Kissing Day, from the Middle Ages to kisses that still cause controversy

July 6 This is Kiss Day, one of those gestures that best expresses love in all its forms. And with kisses – fortunately – the world is full: come on Kiss From the kiss between lovers to the kiss between friends, without forgetting the kiss between parents and children.

In fact, the “pink apostrophe” is a universal gesture for everyone*, regardless of gender or sexual orientation, that transcends the boundaries of time and space, celebrated in art, cinema and entertainment. And some kisses go down in history for causing scandal.

Multiple dates for same party

better known as international kissing dayThe anniversary was established in Great Britain in 1990 and has since become a pleasant trend, social too, where the dedicated hashtags #WorldKissDay and #WorldKissDay have gone crazy.

The anniversary is celebrated on two different dates: 13 April and 6 July. International Kissing Day, celebrated in April, was established to remember Kiss longest in historyThis is the case between a Thai couple who kissed for 46 hours 24 minutes and 9 seconds during a competition.

After this, both the lovers broke their own record by kissing. 58 hours, and so the date of 6 July was chosen. But not only this.

There are also many other days in the world dedicated to the pink lettering between the words “I love you”. For example, in the United States, National Kissing Day is celebrated on 22 June, while in India it is celebrated on 13 February.

A kiss is a panacea for health

With a passionate 10 second kiss we almost share 80 million bacteria, according to experts from the Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research. But it doesn’t hurt, in fact it makes us stronger immune defense,

But the benefits of kissing do not end here. Kiss They can be effective in calming us down, reducing anxiety, and making us feel less stressed Because they reduce cortisol, the stress hormone, and instead increase levels of the good mood hormone, serotonin.

In addition, when the lips come together in a kiss, the blood vessels dilate, which helps blood flow and drop in blood pressure.

Kissing also trains. facial muscles, According to a British study, this requires the coordination of 146 muscles, including 34 facial and 112 postural muscles.

Finally, the exchange of saliva, as in kissing, increases its flow, which helps keep healthy Mouth, teeth and gums.

A “recipe” for one, according to a few years of British research. healthy relationship This would include at least 5 kisses a day. However, experts assure: “overdose” has no side effects.

Curiosity: Kissing in the Middle Ages

sweet, motherly, affectionate, angry, melancholy, sentimental, friendly, loving or brotherly: a thousand, as kiss of catullus (requested in the famous poem “Vivamus, me lesbia, atc emus.”) There are different types of kissing.

Kiss is usually associated with the feeling of love but in itself it expresses different feelings of different nature. This shows love, gratitude, gratitude, affection, respect. over the centuries he took charge multiple meanings In the usages and customs of civilization.

In Middle Ages The gesture of kissing meant an exchange of greetings, which was decided according to the rules. feudal mold, People of equal social status would kiss on the head, cheeks, and even on the mouth, while a person of lower status could not afford to display this gesture with his superiors.

the lower the rank, the lower the position could be lower Kissing a superior: Starting at the feet, as one rises in rank, up to the edge of the dress, up to the knee, and then to the hand.

famous kiss in cinema

the first kiss The history of cinema begins in 1896: John C. Rice and May Irwin exchange it on film.Kiss, it was less than 30 seconds but it was very clear Enough time to be censored. Since then, many kisses have left viewers around the world dreaming. any example?

the unforgettable kissing sequence in the final scene ofNew Paradise Cinemaby Giuseppe Tornatore (who won the Oscar in 1988). But also the spaghetti kiss of Lady and the Tramp in Walt Disney’s 1955 masterpiece.

Together “SheikhIn 1921 Rudolph Valentino became a legend of cinema and his kisses make you fall in love.

as well as Clark Gable’s “gone With the Wind(1939), based on the Oscar-winning blockbuster novel Where All the Women in the World Dream of Being in Vivien Leigh’s Place.

love also winsbreakfast at Tiffany’s(1961) After a kiss in the rain between George Peppard and Audrey Hepburn.

Speaking of the nineties, there are two kisses that made teenagers dream of the time: the kiss between Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet in “Titanic” and the fire escape between Richard Gere and Julia Roberts in “Titanic”. Kiss.beautiful woman,

scandalous kiss

The ‘scandalous’ kiss between Rosa Chemical and Fedez at the Sanremo 2023 festival is still well-etched in the minds of spectators. But this is just the latest in chronological order of many controversial kisses in the world of entertainment.

The first kiss that made Ariston tremble was, in fact, between Roberto Benigni and presenter Olympia Carlisi, his partner at the time: It was 1980 and it was a 40-second long kiss.

At the MTV Video Music Awards in 2003, another scandal broke out: Madonna kissed Britney Spears all over the world, monopolized the tabloids, and stunned the Prince of Pop, Justin Timberlake, who was then the boyfriend of “Britney Bitch”.

at the mtv movie awards 2010 Two other women create a stir for themselves drunk: Scarlett Johansson and Sandra Bullock. but that Kiss it was probably May 1 for the most iconic kiss between the two stars ofcruel intentions”, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Selma Blair who thrilled fans by mimicking the film’s award-winning French kiss – from the MTV Movie Awards stage in 2000.

However, at the American Music Awards of 2009, the “American Idol” star’s gay kiss made headlines. Adam Lambert to your keyboardist