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  2. Romvong - Wikipedia

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    Hand gestures associated with Romvong. Romvong (Khmer: រាំវង់, also romanized as Rom Vong or Roam Vong), Lamvong (Lao: ລຳວົງ - pronounced) or Ramwong (Thai: รำวง; RTGS: ram wong; Tai Lue: ᩃ᪁ ᩴᩅ ᩫ ᩬ; Tai Khun: ᨽ᩠ᨿᨦᨴᩱ᩠ᨿᩃᩨᩢ; pronounced; Shan: လမ်းဝူင်), Rambung (Malay: رمبوڠ), Vietnamese: lăm-vông) is a type of ...

  3. Handshake - Wikipedia

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    It is a sign of respect to grasp the right arm with the left hand when shaking hands. It is considered disrespectful to put the free hand in one's pocket while shaking hands. [14] [27] Bowing is the preferred and conventional way of greeting a person in Korea. [28] In Thailand, handshaking is only done if the traditional wai is not offered

  4. Etiquette in Asia - Wikipedia

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    In formal occasions, the order of extending hands when shaking hands is mainly determined by position and identity. In general occasions, it is mainly determined by age, gender, and marital status. When a person of higher position shakes hands with a person of lower position, the person of higher position should extend his hand first.

  5. Thai greeting - Wikipedia

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    The Thai greeting referred to as the wai (Thai: ไหว้, pronounced) consists of a slight bow, with the palms pressed together in a prayer-like fashion. It has its origin in the Indian Añjali Mudrā , like the Indian namaste and Burmese mingalaba .

  6. List of gestures - Wikipedia

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    Simultaneous finger guns with both hands can also be used to underscore the punchline of a joke, something of a visual equivalent to a "rimshot" sound effect. Finger heart is a hand gesture in which the subject has a palm up fist, raises their index finger and brings their thumb over it so as to form a small heart shape. It signals a similar ...

  7. Bowing - Wikipedia

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    The position involves having the forehead, nose, both hands, knees and all toes touching the ground together. Ruku' is bowing down in the standing position during daily prayers . The position of ruku' is established by bending over, putting one's hands on one's knees, and remaining in that position while also praising God and glorifying him.

  8. Handshake event - Wikipedia

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    The members shake hands with the participants in their respective tents at the same time, and the number of members in each tent also varies. The handshake time of the National Handshake modality is only 2 to 3 seconds, and the more popular members shake hands with up to thousands of people every day, with up to 10000 participants per event. [11]

  9. Fist bump - Wikipedia

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    Musial was convinced that he was catching too many colds by picking up germs while shaking thousands of hands each year, so he adopted the fist bump as a friendly alternative. [ 6 ] Smithsonian researcher LaMont Hamilton suggests that the dap originated during the Vietnam War as a modified form of the Black Power salute , which was prohibited ...