2007-08-02 15:59:28 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/mar2002/1016034810.Ev.r.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applause
I don't like wikipedia that much but it does provide a brief explanation sorry.
2007-08-02 17:01:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The word "clap" appears nine times in the Old Testament.
Probably Psalms 47 is the oldest passage.
I don't know it origin but its at least that old, more than 1,000 years BCE
Pastor Art
2007-08-02 16:19:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Clapping of hands in appreciating things is a sign of applause to somebody which is a kind of good etiquette towards others.
jtm
2007-08-02 16:06:26 · answer #3 · answered by Jesus M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no longer all international locations see screaming out approval of an incredible overall performance as beside the point. In Austria a overall performance which has been completed with a good number of coronary heart would be approved with a noisy BRAVO or BRAVA for a woman and the comparable is going for a bad overall performance, wherein case the aim audience would scream BOO. an extremely honest way of existence!
2016-10-01 07:22:45 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in ancient time...
2007-08-02 16:14:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋