Indonesian greeting and gesture as a way of demonstrating respect and reverence
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Sembah
Sembah as part of pendet dance movement
Types
Traditional greeting
Ancestor arts
Indonesian
Originating culture
Indonesia
Originating era
Hindu - Buddhist civilisations
Sembah (Javanese: ꦱꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦃ, Sundanese: ᮞᮨᮙᮘᮃᮠ, Balinese: ᬲᭂᬫ᭄ᬩᬄ) is an Indonesian greeting and gesture of respect and reverence. While performing the sembah, one clasps their palms together solemnly in a prayer-like fashion called suhun or susuhun in Javanese; or menyusun jari sepuluh ("to arrange the ten fingers") in Indonesian and Malay, placing them in front of their chest and moving the pressed palms up to their chin, or all the way up until their thumbs touch the tip of their nose, while bowing slightly.[1][2][3] Any of these two forms are made depending on the status of the person greeted.[3]
Sembah is endemic and prevalent in Nusantara regional cultures that shares dharmic heritage — such as Balinese, Javanese, and Sundanese even as far as Malay as the testament of Indonesian Hindu-Buddhist past. It is cognate to the Cambodian sampeah and Thai wai. All of these greetings are based on the Indian Añjali Mudrā used in namasté.
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Sembah (Javanese: ꦱꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦃ, Sundanese: ᮞᮨᮙᮘᮃᮠ, Balinese: ᬲᭂᬫ᭄ᬩᬄ) is an Indonesian greeting and gesture of respect and reverence. While performing the sembah...
various parts of the country, in the royal courts of Java it is called sembah (Javanese: ꦱꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦃ, Sundanese: ᮞᮨᮙᮘᮃᮠ, Balinese: ᬲᭂᬫ᭄ᬩᬄ), and also common...
Satna, Madhya Pradesh Culture of India Pranāma Sat Sri Akal Gassho Sampeah Sembah Wai "namaste". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University...
synonymous with the Islamic salat ritual. It originated from the compound word sembah-hyang which means "worship the hyang". One of the instances of sembahyang...
or Surya Namaskar which means worshiping the Surya Batara. In the Panca Sembah mantra, there is also a special mantra aimed at Shiva Raditya. According...
3390/rel12080668. Drs. K. M. Suhardana (2008). Pūjā Tri Sandhyā – Kramaning Sembah. PĀRAMITA. p. 13. ISBN 9789797225100. Kamakhya Devi Temple: Story and History...
different names such as the sampeah in Cambodia, wai in Thailand,, and sembah in Indonesia, Bowing is an integral part of traditionally-trained martial...
Southeast Asia; its cognates include the Cambodian sampeah, the Indonesian sembah, the Japanese gassho and Thai wai. Beyond the Himalaya and Hindukush mountains...
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" ... ini na lakukeuneun, talatah sang sadu jati. Hongkara namo Sewaya, sembah ing hulun di Sanghyang Panca Tatagata; panca ngaran ing lima, tata ma ngaran...
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Negara A Malaysian declaration of national allegiance.[citation needed] Sembah A Malay greeting and gesture as a way of demonstrating respect and reverence...
Hindu-Buddhist heritage such as Bali, Java and Lombok — it is common to perform sembah; to greet by clasped two hands together in front of the chest while slightly...
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