Greetings in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We live in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo Africa pretty close to Uganda. At the end of the French service we form a line and shake hands with everyone that goes by and when you get to the end of the line, you join it. As far as on handshaking, I am not sure because we haven't been here long. But I think that all sexes shake hands with every other. When someone's hand is dirty, he curls it in and points it down so that you can shake his wrist instead.