{"id":4524,"date":"2022-04-01T18:43:26","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T11:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/student-activity.binus.ac.id\/bnec\/?p=4524"},"modified":"2022-04-01T18:43:26","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T11:43:26","slug":"april-fools-day-how-did-it-begin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/student-activity.binus.ac.id\/bnec\/2022\/04\/01\/april-fools-day-how-did-it-begin\/","title":{"rendered":"APRIL FOOL\u2019S DAY: HOW DID IT BEGIN?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every prankster\u2019s favorite day, April 1 \u2013 or widely known as April Fool\u2019s Day, has somehow become a culturally and annually celebrated day to pull jinks and jokes. You might want to be skeptical since hoaxes and pranks are quickly going around today. It might also get you to wonder how all these pranks started? And why April 1 out of all days around the year? Let\u2019s get some facts straight, and\u2026 don\u2019t worry, no jokes here!<\/span><\/p>\n

Although there is no legitimate history on how this infamous prank day began, some historians believed this went way back to Roman tradition to celebrate the Hilaria around March 25, a spring festivities that included games, during which disguised commoners to imitate devious nobility ends. However, since there was no proof that this ancient festivity\u2019s similarities refer to modern April Fool\u2019s Day, its legitimacy is questioned, as the first mentions of the holiday didn\u2019t appear until several hundred years later.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The earliest documented reference of April Fool\u2019s Day from Eduard de Dene, a Flemish writer, is going around and is believed to be one of the proofs to April Fool\u2019s history. In 1561, he wrote a poem about a man who sent his servant on mysterious errands all day on April 1. The servant eventually realized that he was part of an April 1 joke as the day went by. Many western countries have adopted April 1 as a National Holiday and (obviously!) played pranks throughout the day. These people, oddly enough, were then called \u2018April Fools.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

The pinpoint history of April Fool\u2019s Day doesn\u2019t stop there! Some also speculate that April Fool\u2019s Day began in 1582 when Pope Gregory XIII ordered France to switch from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar. In the Julian Calendar, the new year started around April 1. Sadly, some people who failed to reckon that the start of the new year had moved to January 1 continued to celebrate it during the last week of March through April. Yet, as much as we love the day to loosen up and pull some jokes, it is not considered a holiday in Indonesia. But this does not stop youngsters who seem to love the idea of pulling tricks and whatnot to their fellows.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

April Fool\u2019s Day is treated at a whole new level in many other countries. For instance, in France, April Fool\u2019s is more known as \u2018April Fish\u2019 (<\/span>poisson d\u2019avril<\/span><\/i>), where they intend to attach a paper fish on people\u2019s backs without being noticed. Things get more heated in Ireland. Every April 1, they would have someone bring a letter to one person, just to have a note inside saying: \u201c<\/span>Send the fool farther<\/span><\/i>.\u201d The receiver would then tell the messenger to bring it to another person, and as you expected, the <\/span>fool<\/span><\/i> indeed goes along the way.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

However, despite various sources, there\u2019s still a lack of concrete evidence on how April Fool\u2019s Day has developed over the years. Through centuries of evolution, April Fool\u2019s Day has changed according to its historical environment, making it inevitable to provide the ultimate scenario of April Fool\u2019s Day. Don\u2019t you think it is still fascinating how we deeply engage in the activity of an unknown history? It makes you wonder why we began to pursue the tradition in the long term and still have no idea the reason why we keep doing it. So, before you begin your own April 1 mischievousness, try asking yourself, <\/span>why?<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

References<\/b><\/p>\n

Specktor, B. (2022).<\/span> April Fools\u2019 Day: How Did It Start, and Why Is It April 1?. <\/span><\/i>RD.com. <\/span>https:\/\/www.rd.com\/article\/origin-of-april-fools-day\/<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Pelzer, K. (2022). <\/span>Who Were the First Pranksters? No Jokes Here\u2014All About the Origin of April Fools\u2019 Day!. <\/span><\/i>Parade. <\/span>https:\/\/parade.com\/985732\/kelseypelzer\/april-fools-day-origin\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

History.com Editors. (2022). <\/span>April Fool\u2019s Day<\/span><\/i>. HISTORY.<\/span> https:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/holidays\/april-fools-day<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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