The traditional signs of this new season seem to have gone through a revision as well.

He stripped off his gloves and raised crossed fists in the traditional sign against ill fortune.

The star itself, apart from the number of stars presented, is a traditional sign of Mary.

Women standing on a balcony overlooking the intersection beat their chests in a traditional sign of grief.

"Now I'll have to stand there at the airport with the traditional handwritten sign and hope that someone notices," he said.

And afterward, Parliament voted 53 to 44 to reject his speech, using a traditional sign of displeasure.

Sometimes they prevailed, but sometimes they didn't, and the result was a highly traditional sign.

Each one raised an arm and displayed the open palm - the traditional sign of greeting.

The final image alludes to a traditional sign of obedience.

At the bottom are the palm branches, traditional signs of martyrs who died for Christ.