Based on gestures alone, Paige wins the 'most assimilated' award, she uses most of these. The palmslap gesture for "I don't know-don't ask me-I cannot do anything" is probably the most useful and most frequently communicated. (The more you know, the less you understand ... therefore that palm slap comes in pretty handy.)
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Better to love God and die unknown than to love the world and be a hero; better to be content with poverty than to die a slave to wealth; better to have taken some risks and lost than to have done nothing and succeeded at it. -erwin lutzer
Monday, February 25, 2013
Culture: Ayiti
Based on gestures alone, Paige wins the 'most assimilated' award, she uses most of these. The palmslap gesture for "I don't know-don't ask me-I cannot do anything" is probably the most useful and most frequently communicated. (The more you know, the less you understand ... therefore that palm slap comes in pretty handy.)
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6 comments:
I love this video.
My favorite Haitian noise is when they say "oh-oh" in disbelief.
That is creative twist on word. It's great information.
Thanks.....
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Would love to see a the Livesay video reenactment of these gesture:-)
We use most of those gestures in Brazil, too! Loved to know how our africans roots make us (Brazilians and Haitians) so much alike!
I love it! JM still does some of those things. Hysterical!
Uh oh! #6, I yawn all the time because the darn roosters keep me up at night and I'm tired, not because I'm hungry. Altho I've never had anyone offer me an apple. Ha
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