Ronnie James Dio explains the iconic metal horns gesture, which is coming from his Italian heritage. 🤘🎸 credit: @italianvice He learned the gesture, called "corna" from his italian grandmother, who used it to ward off the "evil eye" (malocchio), this is a well known protective symbol in Italian folk tradition. Dio is widely considered the one who first brought the gesture to heavy metal (as he also claimed in multiple occasions) where it became a universal sign of defiance and unity in the gen

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