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April Fool
***** Location: Japan, worldwide
***** Season: Mid-Spring
***** Category: Observance
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Explanation
四月馬鹿 (しがつばか) shigatsu baka,
April fool / April Fool's Day
eipuriru fuuru エイプリルフール
"all fools season", bangu setsu 万愚節（ばんぐせつ）
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April Fool's Day or All Fools' Day
is a notable day, though not of its own right a holiday, celebrated in many countries on April 1. The day is celebrated by the execution of hoaxes and practical jokes of varying sophistication with the goal of publicly embarrassing the gullible.
Traditionally, pranks are supposed to end by noon. Those done afterwards are supposed to bring bad luck to the perpetrator. However, this is not universally adhered to, and many of the hoaxes listed below appeared after noon....
The custom of playing practical jokes on April Fool's Day is also very widespread and of uncertain origins. The victim of a joke is known in English as an April Fool; in Scots as a gowk (cuckoo or fool); and
in French as a poisson d'avril (April fish).
© More in the WIKIPEDIA !
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There are many explanations for the origin of this day.
April Fool's Day is one of the most light hearted days of the year, yet it stems from a serious subject—the adoption of a new calendar.
A Traditional New Year's
Ancient cultures, including those as varied as the Romans and the Hindus, celebrated New Year's Day on April 1. It closely follows the vernal equinox (March 20th or March 21st.) In medieval times, much of Europe celebrated March 25, the Feast of Annunciation, as the beginning of the new year.
In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII ordered a new calendar (the Gregorian Calendar) to replace the old Julian Calendar. The new calendar called for New Year's Day to be celebrated Jan. 1. Many countries, however, resisted the change. In fact, some European countries held out for centuries (Scotland until 1660; Germany, Denmark, and Norway until 1700; and England until 1752).
Many French Refuse
In 1564 France adopted the reformed calendar and shifted New Year's day to Jan. 1. However, many people either refused to accept the new date, or did not learn about it, and continued to celebrate New Year's Day April 1.
Other people began to make fun of these traditionalists, sending them on "fool's errands" or trying to trick them into believing something false.
April Fish
The French came to call April 1 Poisson d'Avril, or "April Fish." French children sometimes tape a picture of a fish on the back of their schoolmates, crying "Poisson d'Avril" when the prank is discovered.
Great Britain Accepts the Calendar
In 1752, Great Britain finally changed over to the Gregorian Calendar, and April Fool's Day began to be celebrated in England and in the American colonies.
Pranks and jokes are of course still popular on this day—not to mention the rest of the year.
source : www.infoplease.com
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Jim Hunt Illustration | Facebook
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Worldwide use
Germany
Aprilscherze sind in den meisten europäischen Ländern üblich.
Am ersten April werden die Leute in den April geschickt.
- Reference : Aprilscherze -
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Trinidad and Tobago
the Catholic church observes the soleminty of The Holy Innocents and children bring their toys to church with them and they are blessed by the priest in the presence of the congregation.
However April is the day on which we celebrate april's fool and on that day one must be wary of tricks and pranks played by mischevious person
gillena cox
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New Zealand
A New Zealand tradition is the capping stunt, wherein university students perpetrate a hoax upon an unsuspecting population. They are traditionally executed near autumn graduation (the "capping").
© More in the WIKIPEDIA !
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from the WKD policy
Calendar reference kigo
are for example the names of each month and then the many festivals of a specific date and the memorial days of people or things.
Japanese haiku poets up from the North of Hokkaido down to the South of Okinawa have no problem when using DECEMBER as a kigo within the convention of writing haiku, for example. Neither do the Japanese haiku poets who live in Brazil complain about the saijiki.
Northern and Southern Hemisphere
If there is not specific mention in the WKD, a calendar reference kigo refers to the Northern Hemisphere as its place of origin, since haiku and the saijiki concept originates in Japan.
For the Southern Hemisphere, add six months.
For a calendar reference kigo originating in the Southern Hemisphere, add six months to get to its Northern counterpart.
These adjustments will not be mentioned specifically for each kigo.
. Seasons and Calendar reference kigo .
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Things found on the way
April as a cruel month?
T.S. Eliot (1888-1965). The Waste Land. 1922.
I. The Burial of the Dead
APRIL is the cruellest month, breeding
Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
Memory and desire, stirring
Dull roots with spring rain....
Eliot, Thomas Stearns.
The Waste Land. New York: Boni and Liveright, 1922
source : www.bartleby.com
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HAIKU
April fool's day
I water the sweet peas
and then it rains
Giselle Maya
St. Martin de Castillon, France
(Mainichi Haiku)
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>... April fool
> ... the dog chases its memory
> ... of a tail
© Juanito 2005
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WHCjapan/message/1572
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April fool's day --
the mannequin
blinked at me
© JJ March 21, 2005
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cherrypoetryclub/message/22430
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so many roads
for haiku and senryu --
April Fool
Gabi Greve, April 1, 2009
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Editorial
by Susumu Takiguchi
source : World Haiku Review, March 2009
The 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth is being celebrated across the world.
The interesting thing about Darwin is that the evolution of living things does not occur because they want it to happen. On the contrary, living things are in fact ultra-conservative and do not like evolution.
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I am in an evolutionary mood today and am thinking of the history of haiku in terms of evolution. It is 365 years since Basho’s birth and 400 to 500 years since the births of such fathers, or shall we say grandfathers, of haiku as Sokan Yamazaki, Moritake Arakida, Teitoku Matsunaga or Soin Nishiyama who all contributed to the development of Haikai-no-Renga which later begat haiku.
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The haiku evolution is still with us.
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Haiku now has so many different variants. However, almost all the origins of the modern haiku species outside Japan can be found in America. They experienced explosive evolution through the most unnatural selection ...
There have been no survival of the fittest (haiku) because there just has not been any need for these species to try to survive; they have thrived.
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don't tell me
you still live in March -
April Fool's Day
Gabi Greve, 2012
. Joys of Japan .
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once the first of the year
and then it changed...
April fools still celebrate
Pat Geyer
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April Fools' Day -
heavy snow upon
the blooming trees
Zornitza Harizanova
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April Fools' Day--
I may tell you
it is a working day for toilers
Manu Kant
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April Fools' Day---
a street preacher says
the end of the World is coming
Fred Masarani
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To be, or not to be a joke:
that is not a question on April Fools' Day.:D
April Fools' Day:
I sext with my wife
for the first time
Chen-ou Liu
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Premier avril –
les chalutiers restent à quai
trop de concurrence !
April first -
the trawlers are docked
too much competition !
Patrick Fetu
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April Fool's Day
green pussy willows
getting whiter
- Shared by Irena Iris Szewczyk, 2013 -
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a siren
outside my door ---
April Fool
Bee Jay
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April fool's day
I wear my jacket
inside out
Angelee Deodhar
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the politician
fulfils his promise -
april fool
Sunil Uniyal
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April Fool's Day--
the stern teacher marks a pause
for dirty jokes
Brinda Buljore
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April's fool -
Cardinal Dolan says
he now supports gay marriage
Fred Masarani
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April fools day
the stomach smaller
than my eyes
Angelika Kolompar
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Related words
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