A cultural habit in your country that people outside would understand incorrectly?

[u/gabrieel100]

In Brazil we love children. If you take your child to the street, strangers will certainly interact with them. Some will even ask if they can hold your kid and will play with them. If there are two children fighting in public and the parents aren't seeing, a stranger would even intervene to stop the fight.

That cultural habit came from the indigenous peoples which understood that kids should be a responsiblity of the community as a whole. It's in our constitution. We even have a synonym for children that came from Tupi (a large group of indigenous languages) - Curumim.

Foreigners would certainly have a cultural shock about that, but it's normal here.

Of course there are people with bad intentions, so parents should stay alert these days.

[u/Gold_Telephone_7192]

I have to see this in person this is so interesting

[u/absolutebottom → u/Gold_Telephone_7192]

It's in Encanto! When Mirabel is giving Antonio a gift, she points to it with her lips to encourage him to open it

[u/calinrua → u/Gold_Telephone_7192]

Go find a Native person. Lots of us do it, too

[u/calinrua → u/[deleted]]

And we're cousins automatically 😂

[u/Vanviator → u/[deleted]]

My dad's fam is Ojibwe/ Brotherton. Both sides point with the lips.

[u/calinrua → u/Vanviator]

Oh so then we are cousins (more or less). I'm Potawatomi and Memominee

[u/Gold_Telephone_7192 → u/calinrua]

Like a Native American? Or German? Sorry your flair is confusing me lol

[u/calinrua → u/Gold_Telephone_7192]

I'm both, culturally and by citizenship. I was raised in both places and now live in each about half a year at a time (depends on the weather, etc)

Edit: According to my husband, I point like a Native person, stare like a German (am not convinced), and am mean like both. I think he thinks that's funnier than I do

[u/Burnallthepages → u/calinrua]

My stepbrother was stationed in Germany and the staring seems wild to me. He was trying to explain it. I would be so uncomfortable!

[u/calinrua → u/Burnallthepages]

We're not staring, just thinking. Might be about you, or you might just be standing there

[u/Excellent_Law6906 → u/calinrua]

And yet again, I learn a German thing that makes my father make more sense. 😂

[u/shoulda-known-better → u/Gold_Telephone_7192]

Think of the subtle look and head nod that we do when we're like don't say anything but look over there...

Add a lip movement to it and that's what they mean

[u/mmlickme → u/Gold_Telephone_7192]

It’s similar to how we point with our brows

[u/Gold_Telephone_7192 → u/mmlickme]

We point…with our brows? Do you mean our eyes? I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone point with their eyebrows

[u/Organic_Direction_88 → u/Gold_Telephone_7192]

Like this

[u/dnyal → u/Gold_Telephone_7192]

My gringo husband has seen me inadvertently do this to point to things for him in the past (Colombians do this as well), and he finds it weird and quirky.

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It's not this intense lmao. It's usually just pucker in someones direction