Bowing

Rarity: Uncommon

A topic a little better known than average, read and translated beyond its own country.

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Science and technology

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What Wikipedia says

Bowing (also called stooping) is the act of lowering the torso and head as a social gesture in the direction of another person or symbol. It is most prominent in Asian cultures but it is also typical of nobility and aristocracy in many European countries.

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Image: Westindischer Maler um 1530, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.