Why Do Filipinos Point With Their Mouth? | But Y Tho?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- Filipinos have been pointing using their mouths for millennia, or so we think. When did it all begin? Is there a specific technique to doing it? Most importantly, why did it come to be in the first place? Let's find out together on this episode of 'But Y Tho?'
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Well as a Filipino, I had a different awakening about the origin of 'mouth pointing' in the Filipino culture. When you pass by some dark alley or places we have to be careful, It is said that pointing your hands is disrespectful so it was like a precaution for Filipinos to point using the mouth when pointing to not show disrespect to the elementals.
Yeah same, I remember being told that you can't point at things because superstition in dwendes or other mythological creatures that they might think you're pointing at them and might curse you or something like that.
Interesting. In America we "point" with our eyes or a slight head nod if trying to discretely "point" to something
My family is from Northeastern Brazil and they do that too! The difference is that they not just do it for pointing but also for making fun of others. Like when someone says something that isn't true or something stupid, you do this with your mouth too.
I'm Guyanese and we do that too 😆
I’m Ethiopian and we do that too
So it is Spanish
We Yoruba in Nigeria do the same. We believe it's not morally correct to point fingers to indicate the position of persons in discussion,especially when it's something discreet, so we use the mouth to indicate the position of the person or thing. Lol.
Sometimes, as answers or reaction to a question,when raised up sharply, it means, it's a lie or I don't believe it. When the upper lip touches the nose, 'total lie or fantasy, it's fake'.
When both lips are compressed together and shot forward, it means, 'uhn, let me think about it, it could be true, it's worth thinking about". Many others anyways.
My mom is Filipino and always wondered why she did that. Thanks for the video!
"Filipinos give importance to time," yet Filipino time still exists.......
For me I dont think so, ang mga Filipino naman pinapahalagahan naman nila ang time, siguro kaya laging nale-late kasi laging traffic, mainit at madaling ma-haggard. Yung Filipino time masyado lang syang ginawang katatawanan kaya in-accept nalang ng mga Pinoy na nature nila yun when in fact the surroundings makes it harder for us to move quicker. Also the system in the Philippines sobrang bagaaaal. Laging may pila. So ang nangyari mabagal rin mga Pilipino kumilos. Anyway, my interpretations lang naman.
Spanish colonization. Lol
People from Latin America point with their lips too. I thought it had something to do with that. Maybe just a coincidence?
In Colombia is done as well 😅
In Nicaragua,CostaRica,Mexico,they do it too🤭🤓🫶🏻
Im a filipino but I never practice this 😅 but this is so true 😂😂
Salamat.
I want jollibee now.... Damn.
@@erasertraceur3741 Jollibee's are everywhere here 😊 you can have it for bfast, lunch and dinner 😄
@@jeansil847 im Toronto Canada jolibees global.. 👍
@@erasertraceur3741 yay! thats cool 😊 as what jollibee slogan says: Eat jollibee, BEE HAPPY 🙂
@@jeansil847 👌🙏
Venezuelan people do it too, we use our eyebrows to greet, our nose to ask, and our mouth to point 🙈🙉🙊🤣🤣
My Thai family does this !!!!
This habit has been passed on to many generations. We don’t know why we do it, but i feel like it is similar to counting in spanish. I have never learned Spanish at school or any where, but it seems I know how to count in spanish. I think Spaniard used to that mouth pointing and this habit had been passed on to pilipino. Remember Philippines was spain colony for very long years -300 years
Dominicans do this as well :)
My dad is an immigrant from the Philippines, and he'd do that shit all the time lol
thai pp do it too cuz "there" in thai pronounce noon
In old Filipino, pointing finger may offend spirit , thats why we got an old proverb , "wag kang magtututuro , baka ka manuno"
I'm from Rwanda and we do this too 😂
I pointed at someones girlfriend. now i have perma duck lips
Interesting. In America we "point" with our eyes or a slight head nod if trying to discretely "point" to something
I'm a native in Canada we point with our lips , its considered rude to point at someone with your finger
Why does the host sound like gugafoods
I am Native American and a lot of individuals in my culture also point with lips. It’s considered rude to point a finger
I thought Colombians was the only one who pointed like that 😳
"Filipinos are in a rush"
uhhhh Filipino time?????????????????
pointing a direction
the expert misunderstood the question.
I am sad that I never asked for the directions on the Philippines 😭
Doon is also my theory
i am filipino i thought pointing ur mouth was a "common thing" .
It's not mouth. It's lips! Smh
vitamin mouths
I was supposed to write about this in Spanish it's so hard :-:
My explanation was always that you could never really be discreet in talking smack when you used your hands, too obvious. Point to an asshole giving you business is too rude, it says something about you, snouting's discreet, it's not something too many people pick up on unless they're paranoid or know what to look for. Filipino culture isn't about being direct, it's about being nice, and even when you hate someone there's still a courtesy to follow, else everyone else sees ya as "that guy." Always how I saw it, at least
😂In Asia we point with our 👀
everyone does
And where do you think Philippines is?
@@miky360 I dont think you understand, I was saying everyone all over the world points with their eyes.
@@mikebuzz i wasn't referring to you. I was referring to the main comment
@@miky360 erangel or sanhok
Ma nakita mo yung susi ko?
Saan?
Dun(gamit ang bibig panuro)
Saan dun?
Dun.
Saan nga?
Lapit ka. Eto oh kita mo na, nakasabit sa pintuan(sabay hampas sa ulo)
Bibig kase gamit sa paghahanap hindi mata.
wtf
. Comparative to what’s transpiring within the VAST Asian continent, this is trivial and silly frankly. Come again Vice.
Heh
Ukininam!
We Filipinos are hard working it an easy way to point lazy person way I open a Pepsi can at Jollibee psst all the Filipinos turn around psst
Colombian heritage, and i can confirm we also do this.
Most Latinos (except for Mexicans) do this too
The countries of the southern cone don't do it, Chile, Argentina and Uruguay. But the caribbean countries for sure, all the time!
Obviously it could just be "linear culture", like pyramids, but it kinda seems like the countries with heavy Spanish influence are far nore likely to do this, so it would be interesting to know, did/do the spaniards do this too?
Ive seen alot of Hondurans also point like that
I’m a Lvn love your culture and food. I’m laughing because being Hispanic I tend to talk with my hands a lot. Everyone have a great day.
- Every filipino knows what it means
- If mastered, it can be used in a subtle way to point at something while not getting the attention of someone
My son is half filipino, they do this all the time, I now do it. How come the phrase is open and close the light?
Lame, should look at Navajo's lips, haha. We understand though, hahah!
OMG… Moluccans from INDONESIA 🇮🇩 also do that🤣🤣. So funny when you ask them about something like a clue or directions and they’re too lazy to use their hands… the only thing they will do is doing some moves with their mouth to show you the direction😂
also Mongolians point with their mouth
on a pure historical basis, the guy explaining about how it's rude to be pointing kinda gives an answer. Our ancestors probably worshipped or at least believed that everything had a soul. From trees, tools and maybe even the air itself. There is a concept that pointing with your fingers to a stranger is a sign of disrespect and that's human to human interaction. So I guess to avoid angering spirits that live within nature (diwata or anito) people would use their mouths instead.
This thing of not using your fingers to point to a direction is especially prevalent in rural areas where there's lots of mysticism and people are more likely to believe in the supernatural. You get warned by locals to avoid pointing your fingers to a certain area where they believe something supernatural exist like a really old tree, a thick jungle, and even anthills.
I'm very late to this video but it made me laugh when I heard 'Filipinos are always in a rush' (or words to that effect). They're amongst the slowest people on this planet, you can easily spend a day at a Govt office and still not finish whatever you went there for lol. Everything is 'Filipino time'.
Some other cultures like Native Americans or Panamas, etc. do that too.
People visiting the Philippines might think the person is wanting a kiss.
Omg omfg as a Singaporean i too do it but i love doing it alot i find it cute too as well .
Niguarans do this too
I'm a white guy and I do this
We do this in Kiribati too. When fishing you're not allowed to talk as it may scare the fish away.
I believe it is with lips not with mouth.
Puerto Ricans and Native Americans also do it.
I think it's common for some Southeast Asian cultures to do that 😁
Fascinating, thank you for explaining this.
...this is very common to tropical areas, along with picking stuff up w/ ur feet... I think it has more to do with the heat than anything cultural...
I love learning about other cultures body language norms. I have never heard of lip pointing, but I think it’s great!!
For a second I forgot and did it to white people at work. I had gotten socially comfortable with them. They didnt know what it was though lol
It is ancient.. carrying Agri produce on a provincial road .. your ask for directions .. both hands pre occupied carrying or doing things.. only option is to pout the lips to point..
When I pointed my lips, this white guy with a Filipino girlfriend started laughing 😂
Kapag nagturo ka gamit ang daliri
MaMatanda ka🙂
Baka isa sa dahilan yon
Push and pull motion hahaha
i do it also but only if im holding/carrying something that i cant using my fingers to point.
a vietnamese girl did this to me at work the other day, and I was like wait, wrong type of Asian
Not all Filipinos do this.
this sort of thing is fascinating.
We're just lazy
Piggies 🤣🤣🤣🤣
😗
Only vice gets away filming upside...
I wonder if visitors to the country ever thought they (the citizens) were asking for a kiss.
I did not know that latinos and filipinos shared that too!😍
It's an disorder of all filipino like us
Loved this lol
Woah
1st
When I was young there is a big balite(banyan tree) in the hill, and my grandmother used to apprehend me when I use my finger to point at it because the spirits living in the tree might be angry, you must point it with your lips.
Definiltely NOT digging this. Not one of the best traits in polite civilized society. The esthetics are just bad.
Dude shut up. Most cultures do this because pointing isn't as universal as you think?
Lmaooo go outside or smthnnn, the west isn’t the epitome of a civilised society
The world is so much more than the west. Shut up.
@@johnmanpls5577 Do all Filipinos have such a colossal chip on their shoulder like this? I hope not. No one, absolutely NO ONE mentioned the West. Grow up.
Dear Vice Filipinxs, stop virtue-signalling and stop it with the assumptions. You're not being virtuous. You're being petty.
Bruh its just a way of pointing chill.