Show STRANGE FORMS of GREETING GREETING forms of or greeting are prevalent in S STRANGE various parts of the world In Manila it is customary for women to caress the face of or their man caller In near the Philippines Philippines Philip Philip- pines two natives on meeting take hold of each others other's foot and rub their faces with i it In the Fiji islands th they thoy tickle each others other's nose with red f feathers carried for this purpose In Burham they grovel b before fore you OU while uttering the melodious melodi melodi- ous words nib Hib whatever this means In Inthe Inthe Inthe the South Sea islands they swing before before- you their necklace of sharks shark's teeth The inhabitants of an island In the Indian ocean kiss the person to be honored on the shoulder while those of the tho Great in the n sea pour water on his head A Laplander greets you by rubbing his nose against your forehead while a negro of Cape Lopez will kneel down before you and clap thrice with his hands The J Japanese takes off oft his wooden shoes and the Chinese while shaking his own hands and and and- inclining his head will greet you with his Tam Tsin etc All seem ridiculous t to an American but after all it is not hot any more ridiculous than our own modern custom of almost crushing one ono another's fingers in shaking hands nay the custom cus- cus custom tom torn of Manila women will appeal to many as themore themore the themore more acceptable one Taking off the hat by men which for ages has been the accepted mode of greeting in the western world was originally a sign of disarming or dc- dc or destitution tion in the presence of a superior Pol Polynesian or African chiefs require more or less stripping such as uncovering to the waist which is the custom in Tahiti Eastern nations on the other hand are apt to see tee disrespect in rn baring the tho head but insist on the feet being uncovered Striking hands used in the West to mako make the greeting moro more hearty is the emphatic formo form o of the original gesture of grasping hands which makes its appearance in antiquity as a legal act i symbolic of the parties joining in compact peace and friendship The American variety called shaking hands appears not to have become usual until the Middle ages Among African tribes the parties press their thumbs together |