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Risa Hontiveros displaying Corazon Aquino's iconic laban (fight) hand symbol after joining the Liberal Party in their campaign in the 2010 elections.. The Laban sign is a Filipino hand gesture made by extending the thumb horizontally and the index finger pointing up, leaving the other fingers closed to create the letter L, which stands for laban (Filipino for "fight").
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 ...
President Rodrigo Duterte with his signature gesture in April 2019. The Duterte fist (or Duterte fist bump) is a hand gesture made by raising a clenched fist at chest or eye level. [1] The gesture serves as a signature political symbol of Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, his administration and allies, and his supporters. [2]
Gestures are culture-specific and may convey very different meanings in different social or cultural settings. [2] Hand gestures used in the context of musical conducting are Chironomy, [3] while when used in the context of public speaking are Chironomia. Although some gestures, such as the ubiquitous act of pointing, differ little from one ...
Today's sacrifices are commonly known as tomb sweeping, which is a sacrificial activity for deceased relatives. According to traditional customs, when sweeping the tomb , people should bring wine, food, fruits, paper money and other items to the cemetery, offer the food in front of the tomb of their relatives, burn the paper money, cover the ...
The Bayanihan Philippine National Folk Dance Company has been lauded for preserving many of the various traditional folk dances found throughout the Philippines. They are famed for their iconic performances of Philippine dances such as the tinikling and singkil that both feature clashing bamboo poles.
A gesture is a form of non-verbal communication or non-vocal communication in which visible bodily actions communicate particular messages, either in place of, ...
The Philippines, [g] officially the Republic of the Philippines, [h] is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. In the western Pacific Ocean , it consists of 7,641 islands , with a total area of roughly 300,000 square kilometers, which are broadly categorized in three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon , Visayas , and ...