One Bible scholar states: “Salutations among the Orientals did not consist, as among us, of a slight bow, or extension of the hand, but [were] performed by many embraces, and inclinations, and even prostrations of the body on the ground.
Kāds Bībeles speciālists rakstīja: ” Austrumnieku vidū sasveicināšanās nebija tikai viegla palocīšanās vai sarokošanās, kā tas ir pieņemts mums, — viņi mēdza vairākkārt apskauties un klanīties un pat nomesties zemē.