Namaste,
It means both hello and goodbye, literally, "I salute the light that is within you." However, for Shannon it means: hi, excuse me, thank you, how are you?, I need a taxi, no thank you, yes, I don't speak Nepali, and will you be my friend? She's pretty much worn the word out- grinning at everyone she sees, raising her hands in the upright prayer position and Namasteying people. The people here are so nice that they stop what they are doing and give her a Namaste back. She's like a small child who does something once and gets a result from the adults around her- so she just keeps doing it over and over. She's convinced that she'll make the city of 7m all her friends, all with only knowing one word: Namaste.
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