Hugs vs hand shakes at opening ceremony

[Lobão]

Hi,

I don´t want to be disrespectful.
I really don´t see any difference between hugs and handshakes. Actually I agree with the fact that the body language says what we should do at the moment

I can guarantee to you there is no diference, I´m Brazilian, I live in Brazil and we hug everybody, even who we don´t know yet. And there is no big deal on hugging or touching or handshaking, what matters is the accomplishment the person has achieved (Dean´s List for exemple) and the fact that this person in on stage, being recognized for the achievement, and being applauded for everybody. In my opinion that counts much more.

Every year we face many problems with that, because MANY of you don´t like to be touched or hugged and that is something very unusual for us and it can make us very uncomfortable.

As I said, I really don´t want to be disrespectful, jut want to contribute to the debate.