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"You have, in America, you have gang signs. Well, 5,000 years ago, there was thing called a mudra, wh..." — M.I.A.
You have, in America, you have gang signs. Well, 5,000 years ago, there was thing called a mudra, which is your sitting position when you do yoga or you're meditating or you're praying or whatever. And there's not a lot of them that are named after gods and goddesses, but the middle-finger is specifically named the Matangi mudra.
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