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Hand and Arm Gestures

Hand and Arm Gestures. Do’s and Taboos Around the World by Roger Axtell. Directions. Look at the name of the gesture and determine what it means and where it means that. Click to have the answers appear. Determine whether or not you were correct. Horizontal Horns.

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Hand and Arm Gestures

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  1. Hand and Arm Gestures Do’s and Taboos Around the World by Roger Axtell

  2. Directions • Look at the name of the gesture and determine what it means and where it means that. • Click to have the answers appear. • Determine whether or not you were correct.

  3. Horizontal Horns • Self-protection from evil spirits in Europe. • Variation is evil-eye in Africa.

  4. Hand Purse • Question, good, fear in Italy

  5. One-Finger Point • With index finger, impolite in Middle and Far East • Use your whole hand • In Indonesia, use your thumb

  6. Flat-Hand Flick • Go away or get lost • It’s universal

  7. Beckon • Don’t use finger to call someone, use palm down whole hand waving in Middle East, Far East, Spain, Portugal, and Latin America

  8. Fingers Circle • Ok in America • Rude/obscene in Brazil, Greece, Russia • Money in Japan • Zero/worthless in southern France

  9. Fingers Cross • Protection or good luck in Europe • Offensive in Paraguay

  10. Hand Saw • Share the profits when you make a deal in Colombia

  11. Hand Sweep • Stealing/getting away with something in Latin America and the Netherlands • Money or pay me in Peru

  12. Waving • Insult in Greece and Nigeria • Good-bye (palm out and wave fingers in unison) in Europe • No in Europe (wave whole hand back and forth) • Come here in Peru (wave whole hand back and forth)

  13. Height • Palm down is animal’s height in Colombia and Latin America • Human height is palm facing the observer in Colombia and Latin America • Use index finger in Mexico

  14. The Wai • Namaste in India • Greeting in Thailand

  15. Arms Fold • Arrogance and pride in Finland • Disrespect in Fiji

  16. Elbow tap • Unreliable in Holland • Stingy in Colombia

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