invited us first because their distant relatives didn't come to sicily for two years and they also wanted to host their friends, those were distant relatives of our friend, but they had to telefone them to say them they went there in sicily because if they didn't make them aknowledege their presence on the island, they if in the future will know that they will get offended they didn't even pass to meet them.
Greek forumers or people who had this kind of experience in Greece might conferm this is true also in Greece and that there is the same value of Hospitality, that sometimes for the foiregner who isn't used to it, can be even embarassing
This is a Magna Grecia characteristic toghether with Greece; it's a long lasting cultural and behavioural heritage in Southern Italy since the times of Greek colonization there.
I'm referring to some of my experiences (and also those of other people and the commong saying and aknowledgment) about the hospitality you receive in southern italy, that is the same as in greece.
The concept to host people you even know in your house or to help them.
For example when i was in sicily, we were invited at home to have lunchg, these people didn't even know who we were, they only knew, uor friends because they were distant relatives!!, the lunch was faboulsous, rich, and abundant..., at first we rejected the invite because we were embarassed.. we didin't know them... but the hosts as soon as our friends telefoned them to say them this got offended and insisted on us to have lunch at their home.
they were friendly and gentle, they said they invited us first because their distant relatives didn't come to sicily for two years and they also wanted to host their friends, those were distant relatives of our friend, but they had to telefone them to say them they went there in sicily because if they didn't make them aknowledege their presence on the island, they if in the future will know that they will get offended they didn't even pass to meet them.
Greek forumers or people who had this kind of experience in Greece might conferm this is true also in Greece and that there is the same value of Hospitality, that sometimes for the foiregner who isn't used to it, can be even embarassing