Different culture, different gestures

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1、www.themegallery.comBODYLANGUANGGESTURESwww.themegallery.comDifferentculture,differentgesturesGesturesarevarywidelyamongculturesandwithincultures.www.themegallery.comAgreement&disagreementNorthAmericancultureTheOvibundupeopleTheSemantgpeopleMoveheadsupanddownHeadforwardtoexpressagreem

2、entShakeahandinfrontofthefacewiththeforefingertoexpressnegationwww.themegallery.comGreetingroutinesNormalwayinAmericaTheSpanishAmericanTheCopperEskimoNodding,shakinghangs,claspingarms,kissing,orembracingTouchingtheother'sheadwithafistBackslappingroutinePolynesianpeopleEmbracingandmutu

3、alback-rubbingwww.themegallery.comChinesepeopleMuslimsandorthodoxJewsNoddingandgivingaverbalsalutation.Holdhandschest-highinaprayerlikepositionandnodtheirheads.Avoidingbodycontactwiththeoppositesex.PeoplefromIndia,SriLanka,BangladeshandThailandwww.themegallery.comOutsidethegroupallthe

4、segesturesmaycauseamusementorbecompletelyunrecognizedforwhattheyare.www.themegallery.comEmblemsEmblemsarenonverbalmassagesthathavedirecttranslations,thathaveexactmeanings,thataredirectataspecificreceiver,andthatareconsciouslysent.www.themegallery.comPuttingthetipoftheindexfingeronthet

5、ipofthethumbupwithaclenchedfistOKSUCCESSPopularemblemswww.themegallery.comThumb-upYES/GOAcuppedhandbehindtheear"Ican'thearyou."Popularemblemshavethesameorsimilarmeaningsinseveralcultures.www.themegallery.comPointingtheindexfingeratyourtemplewiththethumbupright.IntheUnitedStatesInJapan

6、suicidePushingaclosedfistnearthestomachtodepicttheplungeofaknifeinthevitalorgans.InothercultureGraspingonehandaboutthethroat.Emblemsdifferacrosscultureswww.themegallery.comHoldingupthehandwithallfingersclosedinexcepttheindexandsecondfinger,likealetter"V"canmean"victory"or"peace".Onlyw

7、henthepalmisawayfromthebody.Oraratherrudedismissalifthepalmistowardsthebody.Multi-meaningemblemswww.themegallery.comThethumb-and-forefinger-in-a-circlegesture,afriendlyoneinAmerica,hasaninsultingmeaninginFranceandBelgium:"You'reworthzero",whileinGreeceandTurkeyitisaninsultingorvulgars

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