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Q: Can someone explain the beggars with signs who kneel on their hands?

You see them along with peddlers on overpasses and in front of important buildings and subway entrances. They have a large sign in Chinese written on the ground in front of them, and they are kneeling down with their head bent low.

 

I get that they're begging for money; I know the sign is to explain the circumstances of their tough predicament. What I don't get is that many times you'll see them squatting down with their fingers underneath their feet.

 

They're sitting on their fingers. Ow. Why do they do that? What's the significance of that?

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its mean, I am f2cking not willing to use my hand to earn money Smile

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First, they probably have to turn a good part of what they collect over to the unofficial beggar's association that sends them around.

 

Second my heart sincerely bleeds for these kind of people and the lack of a safety net through which they have fallen.

 

I have seen it all over the world, though, not just here.

 

 

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