Aussies say "bye, see ya" if they are going to see you gain. Close friends will hug each other, teenagers hug everyone before and after a class, before lunch, after lunch etc. If a person is going away for a long time, the hugs are longer, accompanied by kisses on the cheek and fervent vows to stay in touch.

I'm a Chinese girl. It depends. Usually I wave goodbye to my friends and relatives, with a joyful emotion, because we've had a delightful time together and know that we'll see each other again after a period of time. But when I'm going to a place far away or for a very long time, I'll feel sad and hug with people. I just kiss goodbye only with my boyfriend...ha ^^

In the Arabic culture, people use the word( good-bye) when they are leaving for a long time , or when they are leaving forever or for unknown place! I think it's the same as English!???? About how people say it. I think it depends on the situation itself, in which someone is leaving. For example, if there is a person who is leaving to study abroad, people say good-bye to him with kisses, sadness, shaking hands, hugs, and with emotional talking..But when someone is leaving for a short trip which isn't so far away, people say good-bye with only shaking hands. Note: there are not specifiec emotions in the Arabic culture, so it's different from a country to another and so on.. here are two common words in Arabic belong to the case: Good-Bye : ( Wadda'an) or( Ma'a Al-salammah)

In Sweden, Goodbyes are taken rather lightly, unless it's for forever or a longer period of time. I usually just say, bye bye, no shaking hands, kissing or hugging. When I lived in Spain, I always shook hands and kissed cheeks, until the swine fly hit and people got paranoid and reserved themselves to a more verbal, Swedish-like way of saying goodbye.

with embraces if you say good-bye to relatives, shaking hands with friends. My typical emotion is a joy that i know such good people.