I think i can say it a reflex action when inpressed by someone orsomething.moreover i think na from monkey, dem too like to dey clap

http://m.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/03/a-brief-history-of-applause-the-big-data-of-the-ancient-world/274014/


Found this too

Let me clap first then i will make my input later

ChinenyeN: There doesn't seem to be an established scholarly reason as to the whys and hows of clapping's widespread nature. It seems that virtually all cultures in the world understand the messages conveyed by clapping, and 'til today scholars do not have an academic explanation as to why. What we are sure of though is that the act is ancient. If we had to speculate, I'd say we look at babies. Babies who have yet to learn and understand the culture they are born in have the remarkable capacity to clap instinctually. Babies know how to clap for joy and excitement and in some cases even assent. My speculation would be that it is that instinctual behavior of clapping that developed in ancient times into applause. The instinctual nature of it among humans can then account for its widespread nature.

Rubbish

Psalm 47:1, Clap your hands O ye people sing unto God with the voice of triumph.

iwonbaoko: It seems that clapping is common to virtually every culture.Why is this so and what is the origin?

ORIGIN- Psalms 47:1 O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.

ummm......monkeys?

zleemshaddy: Wait

Wettin ifa say

Wherever it is originated from, it has come to stay

Think y'all need to watch this..

The real reason why we clap.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD037VSAG2I

macjireh:

ORIGIN- Psalms 47:1 O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.

Meaning people have not been clapping before this was said SMH

Heamah:

Meaning people have not been clapping before this was said SMH

I only gave a reference, bring out any other earlier one if u can find any, till den dats d origin!

ChinenyeN: If that's the term you want to use, then sure. I wouldn't use that term though.

'instinctive' is a better word...if you ask me

AdeniyiA:
The ONLY ten 'stringed' instrument are the palms

are you a religion-maniac abi na fanatic?.....i guess you are one of those whose source of historical facts is the Bible alone....no blasphemy intended anyway.....[eyes him seriously and then looks away to face more important contributors]

(enters thread, jots a thing or two, looks around and exits)

Hishuula: lets ask cele people... they get diploma 4 clapping,even some of them don't need nails in scratching recharge card once the swipe it with their hands e don clean

Lol.

MzMariah: Lol.

that dude kill me with laugh finish.

2sExy1: that dude kill me with laugh finish.

Me too.

Its a lie,babies dnt clap,they have to see someone exhibit it before they could do it.

iwonbaoko:

In other words clapping is a primitive behaviour?

henryobinna: you too dey lie eeeh.... aarh!

no mind am, im turn our hands to string instrument

AdeniyiA:
The ONLY ten 'stringed' instrument are the palms

shey ur hand don turn string instrument ba?

The custom of applauding may be as old
and as widespread as humanity, and the
variety of its forms is limited only by the
capacity for devising means of making a
noise (e.g., stomping of feet or rapping of
fists or hands on a table). Within each
culture, however, it is usually subject to
conventions.
The ancient Romans had a set ritual of
applause for public performances, expressing
degrees of approval: snapping the finger
and thumb, clapping with the flat or hollow
palm, waving the flap of the toga, for which
the emperor Aurelian substituted
handkerchiefs (orarium ) that he had
distributed to the Roman people. [1] In
Roman theatre, at the close of the play, the
chief actor called out "Valete et plaudite!",
and the audience, guided by an unofficial
choregus , chanted their applause
antiphonally. This was often organized and
paid for. [2]
Similarly, a claque (French for "clapping"
was an organized body of professional
applauders in French theatres and opera
houses who were paid by the performer(s) to
create the illusion of an increased level of
approval by the audience.
In Christianity , customs of the theatre
were adopted by the churches. Eusebius [3]
says that Paul of Samosata encouraged the
congregation to applaud his preaching by
waving linen cloths (οθοναις), and in the
4th and 5th centuries applause of the
rhetoric of popular preachers had become an
established custom. Applause in church
eventually fell out of fashion, however, and
partly by the influence of the quasi-
religious atmosphere of the performances of
Richard Wagner's operas at the Bayreuth
Festspielhaus , the reverential spirit that
inspired this soon extended back to the
theatre and the concert hall.

lexiconkabir: no mind am, im turn our hands to string instrument

abi oh..

Clapping was invented by Clapperton, Am I right?

iwonbaoko:

In other words clapping is a primitive behaviour?

Gbam!
De guy don yarn am finish
abi u get ur own speculation?

Nigeria

Nigeria

Nigeria

Kunlexic:
Wettin ifa say

e tawq say make i ask sango

zleemshaddy: e tawq say make i ask sango

they steal ur tin nii

aka

alexis007: 'instinctive' is a better word...if you ask me

What do you mean by better? On what grounds?