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Basic Courtesy - Not to dirty the owners house. |
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Josie
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Maybe they value clean carpets! |
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Ajeet M
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Hey! Hey!! TA- Welcome to the Yahoo Answers
It is also important to have those house slippers ready for guests. I have seen many a "wet" foot print tracking the floor from sweaty feet!!! |
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Snowcrane66
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It would be funny for you see this when you went over friends' house, right? It is the similar as I saw my American roomate while studying abroad lying on her bed with sneakers on her foots. I can't get it as well. But I knew it is a part of culture.
Like the other people answers, then you already know why... but I would like to tell you that once if you got change to go to visit Japan, then you will experience more. You got to take off your sleepers where you usually wear in the house and change to another sleepers when you go to toilet or bathroom or the outdoor and laundry room... That is really something for me to experience their different culture... |
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Kiss A Small Angel
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It is the custom of the country, the same as Japan, Korea, Thailand and a few others.
After living in Seoul, Korea for 3 years, we brought the custom back home with us and have followed the custom ever since. Keeps our home a lot cleaner. We expect our guests to do the same-a gesture of respect. |
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debijs
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~~For sanitation.It is cleaner not to bring outside germs into your home.~~ |
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TaipeiAlive
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Yes Sky, the others hv said it: it's Asian culture, not peculiar to Taiwan alone. :-)
In fact, besides the shoes, Asians do also practise removing their hats/ caps etc upon entering a home. Even the police & military personnel.
Other than being an act of practical & basic hygiene, removing one's shoes (& hat) is also a display of humility from the visitor, n respect for the host.
After one removes one's footwear, an extension of this practice is that the host will respond by offering the visitor a pair of slippers to wear while in the home. Or even lead the visitor to hv a quick wash of their feet, warm & tired from footwear n travelling.
Hope this helps.
TA :-)
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Bubba Bob Dixie
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In my experience, to make me ruin my clean socks on someone's dirty floor. I realize that the idea is to keep dirty shoes out of the house, but in practice it doesn't always work that way. |
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teré
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for me, i think that is one way to respect the house and the family. |
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aquielisunari
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In practically every Taiwanese home, as in Japan, guests are requested to remove their shoes even though the host may insist that you dont have to (but that is just a false courtesy). The host has slippers lying right at the door after you remove your shoes! Taiwanese pride themselves in maintaining a clean floor at home.
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pawdog530
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To keep the outside dirt and stuff out of the house. |
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adil s
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why are you asking such a stupid question? do you roam around in your home with your dirty shoes on or what? |
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hannah b.
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it's not just Taiwan, it's most of the other Asian Countries as well.
You remove your shoes before entering a house because you won't track in dirt from the outside and also out of respect. |
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MIla M
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think of it , its raining outside and your shoes is wet , do u still wear and walk arround in their dry shinning , clean floor? |
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mo0ink
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so wont get dirty |
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Hopelessk8ter
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it's considerd polite |
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sweetkandygirl89
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Its not just Taiwanese people but many Asians do that. Its a cultural thing because we don;t want to during thr house.
You wear your shoes around the dirt and ground outside and when you go home or someone else house, you want to respect their house and keep it clean. You dont want to dirty there house with the shoes that you walked everywhere with right???
Thats how I think it is and plus im Asian.
I dont want my house dirty |
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An B
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http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1831461 |
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