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Le pointage avec les lèvres

Aux Philippines, au Nicaragua et chez plusieurs peuples autochtones, on pointe avec la bouche.

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Category : Hand gesturesSubcategory : designationConfidence level : 3/5 (documented hypothesis)Identifier : e0013

Geography of misunderstanding

Neutral

  • vietnam
  • thailand
  • indonesia
  • malaysia
  • philippines
  • singapore
  • myanmar
  • cambodia
  • laos
  • mexico
  • guatemala
  • honduras
  • nicaragua
  • el-salvador
  • costa-rica
  • panama
  • cuba
  • dominican-republic
  • puerto-rico
  • indigenous-peoples

Not documented

  • asie-est
  • eu-du-nord

Full description

⚠️ This sheet is currently under development. Detailed content will be published in a later phase of the editorial project.

Aux Philippines, au Nicaragua et chez plusieurs peuples autochtones, on pointe avec la bouche.

Sources

  1. Morris, D., Collett, P., Marsh, P., & O'Shaughnessy, M. (1979). Gestures: Their Origins and Distribution. Stein & Day / Jonathan Cape.
  2. Axtell, R. E. (1998). Gestures: The Do's and Taboos of Body Language Around the World (revised edition). John Wiley & Sons.
  3. Matsumoto, D. & Hwang, H.C. (2013). Cultural similarities and differences in emblematic gestures. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 37(1), 1-27. — ↗