KISS 8 facts about kissing Only speak of love that corny already think those beautiful scenes of passionate kissing . But this relationship is not so obvious everywhere in the world. For some people , kissing is something rather repulsive . Already elsewhere the thing is so intense that couples come to pluck each others blood . There is taste in everything. In some African tribes , the kiss is replaced with a last hand in the armpit companion . We gathered all this and other things on this list . In Ancient Greece , where it would be socially determined the kiss In Greece the years 300 BC , people of the same class could kiss on the cheek or mouth , but if it was someone of higher status was more indicated a kiss on the hand. Also kissed Greek gods through works of art : people rubbed their own tips of fingers to his lips and blew the image . This kind of kiss is a demonstration of friendship used in Greece today. The Kiss Engagement guarantee legal rights The kiss that sealed the commitment to engagement emerged in Ancient Rome and guarantee women the legal rights determined by the Empire . Moreover , legally transferred ownership of the wedding gifts for the couple - the celebration transcorresse no kissing for some reason , they would be returned . Some people die of disgust kissing Kissing is not something that appeals to everyone . The tribe of thonga in South Africa, never kisses on the mouth and think it repulsive. Other people there , the Chewa , is disgusted with the idea of swallow the saliva of another person . Many have this reaction because they see the mouth as the source of life , where dwells an immortal soul - and that soul can be contaminated easily if the owner is not careful. There nomadic tribes of Ethiopia , but consider his lips a sensual part of the body , do not feel like pasting them in others - not least because they use huge loud hinder it . In some places , the kiss is to pass the hand underarm fellow While there are cultures where people do not save kisses , there are those who will not use the lips in their personal interactions . The Polynesians , Maori and Inuit prefer to use their noses . The Indians of an uncontacted tribe in Ecuador , the Cayapas simply smell the hand of friends to greet them . And amazingly enough : Kiss Farewell of a New Guinea tribe is to move your hand in your armpit fellow and then rubbing his scent all over her . Valentine pluck blood of one another during practice in certain tribes While some people are nothing blasé kissers , couples the Trobriand Islands in the South Pacific , manifested a violent passion. Anthropologists have observed , in 1929 , they spent hours in a sort of wild game: biting the lips of each other until bled , gave toothed abocanhavam cheeks and nose and chin. At that time , you could hear expressions like drink my blood and rip my hair . They even drew eyelashes partners bites . Where kissing in public is a crime There are regions in Finland where men and women take collective bathing naked, but still see the kiss as obscene act . In Japan , can only among 4 walls . In Venezuela , couples who give hugs too tight or too lengthy kissing in public places may go to prison . And Malaysia is no law prohibiting the French (the normal tongue ) kiss at the cinema - imposing a huge penalty for those who disobey . The ritual slobbering If there are those who forbid , there are people who celebrate the practice . A village called Banjar Kaja Sesetan , Indonesia , is an annual festival called Med - medan . At the sound of a ritual chant, rows of young men and women are facing each other in pairs , and the first row of kisses whoever is in front of an old man to throw water to separate the couple . Easy, is not all kissing every world. Who kissed first goes to the end of the queue and the ritual is repeated until all couples have occupied the top position . The goal is to protect the place of unexpected dangers and only youth can participate. Brazil in the 18th century, the demonstration of affection was the pinch In the 18th century , Portugal and , most likely , also in Brazil , an expression of love was the widespread pinch. Among the new acquaintances, was polite to pinch of pincho lightly applying the twist on the skin . For the innermost value the pinch of estorcegão also known as energetic . The fashion was so strong that some have discussed the need to build divisions within the churches to prevent pinching during mass . Scholars associate this gesture in the peasant dating . Pinches footsteps standing and mutual snaps fingers consisted of rituals that symbolized the hard rural life . TO LEARN MORE Intimate History of Kissing Julie Enfield ( Matrix Publishing , 2008 )
Posted on: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 00:38:33 +0000
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