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  2. Bowing - Wikipedia

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    A profound bow is a deep bow from the waist, and is often done as a substitution for genuflection. In Eastern Orthodoxy, there are several degrees of bowing, each with a different meaning. Strict rules exist as to which type of a bow should be used at any particular time. The rules are complicated and are not always carried out in all parishes.

  3. Bowing in Japan - Wikipedia

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    At the beginning and end of a match, opponents will bow to each other as a sign of mutual respect and humility. Before each training session, a player will bow first to the shōmen (正面, the direction of the Shinto altar or the most important person), then bow to his teachers and finally to his practice partner. In a tournament, the players ...

  4. Mano (gesture) - Wikipedia

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    President Rodrigo Duterte extends his hand to skater Margielyn Didal who showed a gesture of respect to the President on September 12, 2018. Mano is an "honouring-gesture" used in Filipino culture performed as a sign of respect to elders and as a way of requesting a blessing from the elder. Similar to hand-kissing, the person giving the greeting bows towards the hand of the elder and presses ...

  5. Breaking with tradition, Trump did not bow to Japan's emperor ...

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    Trump opted against a bow when he met the Japanese emperor, slightly tilting his head as a gesture of respect to the 83-year-old leader.

  6. Wai (gesture) - Wikipedia

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    In Tamil for instance, the greeting expression Vanakkam (வணக்கம்), meaning greeting, is derived from the root word vanangu (வணங்கு), meaning to bow or to greet, Vanakkam also means "may there me respects to you". In Sinhalese, "Ayubowan", meaning, "may you live longer", is used.

  7. Curtsy - Wikipedia

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    A curtsy (also spelled curtsey or incorrectly as courtsey) is a traditional gendered gesture of greeting, in which a girl or woman bends her knees while bowing her head. In Western culture it is the feminine equivalent of bowing by males, although men will commonly curtsy in some churches as a simplified genuflection .

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  9. Railings on Titanic's iconic bow have broken off and fallen ...

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    It lies in two parts, with the bow and the stern separated by about 2,600 feet. The bow featured in the scene from the 1997 movie of the same name, where Jack had his “King of the World ...