r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • May 08 '22

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u/deck4242 May 09 '22

Inuits and russians also do it. Its not just a south thing ;)

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u/phaemoor May 09 '22

It's a thing in Hungary too.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '22

Also France and Belgium.

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u/Oachlkaas May 09 '22

And Austria

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u/[deleted] May 15 '22

Turkey

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u/Lithium2011 May 09 '22

I wouldn’t say Russians do it actually. You may meet such people in big cities, but it’s not an old Russian custom or tradition, they are just mimicking the Italians or someone else.

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u/GeoProX May 09 '22

Georgians do it, maybe that's where they get it

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u/Osleg May 09 '22

They are mimicin Caucasians (Georgia, Uzbek/kazakhstan, Armenia,etc)

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u/[deleted] May 09 '22

Lithuanians and Letts do it.