Bones
Nobility
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- Mar 24, 2009
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- Laredo
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- United States
I don't see why anyone would object to modern displays of reverence to a monarch. It's nothing like it use to be, heck for the men it is basically a glorified nod. No one is asking to be treated like the Emperor of China where everyone had to get on both knees and touch their head to the floor nine times. Even the curtsies have gotten pretty minimal. I've seen the real thing at the debutantes ball in Dallas; those little blue-blood beauties curtsy with their nose almost touching the floor.
I don't know what is or is not allowed for Muslims, I've never seen any bow but I've seen them make some gesture with their hand that seems to be a display of respect though I don't know what it is or anything about it. I would say though that most countries (from what I have read) show their reverence to a foreign monarch as they would for their own rather than always follow the local custom. British officials simply bowed to Chinese emperors and Asian envoys often kowtowed to European royals.
I don't know what is or is not allowed for Muslims, I've never seen any bow but I've seen them make some gesture with their hand that seems to be a display of respect though I don't know what it is or anything about it. I would say though that most countries (from what I have read) show their reverence to a foreign monarch as they would for their own rather than always follow the local custom. British officials simply bowed to Chinese emperors and Asian envoys often kowtowed to European royals.