For the Masai, living in Kenya and northern Tanzania, spitting has a way too different meaning. Spitting for the sake of greeting one another, the Masai spit in their hands before hand shaking. Also spitting on the bodies of new born babies, they say that the baby is evil and bad. This way, they believe that evil spirits will not haunt the baby. The belief is similar to the concept of “hex” in some cultures. (Source),
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