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The "shaka" sign. The shaka sign, sometimes known as "hang loose" is a gesture with friendly intent often associated with Hawaii and surf culture.It consists of extending the thumb and smallest finger while holding the three middle fingers curled, and gesturing in salutation while presenting the front or back of the hand; the wrist may be rotated back and forth for emphasis.
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Hand-rubbing, rubbing both hands palms together along the fingers' direction may mean that one is expecting or anticipating something or that one feels cold. U.S. servicemen surrendering with raised hands during the Battle of Corregidor. Hands up is a gesture expressing military surrender by lifting both hands. This may have originated with the ...
The way the president shakes hands has been in the news as of late, especially those with French President Emmanuel Macron. Macron said his first shake with Trump was a "moment of truth." Another ...
A variation on a dap greeting, 2009. The practice and term originated among black soldiers during the Vietnam War as part of the Black Power movement. [3] [4] Ninety percent of those imprisoned in the Long Binh Jail during the war were African Americans; it was in the jail that the handshake was created under pan-African nationalist influences.
A protester holds up a large black power raised fist in the middle of the crowd that gathered at Columbus Circle in New York City for a Black Lives Matter Protest spurred by the death of George Floyd.
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