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A man and a woman holding hands

Two or more people voluntarily hold hands for one of the following reasons and purposes:

in various rituals:
- handshake
- in certain religious services, to pray
- in various religious rituals
to express friendship or love
to enjoy physical intimacy (not necessarily of erotic character)
for emotional support
to guide (a child, a blind person, in darkness, etc.)
to urge to follow
to keep together (in a crowd or in darkness)
to help the other walk, stand or climb up
to dance
to maintain one's balance
to arm wrestle
when crossing the street
during a meal
while sky diving
to rescue in a dangerous situation:
- pulling someone to safety

File:President Direct Election Movement Ming-te Shih Yi-hsiung Lin and Hsin-liang Hsu.jpg

Taiwan political figure Shih Ming-te with other political activists.

Whether friends hold hands depends on culture and gender: in the Western culture this is mainly done by women and small children (sometimes for authoritative control, not affection), spouses and romantic couples. In Arab countries, Africa and some parts of Asia it is done also by men and/or boys for friendship and/or a sign of respect. It is also fairly common to see teenage girls holding hands as a sign of friendship.

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 [[Image:President Direct Election Movement Ming-te Shih Yi-hsiung Lin and Hsin-liang Hsu.jpg|left|350px|thumb|Taiwan political figure [[Shih Ming-te]] with other political activists.]]
-Whether friends hold hands depends on [[culture]] and [[gender role|gender]]: in the Western culture this is mainly done by women and small children (sometimes for authoritative control, not affection), spouses and romantic couples. In Arab countries, [[Africa]] and some parts of Asia it is done also by men and/or boys for friendship and/or a sign of respect. It is also fairly common to see  teenage girls holding hands as a sign of friendship. On  Iraqi Prime Minister [[Nouri al-Maliki]]'s 2007 visit of Iran he publicly held hands with Iranian President [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]]. [http://www.abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=3461739]
+Whether friends hold hands depends on [[culture]] and [[gender role|gender]]: in the Western culture this is mainly done by women and small children (sometimes for authoritative control, not affection), spouses and romantic couples. In Arab countries, [[Africa]] and some parts of Asia it is done also by men and/or boys for friendship and/or a sign of respect. It is also fairly common to see  teenage girls holding hands as a sign of friendship.
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