The Do’s and Don’ts of Honduran Culture

In one of our Peace Corps manuals there is a 3-page section on “The Do’s and Don’ts of Honduran Culture.”

Some interesting do’s:
-You can push to be first on the bus or in other lines
-Women always wear bras

Some interesting don’ts:
-Don’t hang out in cantinas, pool halls. Women in Honduras don’t play pool especially in small towns
-Women generally don’t smoke or drink in public.
-Don’t go out with your hair messy
-Don’t invite people of the opposite sex over and close the door of the house/room. This could give the person the wrong idea and people in the town will gossip.
-Don’t wear flip-flops out in the street, to visit people, to go to a meeting; they are your shower shoes
-Don’t show tattoos and body piercing; people might think you are a gang member or are into drugs
-Don’t throw toilet paper into the toilet bowl (there is a trash can beside the toilet)