Italian Hand Gestures: It’s a Dance

March 4th, 2010 · Tags: Culture · Italy

When people think of Italy, they focus on the food, the wine, and the wonderful historical monuments that are in every corner of the country. But if you look closer, you’ll notice some small details that are a big part of Italian culture. What, exactly? Watch to find out.

Perhaps you haven’t been keeping up with some of the articles I’m writing over at Suzuki Europe’s It’s the Small things that make a Difference site, but I’ve been busy and I’ve created this video which I think Ms. Adventures fans will love, too.

Do you “dance” with your hands?

Feel free to share or embed this video on your own site – you can get the code by clicking on the YouTube link and getting the Embed code.

PS: If you’re in Europe, you can make a simple video like I did, too, about the small things in your life and enter in Suzuki’s YouTube contest!

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  • 1
    Regina // Mar 4, 2010 at 11:04 am

    Love your video! The little kids are so cute!

  • 2
    Ciaochowlinda // Mar 4, 2010 at 1:44 pm

    Just lovely. Makes me want to start talking with my hands more.

  • 3
    cinzia // Mar 4, 2010 at 2:03 pm

    great and real true!

  • 4
    Michelle | Bleeding Espresso // Mar 4, 2010 at 2:36 pm

    Very cute; I just shared this on BE’s FB page :)

  • 5
    erin :: the olive notes // Mar 4, 2010 at 2:50 pm

    this is just lovely!!! definitely made me smile today :)

  • 6
    Cherrye at My Bella Vita // Mar 4, 2010 at 3:51 pm

    So cute-love the part with the kids! They learn early, eh?

  • 7
    Nicole // Mar 4, 2010 at 6:36 pm

    That is great! I am always a little worried that I might get a finger in the eye. :)

  • 8
    Valerie // Mar 4, 2010 at 6:53 pm

    In the 80′s I was required to give formal speeches with hands on the podium. The joke was, “talk about cuffing an Italian.” Unable to move my hands, my head would bob instead. Funny now, wasn’t so much then. Love this video – thank you!

  • 9
    Vanessa // Mar 4, 2010 at 8:42 pm

    Awesome! I have often thought about teaching an ‘italian sign language for tourists’ course – figure it’d be more fun and easier to learn than words!

  • 10
    Teresa Michel // Mar 4, 2010 at 9:56 pm

    What a lovely video . . . I always believed I was Irish and French, but I think some Italian blood must be there as well. I’ve been known to knock things over talking with my hands!

  • 11
    Frog Hollow Farm Girl // Mar 5, 2010 at 1:21 am

    Lovely! I want to go back to the Piazza de Republica in Florence and people watch!!

  • 12
    nyc/caribbean ragazza // Mar 5, 2010 at 5:23 pm

    Brava Sara!!

  • 13
    girasoli // Mar 6, 2010 at 9:37 am

    Great video! Made me smile :)

  • 14
    Barbara // Mar 15, 2010 at 9:29 pm

    LOL! How wonderful. But where are the expletives, the expletives?! How can those be left out? :)

  • 15
    Rebecca // Mar 17, 2010 at 10:05 am

    Great video! We are always looking for interesting stuff and would love to feature this on our website. Please get in touch and let us know whether we may!

    Thanks again

  • 16
    Ms. Adventures in Italy // Mar 17, 2010 at 3:36 pm

    Hi Rebecca, you are welcome to embed it on your site – I turned on the Embed feature on YouTube just for that purpose :)

  • 17
    Ms. Adventures in Italy // Mar 17, 2010 at 4:40 pm

    @Barbara, that’s another video all on its own – I wanted to keep this PG :)

  • 18
    Lucia // Mar 18, 2010 at 7:47 am

    So great and so true!

  • 19
    Giulia // Mar 24, 2010 at 6:09 pm

    I can’t stop laughing at this brilliant video!!! We love dancing :)

  • 20
    Andrea // Feb 25, 2011 at 5:00 pm

    Lovely video!!! Good job! ;)

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