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Codex MundiLife ritualsBaptême catholique
e0463Life rituals · naissance

Baptême catholique

Eau sur front, parrainage, prénom — reste socialement central même déchristianisé.

Geography of misunderstanding

Neutral

  • france
  • belgium
  • netherlands
  • luxembourg
  • mexico
  • guatemala
  • honduras
  • nicaragua
  • el-salvador
  • costa-rica
  • panama
  • cuba
  • dominican-republic
  • puerto-rico
  • brazil
  • argentina
  • chile
  • colombia
  • peru
  • venezuela
  • ecuador
  • uruguay
  • paraguay
  • bolivia
  • spain
  • portugal
  • italy
  • greece
  • malta

Not documented

  • asie-est

Sources · 3

AcademicMorris, D., Collett, P., Marsh, P., & O'Shaughnessy, M. (1979). Gestures: Their Origins and Distribution. Stein & Day / Jonathan Cape.
AcademicAxtell, R. E. (1998). Gestures: The Do's and Taboos of Body Language Around the World (revised edition). John Wiley & Sons.
AcademicMatsumoto, D. & Hwang, H.C. (2013). Cultural similarities and differences in emblematic gestures. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 37(1), 1-27. —