I had a few comments to my last post and wanted to answer them here. First of all, I’ve never known the history of April Fools day so I decided to do some research. I found a website (April Fool's Day History) that tells about the possible history. They say that no one is completely sure about why we celebrate the day on April 1st. One possible reason is because the Gregorian Calendar (also known as the Western or Christian calendar) was introduced around 1582 and changed New Year´s Day from March 25-April 1 (a week) to January 1. Back then communication was very slow to travel so it took years for this change to happen. Some people decided to be rebellious and refused to celebrate the “new” New Years Day and continued to celebrate it on April 1. Those people were called “fools” and people played practical jokes on them that day.
Other places also celebrate the day (many times on different dates) such as in Rome (on March 25 they celebrate Hilaria), India (on March 31 they celebrate the Huli Festival) and Portugal (the celebration is the Sunday or Monday before lent and they celebrate by throwing flour at their friends). France also celebrates the day on April 1 and they call it Poisson d'Avril (meaning “April fish”). Here’s another website that talks about when and how people celebrate this day in other countries: Fools Around the World
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I don`t know that, have so festivals for the world. Is very interesting bye.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you found that interesting! I personally love learning about different cultures and traditions and I hope you do too.
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