SINAUNANG LANDI? 🤔 Jose Rizal's novels are rich with the cultural context of how particular genders behaved at the time. Rizal detailed how Filipino women would employ hand fans and handkerchiefs to 'attract' others. | via philstarlife FULL STORY:
, include fanning slowly to show disinterest in a man without hurting his feelings, folding a fan in front of a man to express your affection, and lastly, courting a man by fanning quickly while maintaining then breaking eye contact to gaze downward charmingly.
"Ay...taray. Gusto ko 'yan. Magawa nga kay Sir Fidel," Klay says to herself about the slow fanning portion, referring toPreviously, Klay inadvertently miscommunicated her interest to Fidel, who saw that she was fanning rapidly and then looked at the ground afterward during the 14th episode. Fidel then winked at Klay, much to the latter's confusion. In reality, she was trying to cool down after walking extensively and was rolling her eyes at Fidel's presence.
If you're as curious as Klay, historian Ambeth Ocampo has some good news for you. He said that Pascual H. Poblete's 1928 book has an appendix listing signals that women used to communicate nonverbally with their lovers using fans and handkerchiefs.Maria Clara at Ibarra . When you read Rizal's novels or look at 19th-century images of Filipinas in their ternos, use this guide to decipher what they might be saying," the professor wrote.The rare book mentioned above is now part of the University of Michigan Libraries Filipiniana collection.
To quote from its Salitaan sa Pamaypay section:"Dalhing nacabitin sa camay na canan, ibig kong magcanovio. Dalhing nacabitin sa camay na caliua, mayroong casintahan aco."
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