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How many cultures are there that have a midday/afternoon sleep? I only knew of the siësta in Spain..
by tiku 4y ago
How many cultures are there that have a midday/afternoon sleep? I only knew of the siësta in Spain..
- bebop 4y agoI think it is pretty common in places where the mid day sun makes working difficult and dangerous.
- gherkinnn 4y agoFrom my experience, Italians and in the south of France. The French also shut everything down on Sundays. In the middle east I’ve also seen people napping in mosques. The large ones remain nice and cool during the hot summer day. Mind you, it was Ramadan, so that might have changed things. Overall, I expect people in hot climates to sleep through the mid day heat and go back to work later. I for one envy them.
- Gene_Parmesan 4y agoI mean, it makes sense. It's fairly well encoded into the genetics that determine our circadian rhythms. There is a dip in energy levels, corresponding to changed brain waves, that occurs at approximately midday. That 1pm drowsiness is your body just trying to do mammal things.
- thatguy0900 4y agoThere was a famous line about it for when the British started colonizing Africa, "only mad dogs and English men go out in the midday sun"
- julianlam 4y agoThen one can infer that the Brits' recklessness allowed them to build a globe spanning empire to whom the sun never sets. smirk
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