Salam Blender
The Hiza Ro and the “Blender Army” in Indonesia have come up with a smart, beautiful hand sign which illustrates both an expression of peace and of the love for Blender. They call it “Salam Blender” – that is, “Peace, Blender.” Next time you get together with a group of fellow Blenderheads, crowd around the camera and give us this sign!
Anyway, in Indonesia we use ‘SALAM blender’ when photographed or Blender Army met at various events. Signs of wear left hand is similar to a blender logo. This is his picture:
…that’s cheesy. :-P
Hhahahahaha, very cool!
Salam Blender!
Blender is representin’ now, word!
I’d like to give a shout out to all ya’ll pimping blenderheads out there. Be keeping it real for sheezy!
I’m out yo!
I learned that one with Martin (theeth). It’s probably cheesy, sure, but well… :)
You can spot a secret “salam” blender here – http://blenderecia.orgfree.com/index.php/blender/aventures-a-laeroport-de-montreal-dome-e-outras-historias/
This hand gesture probably exists since Blender was created, no?
Finally blender has the upper hand on the other major 3d packages wich lack a certain sign or body language code…
I suggest that MAX users shout ‘TO THE MAX’ wherever they meet a fellow maxhead,
while Z-brush could get a handshake for their users..softly brushing over the fellow z-friends hand when they meet or take photos.
Well don’t mean to offend anyone…just thought that this was some odd news…i think i remind that such a gesture means exactly the opposite of ‘salam’ in some cultures, so better check the peoples ways before you go on greeting everyone with the official blender handsign.
Also doing the monkey (suzanne) as a way to express blender affiliation might lead to being chased down the street by people with forks and torches.
Great news! Salam Blender!
lol.
salam is a muslim greeting. it’s used like ‘hi’.
since indonesia is a muslim country, its understandable for them.
so funny to see the first thing i see in blendernation is ‘salam blender’ and thinking”did blendernation become muslim or something?”
that symbol represents 666… some demonic stuff in the bible :|
…well different religions, different views…
its pretty cool
Cool!
@iKlsr
“…well different religions, different views…”
that’s definitely true.
but salam is universal in islam. Go to ANY muslim, say it and you’ll 99.99% of the time you’ll hear back “wa’alaikumsalam”.
Go try it.
still lolling btw.
That’s nice, a good sign of blenderheadedship.
In Turkish we use ‘selam’ means ‘hi’ and ‘salam’ means ‘salami’ :) So at least i can adopt this hand sign with a name ‘selam blender’.
cool!
@syafbif: salam means greeting
salam blender :)
Hey all you blender masons – this is the lost symbol !!!!!
@syafbif, correction Indonesia is not a Muslim country even though the majority people who live there are Muslims.
The word salam was adopted from Arab sailors and traders who came to Indonesia hundreds years ago, so the meaning is different now. It’s like what ndundupan said salam now means greeting.
If you say salam in Indonesia, they won’t reply “waalaikum salam”.
i am well aware how the word was adopted and its history, however its still a muslim greeting as Islam did come from Arabia which speaks Arabic.
perhaps in Indonesia it means greeting,(although i’m quite sure it still means peace)
but in Islam it definitely means peace. so I assumed thats what it meant as majority are muslims:)
it is still universal however (in Islam), so go to any Muslim and try it, trust me it works ;)
plus in the post it says ‘salam’ means peace which is correct
But never mind,it still a great blender greeting,
salam blender!
p.s. i refer only to the word and not the hand sign.That’s got nothing to do with Islam.
@hilander: “Assalam Alaikum” was never an Arab greeting before Islam. It has nothing to do with Arabs. It is for all Muslims regardless of their mother tongue. Moreover, Indonesia _is_ a Muslim country (vast majority of population are Muslims), but not necessarily an Islamic country (Constitution isn’t based on Islamic law).
Hope that helps.
well, good one :)
salam means ‘peace’ in arabic and it is the greeting of moslims too :)
you can find more information about Islam in here:
http://www.quran-m.com/firas/en1/
Blender was built as a symbol means that Salam is not.
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For Muslims,
this symbol can be seen as Salam hand signals.
If the Muslim population in the country if the people of those countries
Salem, the symbol will look like.
It became a symbol of the dove of peace is a Christian.
But too many people are not Christian-ins Seen as a symbol of the dove of peace.
If you like the people of Indonesia to the people of Indonesia
If you want to introduce you to the blender
Salem, hand signals,
applying the marketing
can be a good choice.
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Indonesian citizens
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I don´t want to burst a bubble here, but, even thou the iniciative is nice (and cheesy) it would not work in Brazil. If you did that sign here, people would get very agry. It is the equivalent of F*** YOURSELF or something very bad in the same level of that. We have the same problem when turists, mostly americans, that try to do the OK sign…
Sorry! Brazil supports blender in mostly every way, but this would be a little bit bad for it`s image around here. Imagine if you say blenders most prestigious users telling them to F*** thereselfs. Not good! :)
PS: In no way I am disagree or the spoken greeting! So, Salam Blender!!
the hand symbol is a MUDRA.(from indian classical dances,hindu,buddhist symbols).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mudra
it looks closer to VITARKA or JNANA MUDRA.
http://www.thebigview.com/buddhism/mudra.html
Vitarka Mudra
Intellectual argument, discussion. The circle formed by the thumb and index finger is the sign of the Wheel of Law.
Jnana Mudra
Teaching. The hand is held at chest level and the thumb and index finger again form the Wheel of Law.
Blender was built as a symbol means that Salam is not.
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It seems has a different meaning.
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That’s funny ! This symbol was used in the TV serie “The prisoner” of 1967, featuring Patrick McGoohan as N°6.
It was the way people greet in “The Village”, a weird island where former secret agents of any countries were held prisoners far from the civilisation.
The gesture was done as eye level, looking through the hole and followed by the words “Bonjour chez vous” in French, and “Be seeing you” in english.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prisoner
Thats great! Love and peace to our indonesian Blender brothers and sisters.
Funny !
And guess what, this idea is not only from Indonesia.
The 23 april 2009 I uploaded this little test on youtube :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mzFRT9ax8c
Funny, funny !
Smart! )
@Nixon
Ligthwavers everywhere take powerful flashlights and when seeing each other they turn on their lights, direct them in eyes and shout “Let be the light!” )))
Modonauts like to “modonize” everithing :)) The last is true :)
By the way, some Modo features are really “pioneeric”. For example it’s preview system or “fall-offs”.
@syafbif: Instead of asking Indonesians what “salam” means in their country, I just assumed it meant “peace.” I’ll check into it more next time. :)
@anonymous: Hmmm… lol. OK, thanks for the heads-up – when I go to Brasil, I’ll be careful when I use the hand sign.
@rusted: Awesome! Indian dancing is beautiful.
@Joolme!!: Feel free to use the hand sign to mean anything you want it to. You are free to do that.
@ROUBAL: Hahaha, nice! I’ve never seen that series, but I’ll take your word for it. :D
@mcBlyver: Cool :)
i checked this and just like in brasil people here relate to it as an insult…
i remind when i was younger we used to play a game showing these finger holes and if someone looked into it they’d get socked on their arm :D
When you happen to drive your car across Germany one day, don’t use it to greet other drivers you don’t know.
They could mistake it with a quite similar hand sign witch means ‘A*hole’.
I guess you will be alright around blender-heads thou.
an stylized OK? ;)
keep those fingers straight! Ring finger should be horizontal :)
Mmm, I recall in the old days (read in the year of 1998 to 2000 or something), somebody has invented a hand gesture like that and so did I but it never really took off.
Glad to see it being back in light! Now spread it around! I don’t think it’s cheesy, it’s groovy! ;) Blend on!
I love it! three of my favorite things together, Peace, Blender, and Sign Language! Thanks
Here in Brazil that hand signal means “butthole” or “f*** off” :P Here that’s analogous to the middle finger.
Hey nice sing! But we already use it for about 2 years =)
http://blender3d.org.ua/article/362.html
http://blender3d.org.ua/article/img/1808.jpg
Please don’t use stupid hand signs to promote a highly respected piece of software and an intelligent community, leave the flipping of stupid hand signs to wannabe gang-bangers who use them because they think it looks cool.
I don’t know who approves what is to be posted on Blendernation, but I can tell you from my experience with international organizations that it’s not a very wise move to officially promote something or anything that can be culturally controversial, in view of the diverse backgrounds of the international Blender community. :)
Great! Salam everyone! o/
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I’ve been doing that for a while- figured it was already a thing. Well, it is now! And plus, Salam Blender is fun to say.