Middle Eastern Kiss of Peace: A Unique Cultural Tradition #shorts

Lesson Transcript

Now, the people there were mainly from Iraq and other countries in the Middle East. It was a very ethnic-centered group of people there. It wasn't a general group of, let's say, regular American citizens from European background or South American background or anything like that. These were all people from the Middle East.

And so how they did it—now, this was over 30 years ago, so I'm going by memory here—but as I remember, when it was time to give the kiss of peace, they would put their hands like this, kind of cup their hands, and then kiss their hands. All right, then you would go to the persons around you, men or women, and you would then offer the kiss using your hand like that. Join us in earnestly contending for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.