A Brand Nude Day: Tomorrow is World Naturist Day, although it seems to be celebrated mostly in Britain. Naturism, or nudism, appears to have originated in Germany, as part of the fitness movement. A German immigrant, Kurt Barthel, founded the American League for Physical Culture in the United States, after organizing the first American nudist event in New York in 1929. The word "naturism," however, is meant to indicate harmony with the environment.

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