The Mexican Character

As a society, Mexicans are noisy and fiesteros (who like parties). Doesn't mean that we're all like that (individually)... but if you try to compare to Germans, Swedish, English and people from other Northern European countries, you'll find out that we're not very quiet.

In the other hand, if you compare to other countries in America, you could say that our society is really conservative. Men will never kiss each other, because that'd bring bad ideas about them... so the greeting will always be by holding hands strongly and bowing a bit.

Mexicans and hugs are very funny. We sometimes do that, but it's always with a distance. It'd be very strange if someone who doesn't know you well hugs you strongly.

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The conversation is a show too. There's always a guy who gets so bloody excited with the topic and suddenly starts shouting and goes on like that. Jokes and laughs are basic, no matter the context... have you ever heard of the funeral jokes? (not only in our culture).

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Mexican people are generally 'valemadristas'. That's a slang word for "unconcerned", "cool" and "messy". Despite the hard life in economy, family, spirit or any other stuff, the Mexican knows how to let them be without having a big stress. Sometimes this is not quite good, because if you don't solve some situations then you get in trouble... and you become conformist: "If I'm comfortable, let the world go anywhere!".