Why is 1st of April celebrated as April Fools Day?
Surely we have been the victim or have noticed
someone being a victim of this phenomenon. So where does it originate from? Well,
its origin is still a mystery worth to find, but surely this is one of the
interesting day where there is no official Holiday and yet people enjoy it.
There's some uncertainty about when and
where this bizarre tradition began, but the most accepted explanation traces
April Fools' Day back to 16th century France. Up until 1564, the accepted
calendar was the Julian calendar, which observed the
beginning of the New Year around April. According to "The Oxford Companion
to the Year, "King Charles IX then declared that France would begin
using the Gregorian calendar, which shifted New Year's Day to
January 1.
Not everyone accepted this shifting of
dates at the same time. Some believed that the dates should not be shifted, and
it was these people who became the butt of some April jokes and were mocked as
fools. People sent gifts and invited them to bogus parties. Citizens in the
rural parts of France were also victims of these jokes. In those days, news
travelled slowly and they might not have known about the shifting of dates for
months or years. These people also endured being made fun of for celebrating
the new year on the wrong day.
So think of it as trolls played by people in the
medieval period where they had pranks on other people and they used to victimize
a friend either by giving a fake love letter or by asking a friend to meet at a
place where his/her crush has agreed to show up.
Source :-reddit.com
In India, Holi, a colorful Hindu festival that frequently entices non-Hindi participants to join in, often is celebrated by people playing jokes and throwing colorful dyes on each other.
Source :-weknowmemes.com
Persian culture also has a holiday with a similar theme, known as Sizdahbedar. On this day, which typically coincides with April Fools’ Day itself, Iranians play pranks on one another.
Comment below your thoughts and share your best prank played by you to us.
0 comments:
Post a Comment