Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Prayer/Namaste Gesture to Say Thank You

ST PETERSBURG, RUSSIA. JUNE 20, 2010. Conductor Valery Gergiyev at the LenExpo Exhibition Centre, the venue of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum. (Photo ITAR-TASS / Alexei Filippov) Photo via Newscom

ST PETERSBURG, RUSSIA. JUNE 20, 2010. Conductor Valery Gergiyev at the LenExpo Exhibition Centre, the venue of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum.

In India a customary greeting is called a namaste, and it involves bowing slightly or nodding while holding your hands together below your chin. This gesture has moved outward to other countries and has morphed into what we see here. It is a cross between the namaste and the all powerful prayer gesture that shows "devotion" and strong emotions.◦
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