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HANDSHAKE

ACCORDING TO MY RESEARCH, THE HISTORY OF HANDSHAKE DATES BACK DURING THE 5TH CENTURY B.C. IN GREECE.

IT WAS A SYMBOL OF PEACE, SHOWING THAT NEITHER PERSON WAS CARRYING A WEAPON.

TODAY, A HANDSHAKE IS A GLOBALLY WIDESPREAD BRIEF GREETING OR PARTING TRADITION IN WHICH TWO PEOPLE GRASP ONE OF EACH OTHER LIKE'S HANDS, IN MOST CASES ACCOMPANIED BY A BRIEF UP-AND-DOWN MOVEMENT OF THE GRASP HAND.

FOR US FILIPINOS, A HANDSHAKE IS MORE THAN A BRIEF GREETING AND A PARTING TRADITION. 

THOUGH IT COMMONLY DONE UPON MEETING, OFFERING CONGRATULATIONS, EXPRESSING GRATITUDE AND COMPLETING AN AGREEMENT.

IN THIS PICTURE, OF COUNCILOR RAMON "TOTO" MEDALLA, SHAKING HANDS WITH THIS MAN DURING HIS HOUSE TO HOUSE VISITATION, I PERSONALLY INTERPRET HANDSHAKE AS A GESTURE OF SEEING AND HEARING HIS CONDITION AND SITUATION IN LIFE AND HE WILL DO SOMETHING TO ADDRESS IT.

I HOPE THAT ALL POLITICIANS RUNNING FOR DIFFERENT POSITIONS IN THE GOVERNMENT AS THEY DO THEIR ROUNDS OF VISITATION IN DIFFERENT PLACES AND MEET AND SHAKE WITH PEOPLE AND WHEN THEY GOT ELECTED THEY SHOULD NOT FORGET THAT A HANDSHAKE IS LIKE AN AGREEMENT THEY NEED TO FULFILL ONCE THEY SIT IN POWER - THEY NEED TO SERVE THE PEOPLE.




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