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In Mexico, the Pledge of Allegiance takes part in the national honors ceremony to the national flag of Mexico, which is celebrated every Monday in basic, middle and higher education institutions. When the pledge of allegiance is pronounced, the right hand is extended using the Roman salute , directing it to the flag in a 30-45 degree angle and ...
The Oath of the Horatii (1784), by Jacques-Louis David, the painting which originated the salute. The Roman salute, also known in modern times as the Fascist salute, is a gesture in which the right arm is fully extended, facing forward, with palm down and fingers touching. In some versions, the arm is raised upward at an angle; in others, it is ...
The customary salute in the Polish Armed Forces is the two-fingers salute, a variation of the British military salute with only two fingers extended. In the Russian military , the right hand, palm down, is brought to the right temple, almost, but not quite, touching; the head has to be covered.
Trajan's Column. Trajan's Sacrifice. Salute from the crowd. The Roman salute in military contexts, is often seen as the right hands raised from the soldiers to their leader's head. As depicted in the Trajan's Column, Scenes LXXXIV-LXXXV. Trajan conducting sacrifice, half of the crowd raise arms extended straight and another half bent at the elbow.
There is a significant Roma population in Mexico, most being the descendants of past migrants. According to data collected by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography in 2000, they numbered 15,850, [1] however, the total number is likely larger. [1] In Mexico, they are commonly known as gitanos or rom.
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It was widely used by the German left in the 1920s, as well as by Republicans during the Spanish Civil War, and spread across Europe as a response to the fascist-appropriated Roman salute and the Nazi salute, and, in France, to the V sign of the Gaullist party. [49] [50] It was later used in defence of a number of minority or oppressed groups.
An assessment of the case was made in 2001 by Romeo H. Hristov of University of New Mexico and Santiago Genovés T. of National Autonomous University of Mexico.. This result clears up the doubts of Colonial manufacture of the artifact, and makes the hypothesis of Roman origin – among other possibilities – applicable.