World Laughter Day takes place on the first Sunday of May of every year .
The Day was created in 1998 by Dr. Madan Kataria, founder of the worldwide Laughter Yoga movementDr. Kataria, a family doctor in India, was inspired to start the Laughter Yoga movement in part by the facial feedback hypothesis, which postulates that a person’s facial expressions can have an effect on their emotions.
The celebration of World Laughter Day is a positive manifestation for world peace and is intended to build up a
global consciousness of brotherhood and friendship through laughter.It is most often celebrated by gatherings of
people in public places with the sole purpose of laughing.Its popularity has grown exponentially with that of the
Laughter Yoga movement now counting thousands of Laughter Clubs in more than 100 countries.