Guest guest Posted April 1, 2005 Report Share Posted April 1, 2005 An Interesting bit of information I read http://sify.com/news/infographics/prank/index.php There is nothing funny about the origin of April Fool's Day. In ancient and medieval times, people celebrated April 1 as the beginning of the new year. When the Gregorian Calendar was introduced in 1582, it called for New Year's day to be celebrated on January 1. France adopted the reformed calendar, but many countries resisted the change. The so-called modernists who accepted the new calendar began to make fun of the traditionalists, calling them 'fools' and trying to trick them into believing something false. Thus began the Fool's Day tradition. A look at some of the famous Fool's Day pranks. I think in those medieval times The New Year was more nearer to Aries Ingress. And current new years is closer to Makara/Capricorn Ingress. Warm Regards Sanjay P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 1, 2005 Report Share Posted April 1, 2005 Dear Sanjay, That is just part of the whole. Take a look at following link for full story. http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/aforigin.html Regards, - Kaushik. vedic astrology, Sanjay Prabhakaran <sanjaychettiar@g...> wrote: > Dear Friends, > An Interesting bit of information I read > > http://sify.com/news/infographics/prank/index.php > > There is nothing funny about the origin of April Fool's Day. In ancient and > medieval times, people celebrated April 1 as the beginning of the new year. > When the Gregorian Calendar was introduced in 1582, it called for New Year's > day > to be celebrated on January 1. France adopted the reformed calendar, but > many > countries resisted the change. > > The so-called modernists who accepted the new calendar began to make fun of > the traditionalists, calling them 'fools' and trying to trick them into > believing something false. Thus began the Fool's Day tradition. > > A look at some of the famous Fool's Day pranks. > > > I think in those medieval times The New Year was more nearer to Aries > Ingress. > > And current new years is closer to Makara/Capricorn Ingress. > > Warm Regards > Sanjay P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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