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  2. Hamsa - Wikipedia

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    A hanging hamsa in Tunisia. The hamsa (Arabic: خمسة, romanized: khamsa, lit. 'five', referring to images of 'the five fingers of the hand'), [1] [2] [3] also known as the hand of Fatima, [4] is a palm-shaped amulet popular throughout North Africa and in the Middle East and commonly used in jewellery and wall hangings.

  3. Traditional games in Indonesia - Wikipedia

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    When the song is finished, all player's hand come out and show their hand side. The different one is the winner (i.e. if one player faces their hand the opposite way of the other players, that player wins.) Hom-Pim-Pa used to start several traditional games that rely on team decision-making.

  4. Facepalm - Wikipedia

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    Cain is depicted hiding his face in his hand after killing his brother. [1] A facepalm is the physical gesture of placing one's hand across one's face, lowering one's face into one's hand or hands or covering or closing one's eyes. The gesture is often exaggerated by giving the motion more force and making a slapping noise when the hand comes ...

  5. Kuji-in - Wikipedia

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    In kuji kiri the vertical strokes/slashes represent the yin/in syllables, while the horizontal strokes/slashes represent the yang/yo syllables. Thus, in kuji kiri the practitioner is first making an aggressive horizontal slash representing the first syllable which is a yang/yo which represents the absolute aspect or offensive nature of the deity.

  6. Raising hands - Wikipedia

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    Raising hands is a gesture involving lifting either one or both arms above one's head, which has a number of possible meanings, depending on the context of the gesture.. The action of hand-raising is involved in a number of greeting hand gestures, such as waving, salutes, and high fives.

  7. Thumb signal - Wikipedia

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    A thumb signal, usually described as a thumbs-up or thumbs-down, is a common hand gesture achieved by a closed fist held with the thumb extended upward or downward, respectively. The thumbs-up gesture is associated with positivity, approval, achievement, satisfaction and solidarity, while the thumbs-down gesture is associated with concern ...

  8. Kaishakunin - Wikipedia

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    In any case, the kaishakunin will always keep eye contact with the samurai performing seppuku, and waiting for his cut (kiri) through his abdomen (hara). When the samurai actually performs the seppuku , and after he returns the dagger ( tantō ) back to its place, the kaishakunin steps forward, letting the katana drop straight through the back ...

  9. Frontal release sign - Wikipedia

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    Frontal release signs are primitive reflexes traditionally held to be a sign of disorders that affect the frontal lobes.The appearance of such signs reflects the area of brain dysfunction rather than a specific disorder which may be diffuse, such as a dementia, or localised, such as a tumor.