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Usuku lweziDenge ku-Epreli; Imbali okanye isiqhulo?

“Yeyiphi iholide oyithanda kakhulu?”

"Krisimesi!" okanye “Umhla wam wokuzalwa!” okanye “Ukubulela!”

Ezi ziimpendulo eziqhelekileyo endizivayo kwaye mhlawumbi ukhe weva phakathi kwabahlobo kunye nosapho lwakho. Kundithathe kancinci ukukhulisa uthando lokwenyani ngoSuku lweZidenge zika-Aprili, kodwa ndingade ndivume – Usuku lwe-Aprili Fools yeyona holide ndiyithandayo.

Ndikhulele kwikhaya apho ukuqhula nokonwaba kwakuyinxalenye yobomi bethu. Uburharha obomileyo bukatata budluliselwe kum (into ehlekisayo yemfuza? Mhlawumbi kunjalo), kwaye uSuku lwe-Aprili Fools lusuku apho kubhiyozelwa. Amahlaya ligama lomdlalo, kwaye ngaphakathi kwesizathu, ingaba yimini yokuzonwabisa (oko kukuthi, ukuba uthanda amahlaya, kunjalo). Usuku lwezidenge zika-Aprili yayilusuku awaluzisa ngalo umama UGqr. Seuss 'Amaqanda aluhlaza kunye neHam ebomini. Amaqanda aluhlaza? Sazitya ngoAprili Fools' Day.

Kodwa lwaqala njani uSuku Lwezidenge luka-Aprili? Zininzi iingqikelelo. Eyona nto ndiyithandayo isukela ngo-1582 (1582!) xa iFransi yatshintsha isuka kwikhalenda kaJulius yaya kwikhalenda kaGregory. Kwikhalenda kaJulius, unyaka omtsha ubhiyozelwa nge-equinox yasentwasahlobo, malunga ne-1 ka-Epreli. Ikhalenda kaGregory yile siyisebenzisa namhlanje, apho unyaka uqala nge-1 kaJanuwari. Abo babengabokugqibela ukwazi malunga nokutshintsha basabhiyozela unyaka omtsha ngoMatshi / ngo-Epreli kwaye babonwa njengezidenge zika-Aprili.1

Thatha ezo mvelaphi zakuqala kwaye ujonge indlela evele ngayo namhlanje. Namhlanje lusuku lokuzama ukudlala iziqhulo kubahlobo bakho, iintsapho, okanye uluntu ngokubanzi. Kukho imizekelo emininzi yeeprank zoSuku luka-Aprili Fools azihambanga kakuhle, kodwa ndiyathanda ukucinga ngalezo zihambe kakuhle. Kwakukho elo xesha apho ndaqhatha umphathi wam ndacinga ukuba ndimbeke phantsi njenge-reference kwizicelo zomsebenzi, okanye ngelinye ixesha xa esengumntwana, umkhuluwa wam wabeka iplastiki kwisihlalo sangasese ukuze sothuse thina sonke xa usebenzisa. igumbi lokuhlambela. Enye into endiye ndayenza eofisini kanye yayikuku “faka” oomatshini bokukhuphela basebenze ngelizwi.

Ngowe-1957, umboniso weendaba weBBC wanikela ingxelo yokuba amafama eSwitzerland ayelima izityalo zespaghetti. Bade banikezela ngevidiyo. Xa umntu ovela eluntwini ebuza ukuba bangawukhulisa njani owabo umthi wespaghetti, iBBC yaphendula yathi, “Beka ispaghetti kwitoti yesosi yetumata kwaye unethemba lokona.2 Kwaye kwi-1996, i-Taco Bell yadlala i-prank ye-April Fool's Day kuthi sonke ngokukhupha iphepha elipheleleyo libhengeze ukuthenga kwabo i-Liberty Bell e-Philadelphia, inxalenye yokunciphisa ityala lelizwe lethu.3 Ehlabathini apho kubonakala ngathi yonke into iyaxhaswa okanye amalungelo entengiso athengiwe, Intsimbi yeNkululeko yeTaco ifumene ingqalelo yemidiya kunye namabhaso amaninzi okudala kunye nokukholelwa.

Ngoko, ngolu suku luka-Aprili Fool, ulubhiyozela njani?

 

Imithombo:

 

  1. https://www.history.com/topics/holidays/april-fools-day
  2. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/03/30/why-celebrate-april-fools-day/99827018/
  3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taco_Liberty_Bell