article_snippet: India as a country outlaws kissing in public - here activists from a right-wing Hindu organisation, Hindu Sena, prepare to burn placards promoting Valentine's Day during a protest in New Delhi . '
article_snippet: With Salvador de Mundo clamping down on kissing in the streets, here are some other places where visitors should refrain from kissing, or even holding hands in some cases, in public.
article_snippet: Holding hands in public is also frowned upon and public intoxication is very much a no-no.
article_snippet: While larger cities with high Western populations may be more tolerant than other areas, couples holding hands or kissing in public goes against the primary values of Buddhism or Confucianism observed in CHINA.
article_snippet: There has even previously been a three foot rule for separation between members of the opposite sex - an extreme version of the balloon between teens at a school dance - but PDAs are still more or less off limits.
article_snippet: The law aside, kissing in public deeply offends some locals, especially the older generation, in the most populous Muslim country in the world.
article_snippet: While not forbidden by law, kissing in public just isn't done in JAPAN.
article_snippet: As a predominantly Muslim country, EGYPT too frown on kissing in public and even holding hands by the opposite sex isn't appreciated.
highlights_snippet: Kissing in public is outlawed in India although not always enforced .
  
highlights_snippet: Muslim nations strictly forbid PDAs while Muslim nations're also taboo in Japan .