Avoid openly criticizing Peru’s food, family, or regional identities, and don’t joke casually about poverty, politics, or the
internal conflict of the 1980s and 1990s unless you know people well. It is also considered rude to be loud or pushy in public, and in more traditional settings you should be careful not to step over people’s feet or point the soles of your shoes at others, as that can be seen as disrespectful.