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In South Korea, the phrase "condolence call" means to show sadness towards those who are deceased and give condolence to mourners. In South Korea, a condolence call is called Jomun [조문(弔問)] or Munsang [문상(問喪)]. If an individual is older than the person who has died, that individual only has to bow to the primary mourner.
A K-pop idol performing the finger heart gesture in 2015. The Finger heart, (Korean: 손가락 하트) also called Korean finger heart gesture, is a trend that was popularized in South Korea in the 1990s, in which the index finger and thumb come together like a snap to form a tiny heart.
The finger pinching conspiracy theory [a] is an antifeminist conspiracy theory that originated in South Korea. It claims that there is a deliberate plot to spread and promote misandry through symbolic hand gestures, and that radical feminist groups have propagated these hidden messages to humiliate men with small penises.
Examples are China, [30] Japan, [31] South Korea, [32] Taiwan and Thailand. [33] V sign as an insult is made by raising the index finger and middle finger separated to form a V with the back of the hand facing outwards. This is an offensive gesture in the United Kingdom, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Ireland. [34]
The gesture is typically made with the hand and fingers curled and the thumb thrust between the middle and index fingers. This gesture is also used similarly in Indonesia, Turkey, Korea, China, Mongolia, Hungary (called "fityisz"), South Slavic countries (shipak/šipak) and Romania ("ciuciu").
Shown here is the Buddha statue at Seokguram Grotto, a National Treasure of South Korea. The number 4 is considered unlucky, so gifts should not be given in multiples of 4. Giving 7 of an item is considered lucky. [25] Blowing one's nose at the table, even if the food is spicy, is mildly offensive.
The upside down hand heart gesture was noted in art in 1989, when Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan created an art image of the gesture as his first artwork named Family Syntax. [3] The gesture became popular in the early 2010s. [4] This gesture was added to Unicode 14.0 and Emoji 14.0 in 2021 with code point U+1FAF6 HEART HANDS. [5]
Similarly to East Asia, bowing is the traditional form of greeting in many South Asian and Southeast Asian countries. A gesture known as the Añjali Mudrā is used as a sign of respect and greeting and involves a bow of varying degrees depending on whom one performs it to and hands pressed together generally at chest level. [13]