Bread and salt
Greeting ceremony in European and Middle-Eastern cultures / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Bread and salt (disambiguation).
Bread and salt are offered to guests in a ceremony of welcome in cultures around the world. This pair of foods is particularly significant in Slavic countries, but is also notable in Nordic, Baltic, Balkan and other European cultures as well as in Middle Eastern cultures.[1] Bread and salt as a traditional greeting remains common in Albania, Armenia, and among the Jewish diaspora. This tradition has been extended to spaceflight.[2][3]
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