Nonverbal communication is a large part of the day to day routine and language for Sicilians. One can pick up on this right from the start of a conversation with a person of Sicilian (Italian) culture. They often emphasis the words they are speaking by using hand gestures and other movements of the body, doing so aids them in whatever message they are trying to express. Another nonverbal form of communication is through touch and space, in Sicily ones "personal space or box" is much smaller than in a country like the United States. They often talk to one another up close and if it is someone they have love with in some way whether a husband, wife, boyfriend, girlfriend, child, parent, grandparent, uncle, aunt, or cousin they are customary to showing public signs of affection. Also it is scene as a sign of disrespect to not be looking someone, more specifically and elder in the eye when you are addressing them.
Source- My mother Theresa Maria Ruscio Beckwith
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http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a911948537
This video shows examples of Italian hand gestures that become a language on their own.
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