To: Albion Wilde
"The verb kowtow is a ritual action a person does to acknowledge another person's higher status.."
In the army I was traveling with ROK captain in Korea. We went to a town where his parents live. When his father came to the door, the captain fell to his hands and knees and tapped his forehead on the ground until his father came and raised him. When he went down, I thought he had tripped and almost tried to catch, but I didn't.
76 posted on
03/24/2022 5:47:27 PM PDT by
Hiddigeigei
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To: Hiddigeigei
When his father came to the door, the captain fell to his hands and knees and tapped his forehead on the ground until his father came and raised him. When he went down, I thought he had tripped and almost tried to catch, but I didn't.That's a great story! Travel really does broaden your perspective.
93 posted on
04/21/2022 9:14:34 AM PDT by
Albion Wilde
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