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4. The moutza- In Greece, Mexico, the Middle East, and Africa, the activity of raising
your open hand, palm out, with spread fingers before somebody could be a genuine
sign of disappointment.
Conceivably one of the most
seasoned hand gestures still in
use, it dates all the way back to
old Byzantium, when offenders
were chained to donkeys and
paraded through the roads, where
local people would rub their claim
faces onto the prisoner.
https://www.autoeurope.com/travel-
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language-culture-crash-course/
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