The world community is generous with various holidays. Today their number exceeds hundreds of thousands, and every day there is an opportunity to celebrate some event. One of them is World Kiss Day.
World Kiss Day, oddly enough, was invented by the inhabitants of the country of eternal mists, famous for their stiffness - Britain. In English, it is called World Kiss Day or World Kissing Day. This day acquired the status of the world after representatives of the United Nations paid attention to the English holiday. They gave him the sixth of July, on the date of which the whole world happily kisses to this day.
World Kiss Day is recognized as a celebration of love and its expression. On this day, many countries organize various events, and sometimes even contests and competitions. The winners receive various titles and awards: For the Longest Kiss, For the Most Beautiful Kiss, For the Most Unusual Kiss, and many others.
Some of the holiday competitions are quite unusual in nature. So, once a competition was organized for the longest kiss under water, the victory in which was won by representatives of Japan who got into the Guinness Book of Records: young people were able to show their tenderness under water for two minutes and eighteen seconds. The record set in 1980 has not yet been broken.
On land, the longest kiss lasted almost eighteen days. Another record associated with kissing day is associated with the name of Wolfram. This man kissed more than eight thousand people in eight hours.
The history of the holiday is clear, but the mystery of the kiss itself is still vague. One of the most common versions is that a man and a woman first kissed in order to exchange souls, which, according to ancient people, consisted of breathing.
The most plausible version of the origin of the kiss says that it is an echo of infancy. Together with food, the baby also receives the love of his mother by sucking on the breast. In adulthood, he uses the same method in relation to his and his partner's lips.
