GESTURES Vittorio Gassman; sitting upside down on a chair with his elbows back; palms facing up interlocutor. Possible meaning: I give up; I admit your right; we explained; here is my apology; With other actors in the world have participated in the popular gesture promoted by Unesco at the V International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences held in Philadelphia in 1956; and that Italy was led by dr. Romano Calisi and Ando Gilardi. Later; the director of the Museum of Arts and Popular Traditions of Rome; prof. Tullio Tentori; including the value of research; he joined the group as an archivist and curator. The investigation was turned into an exhibition. (Scan print on deposit in the Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions of Rome 128479) Picture of Ando Gilardi; #andogilardi Rome 1958