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It’s a Staten Island thing: Talking with your hands. Here’s a translation. Updated Jan 26, 2021; Facebook Share Most of us are familiar with the “thumbs up,” or even crossing two fingers for good luck. But the vast array of Italian hand gestures? That’s a horse or a different color. There s nothing really going on. (Courtesy/Casa Belvedere) So, the Italian Cultural Foundation at Casa Belvedere on Grymes Hill held a fun virtual program to demonstrate some of the more common hand gestures oftentimes used by Italian-Americans. Pay strict attention. (Courtesy/Casa Belvedere) “Italians express themselves with dramatic flair,” said Beatrice Alecci, the foundation’s program director. And their hand gestures illustrate a wide range of expressions, everything from friendly to crude, she said. “If you ask an Italian to sit on their hands while speaking, it would likely be a very short experiment,” she added. ....