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Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Tuesday started a more than two-week visit to North America by learning a contemporary gesture — the fist-bump.The Dalai Lama traveled to the southern US city to be honored at the National Civil Rights Museum, located in the motel where rights champion Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968.The 74-year-old monk, wearing his trademark maroon robes, smiled broadly as the city’s interim mayor, Myron Lowery, extended his fist to greet him in a welcoming ceremony at a riverside park.”Here we also have a tradition — you ball your first like this,” Lowery said as he taught the Tibetan spiritual leader to fist-bump and laughter broke out among the local dignitaries nearby.”They say you’ve got a sense of humor. I’ve always wanted to say, ‘Hello Dalai,’” Lowery added, playing on the name of the popular musical “Hello Dolly.”However, the Dalai Lama later voiced discomfort with the fist-bump, saying the greeting invoked thoughts of viole

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