1.The tribes living on the heights of Chittagong in eastern Bangladesh do not even have the expression "kiss me", but they say "smell me."
2.As it became known from Cook's notes, when meeting, the natives of New Zealand covered each other with bedspreads and mutually rubbed their noses, while uttering something like grunting and strongly drawing air into themselves.
3.The natives on the island of Santa Maria, when they meet, sniff each other and also rub their noses.
4.The Papuans, Tasmanians and inhabitants of Fuga Island in the Philippines, when greeting, always hold some pleasant-smelling object near their nose or above their heads.
5.On the island of Socotra, located in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Somalia, people kiss each other on the shoulder when greeting.
6.On the islands of Tonga, or, as they are also called, the islands of Friendship, when meeting with a friend, they take his hand and rub it hard on their nose and mouth.
7.In the Royal Islands, the salutation consists of the people who greet each other tightly pressing their noses together and then vigorously rubbing them against each other.
8.The Burmese greeting is called nomtschi, which, in fact, means "inhaling the smell" (nom - smell, tschi - inhalation).