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Chinese opera costumes use sleeves as visual props
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Having hands is visually boring when you can have two extra feet of silk flapping around instead. Performers utilize 'water sleeves' that extend far past their fingertips to amplify absolutely every emotion. Whether they are dramatically flicking the fabric to show rage or hiding their face in it to feign shyness, the sleeves do most of the heavy emotional lifting.
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