stackyFACTSWho needs spoken dialogue when your fingers can do all the talking? In the classical Indian dance of Bharatanatyam, performers utilize dozens of highly specific, rigid hand gestures called mudras to narrate complex epic tales, essentially acting out entire audiobooks via extreme sign language.
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