entertaining Kurdish style

We've been told that it's rude to turn off your TV when a guest comes for a visit. Something about it makes him feel unwelcome?? Tonight we went for dinner to a Kurdish home in the mountains. When we arrived, there was some kind of music video station on and the women were wearing little to nothing. Everyone in the room was watching! It was kind of strange but it definitely kept there from being any silent moments since the music was so loud we could hardly hear one another talk. This was one of those homes where we sat on the floor, ate on the floor, etc. It was just a big empty room with 2 mats and a huge flat screen TV with naked women on it! When the meal was set before us on a plastic tablecloth we continued to watch MTV while we ate our rice & chicken. Then of course we had the tea with 1 inch of sugar in the bottom. I didn't stir mine one bit and it was still like syrup! This guy was an English student of Darrell's and speaks pretty good English but his wife doesn't speak a word, thus making things a little awkward. We really needed MTV to fill in the silent places:)
Funny how different cultures think about things; we'd think it pretty rude to keep the TV going at top volume with X-rated pictures on it while our guests have come to visit us. Here, guests would think it rude if we turned off our TV when they walked in. Just a different perspective!