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Question:
What do flowers worn behind the ears signify in Polynesia?
Answer:
A flower behind the right ear means that you are looking, a flower behind the left that you are taken.
Source:
Peoples of the Earth, vol. 8, p.68 (R 910 Peo).
Notes:
Subject:
Flowers worn behind the ears
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