The appearance features of representatives of the Negroid race include not only black skin color and curly hair, which creates an air cushion and protects against overheating A distinctive feature of many African Americans is large, sensual lips Thus, nature took care of increasing the area of the mucous membrane through which excess moisture evaporates to cool the body Wide noses with large nostrils also serve the same purpose
White-skinned people have clearly defined, plump lips - a sign of sexuality That is why cosmetic manipulations to increase them are so popular today Large lips are an indicator of health and good fertility in the fair sex Men feel this at the subconscious level In their eyes, women with full lips look more attractive than those who do not have them Lush cheeks, sung by AS Pushkin, MYu Lermontov and other classics of literature of the 19th century, became the reason for the establishment of a funny celebration July 20th is the Lipslap Festival
In the 1984 Soviet cartoon "In the blue sea, in the white foam" the daughter of the sea king sings:
The appearance of the heroine of this hand-drawn musical fantasy on the theme of Armenian folk tales is bright and memorable thanks to her unusually large lips They look so caricatured on most modern glamorous girls, who never stopped pursuing artificial beauty
The holiday, which falls on July 20, is celebrated not only by those with a “fish” mouth, which cosmetologists have worked their magic on, but also by people who are naturally endowed with large, drooping lips, which is why their speech does not always sound clear and intelligible This defect in appearance is more than compensated by character traits Physiognomists claim that lip-slappers have good control over their feelings and emotions, so it is difficult to piss them off If necessary, these people are able to give a worthy rebuff to the offender without raising their voice This is how actor G Burkov portrayed his hero Guboshlep, the leader of the raspberry thieves and a former prisoner, in the film “Kalina Krasnaya”
In common parlance, inattentive, awkward and absent-minded people are called not only gapes and bunglers "What a lip-slapper you are!" - sounds addressed to klutzes from others This is often the name given to naturally clumsy, sluggish people Therefore, the funny holiday of July 20 is celebrated not only by those with large, plump lips, but also by mumblers and bunglers who have missed a single happy moment in their lives