Sometimes In April

April Fools' Day

All Fools Day, though not a festival in itself, is a notable day celebrated in many countries on April 1. The day is marked by the Commission of hoaxes and other practical jokes of varying sophistication on friends, family, enemies and neighbors, or sending them on fool's race, whose objective is to embarrass the gullible. Traditionally, in some countries, the jokes only last until noon, someone who plays an afternoon round is called an "April fool". Another reason is that April 1 has been counted the first day of the year in France. When King Charles IX changed Jan. 1, some people have remained with the 1st April. Those who are called "April Fools" and were taunted by their neighbors.

Any how the quest for the origin and the date on which the day is celebrated to this day continues to haunt many. The origin of April Fool's Day "is obscure. A plausible theory is that the modern holiday was first celebrated soon after the adoption of the Gregorian calendar, the term referred to someone still adhering to the Julian calendar was replaced. In many pre-Christian cultures May Day (May 1) was celebrated as the first day of summer, and marked the beginning of the spring planting season. An April Fool was someone who did this prematurely.

Almost all cultures in the world has a kind of festival in the early months of the year to celebrate the end of winter and the return of spring. Anthropologists call these feasts renewal. " Often, they have ritualized forms of chaos and anarchy. Wearing a mask is common. People play pranks on friends and strangers.

April Fool's Day has all the characteristics of a festival of renewal. For one day forms of behavior that are not normally allowed (lying, cheating, and playing jokes) become acceptable, yet the disorder is confined within a strict deadline. Traditionally, no jokes are supposed to be played after 12 h of the first. social hierarchies and tensions are exposed, but the hostility was defused by laughter.

As long as people have speculated about the April Fool's Day, they noticed similarities between it and the other spring "renewal" of festivals. Many historians have speculated that the April Fool's Day has evolved directly from a party as practiced in ancient times. A direct connection between the April Fool's Day and one of the festivals of the Roman period seems unlikely, but it is quite possible that the tradition has evolved over a medieval feast held at the vernal equinox (such as New Year festivals in late March, as discussed above). However, there is no agreement with the party tradition of April Foolery developed from. Here is a list of some of the festivals that have most often been suggested that its predecessors.

References to an April Fools day is from the 1500s. However, these early references were rare and tend to be vague and ambiguous. Many theories have been advanced on how the tradition began. Unfortunately, none of them are very compelling. So the origin of the custom "to April Fools" also remains a mystery to us, it was in 1708.

The most popular theory on the origin of April Fool's Day involves the calendar reform of French sixteenth century. The theory is as follows:

Reform of the French calendar

In 1564, France has reformed its calendar, moving the beginning of the end of March to January 1. Those who do not follow the change, which persisted in the old calendar system and continued to celebrate the new year during the week that fell between March 25 and April 1, had played jokes o.