...In Burma (now Myanmar), Malaysia and the Eskimos, there is a greeting where you put your nose together and smell the other person, but this can be said to be an intermediate form between contact and non-contact. Gestures that do not involve physical contact include the bowing done by the Japanese, the joining of hands by Hindus in India and Buddhists in Southeast Asia and Japan (even in India Muslims usually embrace), and the Maori greeting with their tongues out. When Westerners have an audience with the king, it is customary for men to bow their heads and for women to pull one leg back and slightly bend their knees in greeting. ... *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "ojigi" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…ビルマ(現,ミャンマー)やマレーシアやエスキモーには鼻をよせて相手のにおいをかぐ挨拶があるが,それらは接触と非接触の中間形態といえよう。身体的接触を伴わない身ぶりとしては,日本人のするようなおじぎ,インドのヒンドゥー教徒や東南アジアや日本の仏教徒がする合掌(インドでもイスラム教徒は抱擁するのがふつうである),あるいはマオリ族が行う舌を出す挨拶などがあげられる。西洋人も国王に拝謁する際には,男は頭を下げ,女は片足を引いてひざを軽く折って挨拶するのが作法である。… ※「おじぎ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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