Arrodillarse es una posición humana básica en la que una o ambas rodillas tocan el suelo. Arrodillarse se define como "colocar el cuerpo de modo que una o ambas rodillas descansen en el suelo", según Merriam-Webster . [1] Arrodillarse cuando solo se compone de una rodilla, y no de ambas, se denomina genuflexión .
Arrodillarse es un comportamiento de los primates que se usa para transmitir deferencia y ceder al hacer que la figura arrodillada parezca más pequeña que la otra. [2] Los propios primates establecen órdenes jerárquicas que son importantes para la supervivencia y el comportamiento de un grupo. [3] Los chimpancés , por ejemplo, tienen un grupo social complejo que involucra a un macho dominante y una hembra correspondiente con los otros machos sumisos y chimpancés juveniles . [4] Los varones que amenazan a la jerarquía a menudo resultan gravemente heridos o asesinados; [5] por lo tanto, el uso de la conducta sumisa es necesario para asegurar la supervivencia en algunos casos.
Religión
Los humanos también han heredado la costumbre del comportamiento sumiso. Arrodillarse ha prevalecido en el comportamiento religioso. Se ha utilizado como una forma de oración y una forma de adorar o venerar deidades y entidades sobrenaturales. Britannica define el propósito de arrodillarse como colocar las manos hacia arriba hacia el cielo mientras coloca las rodillas hacia abajo y más cerca del inframundo . [6] El arrodillamiento ha adoptado muchas formas y estilos diferentes a medida que las diferentes culturas e instituciones lo han adoptado.
Judaísmo e Islam
Arrodillarse es una forma de orar tanto en el judaísmo como en el Islam , sin embargo, la forma más común de orar en el judaísmo es ponerse de pie y realizar la Amidá . [7] Arrodillarse en el judaísmo se reserva para piedras específicas para arrodillarse que se han vuelto obsoletas. [8] Ambas religiones también realizan un tipo de postración de rodillas que involucra a todo el cuerpo, incluida la cabeza, Qidah en hebreo y Sajdah en árabe. [9] Esto implica ponerse de rodillas y extender las manos en el suelo hasta que la frente también esté apoyada contra el suelo. A veces, los discípulos llegan al extremo de acostarse completamente en el suelo en lugar de simplemente arrodillarse.
En el Islam, en particular, arrodillarse o postrarse generalmente se hace sobre alfombras de oración dedicadas que se tratan especialmente con cuidado. [10] Aunque es común para el Islam, también hay una alfombra de oración en el judaísmo junto con la festividad de Yon Kippur. Esta festividad es una de las pocas ocasiones en las que se acostumbra rezar de rodillas en el judaísmo sobre la alfombra. [11]
cristiandad
La historia de arrodillarse no siempre ha sido que sea una práctica respetuosa. Muchos filósofos antiguos pensaban que arrodillarse era en realidad una barbarie y una falta de respeto. [12] Fue solo durante el período medieval que arrodillarse cambió a una práctica religiosa más tolerable. [13] Pasajes de la Biblia también muestran que se prefiere arrodillarse sobre otras formas de oración. También se menciona en el Nuevo Testamento que “Y cuando ores, no seas como los hipócritas; porque les encanta estar de pie y orar en las sinagogas ". [14] Algunas iglesias pueden usar un reclinatorio en áreas frecuentadas para indicar dónde arrodillarse y proporcionar cierto nivel de comodidad durante la oración.
Matrimonio
Proposals
Kneeling is the position often associated with traditional, Western marriage proposals. This position typically involves the person proposing kneeling with one knee on the ground, a position sometimes referred to as genuflecting, holding an engagement ring up to the person being proposed to. Kneeling in a public space in front of an apparent significant other often suggests a forthcoming proposal, and kneeling is indeed typically the expected position when proposing publicly.[15]
While kneeling is considered a traditional style of proposing, there is little consensus on its historical origins, and it in fact appears to be a fairly modern custom. Connections have been made to kneeling in European feudal society, wherein kneeling before a lord suggested servitude and surrender.[16] Medieval imagery sometimes depicted a knight kneeling before a lady in an act of courtly love, suggesting kneeling as a form of romantic expression was similar to the submission given to lords.[17] Kneeling during a marriage proposal has been suggested as a similar form of submission.
Catholic Wedding Ceremonies
In traditional Roman Catholic wedding ceremonies, it is customary for the couple to kneel before the altar, following the Lord’s Prayer.[18] Catholic wedding ceremonies are conducted within a mass, and as such the couple and wedding guests alike kneel at several points throughout the ceremony as the liturgy calls for it. Couples are sometimes given kneelers to rest on at the altar.
During the ceremony, the couple may participate in the customary placing of the veil or Lazo, a rope placed around the couple's shoulders, wherein they kneel with both knees to the ground as chosen sponsors place a veil over the head of the bride and the shoulders of the groom, or have the Lazo placed around them, in order to symbolize the binding of the marriage. Following the placement of the Lazo or veil, the couple remains in a kneeling position as the priest conducts the Nuptial Blessing.[19]
Arrodillarse en las relaciones sexuales
The kneeling position may be employed in various ways when partaking in sexual intercourse. A member of a couple may assume a kneeling position in front of their partner in order to perform oral sex for the other. Other sexual positions involving kneeling may include the position commonly referred to as “doggy style,” in which one partner is crouched on all fours while the other assumes a kneeling position, usually with both knees to the ground, in order to penetrate the crouching partner from behind, or various riding positions wherein one partner is kneeling with both knees down above the other partner and is penetrated from below.[20]
BDSM
BDSM, referring to bondage, discipline, dominance and submission, and masochism, encompasses a complex variety of practices involving interpersonal relationships, typically of a sexual nature, centered around the creation of an unbalanced power dynamic. Consent is considered of the utmost importance within a BDSM relationship.[21] Kneeling is commonplace in BDSM practices as a way to show or enforce submission to or by the dominant partner.[22] The role of the dominant or the submissive is not exclusively gendered, though gender may influence the dynamics of a D/s relationship. Some men who serve as submissives to dominant women, for example, find comfort in the action of kneeling submissively for a woman.[23]
Arrodillarse en diferentes sociedades culturales
East Asia
There are many forms of kneeling in East Asia presented within their daily lives and daily rituals. This is different from western culture and other religions since these daily rituals are not necessarily tied to their religion but instead more to their society and culture.
Japan
Two forms of kneeling or prostration in Japanese culture, Dogeza, and Seiza.
Dogeza is a traditional form of respectful bowing to acknowledge superiors. This practice is two steps kneeling down onto the ground, then bending over to touch the head to the ground.[24] It can also be to express apology or attempt to bless someone with your good favor. This practice is mainly a form of formal and deeply emotional apology to someone of a higher rank than you within society. This is more of an older form of reverence, though, that has fallen out of practice.[25]
Seiza is another Japanese kneeling position that refers to the traditional way of sitting down in Japan.[26] This is a formal way of sitting down which was adopted by Japan after the Edo period.[27] Since then, it has now become the traditional way of sitting down within the household and for certain cultural events.[28] Many of the culturally significant and traditional events in Japanese society involve sitting positions such as funerals or tea parties.[29][30] This form of sitting however is uncomfortable to those who have not practiced it for a long time; therefore people in Japan usually start practicing this posture at quite a young age.[31]
China
In China, there is a form of prostration involving kneeling called Kowtow. Kowtow is where the participant kneels down then subsequently bows on the ground so that their forehead touches the ground.[32] This was a traditional way of showing respect in China. The literal translation of the mandarin word is “knock head”. This whole process consisted of three kneelings and nine knockings of the head, nine being important since it was a number associated with the Emperor. This practice of kowtowing is not new to the Chinese nor is the concept of kneeling since they sat kneeling down for much of their history as well.[33]
Kneeling in Ancient China
In ancient Chinese society, kowtow, or kneeling-bowing, was common for students to express gratitude to their teachers. Before learning any skills or knowledge, students or apprentices had to kneel down and bow toward their teachers to show appreciation. The students first thank the teacher and then demonstrate their commitment to the apprenticeship. After the ritual, teachers will express their willingness to teach and impart knowledge as well as life wisdoms.[34]
Besides students and teachers, kowtow was common among children and parents as well. The younger generation also performs kowtow toward their parents to show gratitude and appreciation.[35] Although kneeling-bowing used to be seen as the highest expression of Confucianism for the master-apprentice and children-parents relationship, the behavior has caused controversies in the modern world.
Genderization of Kneeling in Greek Ritual
Kneeling can be a gendered behavior in Greek Ritual. In classical attic votive reliefs, almost all kneeling worshippers are females.[36] The Greek literature also gives similar evidence. No male kneels in Greek tragedy, and in Greek comedy, only do slaves kneel. In those literature, people kneel when they are in a horrible situation, and kneeling is therefore related to supplication for change. In most cases, kneeling is considered a ritual act of last resort that usually takes place in front of a statue of God.[37] It is also seen as a sign of submission for those in victim positions. It turned out that in Greek ritual, kneeling is only appropriate for females or slaves.[38]
Prehistoric Ecuador
Kneeling behaviors occurred in prehistoric Ecuador as well. Prehistoric skeletal samples from Coastal Ecuador suggest behaviors or squatting and kneeling. Bone evidence of metatarsophalangeal joints (between the metatarsal bones of the foot and the proximal bones) show that the articular surface of the head of the first metatarsal bones (located behind the big toe) is extended onto the upper side. On the ventral side, the edge of the articular area is lifted away from the shaft, or the midsection of the long bone. and is extended on the lateral side.[39] All the bone evidence suggests a tendency of prolonged hyperdorsiflexion, or an increased use of muscles in the front part of the foot, which is associated with habitual kneeling posture. In addition, the flattening of the ventral surface on metatarsal implies pressure points related to kneeling.[40]
In East Asian cultures such as Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese, postures with high flexion including kneeling and squatting are used more often in daily activities,[41] while in North America, people kneel or squat less frequently in daily activities, unless for occupational, religious, or leisure practices. The favored style of those high flexion postures also differs among ethnic groups. While Caucasians tend to flex the forefoot when kneeling or squatting, East Asians are more likely to keep the foot flat to the ground.[42]
In the two common styles of kneeling, the plantarflexed kneel and the dorsiflexed kneel, the lead leg may experience higher adduction and flexion moment, which is associated with increased knee joint loads.[43]
Monarcas
European Knights in the Middle Ages and Now
Kneeling is viewed as a sign of submission when it is done in a royal setting. One of the most common royal settings kneeling takes place is when a person is being knighted. When knighthood began in Europe in the Middle Ages, only men could be knights. When a change to include women was made, the knighted women were made dames.[44] At the ritual portion of a religious knighthood ceremony in the Middle Ages the man that would later be knighted knelt before a chapel altar with a sword placed on it. During the accolade the man would kneel or bow before a knight, lord, or king to be dubbed with the flat side of a sword or a hand.[45]
When a knight kneels before royalty, they are proclaiming with the gesture that they are dedicated to serving and honoring the country or the Church. However, knighting ceremonies are not as rigid and demanding as they once were in the Middle Ages. There have been a few changes to the aspect of kneeling that have made the ceremony accessible to a more diverse amount of people. Knighting ceremonies now usually take place with the Investiture, a special day when those that have been awarded with an honor from the Crown receive their award in person at a Royal residence. Those that are present to be knighted are no longer required to take part in all of the expansive sections of the knighthood ceremony from the Middle Ages. One of the sections that has been done away with is the individual kneeling at a chapel altar with a sword placed on it. The individual is still required to kneel before the monarch during the accolade to be dubbed. They do so on an Investiture stool.[46] While kneeling is seen as a sign of respect and humility in countries where there is a monarch, it is not considered commonplace in countries where there is not a monarch. Because of this cultural difference, kneeling is not required for individuals from these countries when they are knighted. For example, when General Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. received an honorary knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II in 1991, he didn’t have to kneel when he was knighted because he is not a British subject.[47] A few other exceptions of not kneeling before a monarch when being knighted is old age, physical inability, or health conditions.[48]
Interacting with Royalty
Kneeling is a sign of reverence and submission when done toward royalty upon meeting them. Properly acknowledging the Crown is a nervous time for some individuals that are meeting royalty for the first time or are from a country without a monarch. They want to do what is appropriate. During the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, she valued the bend of an individual’s knee to her over a verbal commitment as an act of loyalty. Those that would comply, like one of her favorite courtiers Blanche Parry, would be rewarded with proximity to the Crown and other political gifts.[49] However, the British Royal Family and the Royal Household at Buckingham Palace no longer require individuals to follow traditional codes of behavior when greeting a member of the Royal Family.[50] They still accept people who wish to follow the traditional codes, but they understand if an individual is not comfortable with kneeling, amongst other gestures, in submission.
Deportes
Placing a single knee on the ground (taking a knee) may have different meanings in different sports and situations. In some sports such as ice hockey and baseball, taking a knee is a sign of respect and solidarity when a player from either team, or an official, is injured such that they need or may need assistance to leave the field or ice. In these cases, it is considered proper for all other players (but not officials or any player assisting the injured person) to place one knee on the ground until the injured person is off the field or ice.
American football and Canadian football
In American football and Canadian football, the quarterback kneel may be performed to quickly end a play and use up time on the clock with only a minimal penalty. This is particularly useful when the offensive team is ahead by a few points and does not want to risk a fumble or other turnover.
Also in American football and Canadian football, any player with the ball may take a knee to end a play or to indicate that they do not intend to advance further with the ball.
Ver también
- Seiza
- Dogeza
- Sitting in salah
- Genuflection
- Kneeler
- Kneeling chair
- Kowtow
- Prayer mat
- Prostration
- Quarterback kneel
- U.S. national anthem protests (2016–present)
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enlaces externos
- The Theology of Kneeling
- Catholic Encyclopedia entry on kneeling