Word: ragni
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Eleanor Roosevelt explained a nose-rubbing picture widely published in U.S. papers. She said that the head Maori guide in New Zealand, "a fine-looking woman" named Ragni, had asked permission to greet her "as we greet all distinguished visitors." Mrs. Roosevelt added that when she was a little girl her father "used to say, 'Let's have a Chinese kiss,' and then we would rub noses. ... I was very glad my father had taught me to rub noses properly...