Posted by andyb on January 02, 2005 at 22:54:39 from 213.122.135.192 user beardbiter.
In Reply to: Re: Rubbing Noses posted by andyb on January 02, 2005 at 22:32:22:
"The rubbing of noses ( vayauli) as an act of greeting is rare and never done except between very near relatives; it is said that parents and children or husband and wife would thus clebrate their reunion after a long separation" Malinowski (1929) "The sexual life of savages" p279
"It is true that the nasal kiss does still exist, and it is also used in greeting. Not long ago it was practised at the Commonwealth Conference in New Zealand. It was Maori Edger Hugh Kaukaru who greeted South African President Nelson Mandela in the Maori fashion. In other words, they rubbed noses"
http://www2.hu-berlin.de/sexology/GESUND/ARCHIV/SSMELL.HTM
Notes 1) despite the raunchy title Malinowski is the founding father of British social anthroplogy and his work is ultimately respectable in anthropological circles. What better title could be imagined for attracting students to the discipline?
2) 1929 just too late for AR?
3) Does anyone remember the Mandela nose rubbing? It was supposedly captured on TV