{"id":922,"date":"2016-04-01T13:04:46","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T12:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tourradar.com\/days-to-come\/?p=922"},"modified":"2019-04-11T13:07:27","modified_gmt":"2019-04-11T12:07:27","slug":"april-fools-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tourradar.com\/days-to-come\/april-fools-day\/","title":{"rendered":"April Fool&#8217;s Day Around the World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jokes and pranks can easily be lost in translation, so how can a tradition built on them survive on a global scale?\u00a0As it turns out, the idea of playing light-hearted practical jokes to ring in the Spring is a tradition eagerly celebrated in many different countries. The jokes have a common theme: let loose and embrace the silly.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>So what does a sense of humour look like across the globe?<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Scotland<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-936 lazyload\" data-src=\"\/days-to-come\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/iStock_000021995678_Medium-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"April-Fools-Day\" width=\"1080\" height=\"719\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1080px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1080\/719;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When it comes to playing practical jokes, the Scottish are so enthusiastic that they\u2019ve extended April Fool\u2019s over two days. Also known as Hunt the Gowk day (Gowk meaning cuckoo), the first day of celebrations include a massive game of \u201cbroken telephone.\u201d On this day, a friend may send you on a fool\u2019s errand by asking you to deliver a sealed message requesting help. Inside is simply a note requesting the recipient to repeat this process and continue the chain with someone new. The second day of celebration is called Taily Day. To take part, \u00a0just slap a \u201ckick me\u201d sign on an unsuspecting friend\u2019s back and you\u2019ll be adding a whole new meaning to the phrase \u201cwatch your back!\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Iran<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_932\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-932\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-932 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"\/days-to-come\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Persians_in_Holland_Celebrating_Sizdah_Bedar_April_2011_-_Photo_by_Persian_Dutch_Network-PDN-1-e1459456459190.jpg\" alt=\"April-Fools-Day\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 700px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 700\/466;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-932\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image taken from Wikipedia, Photo by Persian Dutch Network<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>April Fool\u2019s Day celebrations in Iran date back as far as 536 BC. Referred to as Sizdah Bedar, the 13th day of the Persian New Year, this holiday might be one of the oldest days for playing jokes in the world. To celebrate, Iranians across the country spend the day outside, enjoying delicious food, games and jokes. When picnicking with friends and family, it\u2019s customary to throw away the green vegetables as they represent bad luck and illness.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Spain\/Mexico<\/h2>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-922 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.tourradar.com\/days-to-come\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2025424577-300x0.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-924\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-924'>\n\t\t\t\tImage taken from Seattle Times\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.tourradar.com\/days-to-come\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/xin_3521206291416984852016-e1459455671580.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-925\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/203;\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-925'>\n\t\t\t\tImage taken from thinglink\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"269\" height=\"195\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.tourradar.com\/days-to-come\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Flour3EFA2912_468x339-e1459456043409.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-927\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 269px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 269\/195;\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-927'>\n\t\t\t\tImage taken from dailymail\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>In Spain and Mexico, people celebrate their version of April Fool\u2019s on December 28th, also known as Holy Innocents\u2019 Day. People will play jokes on one another but are protected under the assumption that all are innocent on this day! The story behind this day is a little macabre for what\u2019s considered a humorous holiday but you know what they say, comedy is tragedy plus time. According to the Bible, King Herod fearing that the newly born baby Jesus would become his rival one day, ordered all of Bethlehem&#8217;s boys under 2 years old to be killed. He then learnt that baby Jesus had already escaped Bethlehem and that he had needlessly ordered the deaths of many innocent children. Thus the \u201cjoke\u201d was on Herod, who had been tricked in a sense, to make such an unnecessary order.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">France<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_923\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-923\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-923 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"\/days-to-come\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/French-Moments-Term-1-2011-13.jpg\" alt=\"April-Fools-Day\" width=\"640\" height=\"479\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tourradar.com\/days-to-come\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/French-Moments-Term-1-2011-13.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.tourradar.com\/days-to-come\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/French-Moments-Term-1-2011-13-370x278.jpg 370w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 640px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 640\/479;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-923\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image taken from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.frenchmoments.eu\/april-fools-day-traditions-in-france-le-1er-avril\/french-moments-term-1-2011-13\/\" target=\"_blank\">French Moments<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Similar to Scotland\u2019s Taily Day, the French know how to have a laugh by keeping it simple. They refer to April Fool\u2019s Day as Poisson d\u2019avril, or April Fish. To celebrate, French school children will tape pictures of a fish on the backs of their unsuspecting classmates. The fun is waiting to see when (or if) the fishy \u201cvictims\u201d notice the playful misdeeds of their fellow students.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">India<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_930\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-930\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-930 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"\/days-to-come\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Holi-In-India-4-900x481.jpg\" alt=\"India-April-Fools-Day\" width=\"900\" height=\"481\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tourradar.com\/days-to-come\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Holi-In-India-4-900x481.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.tourradar.com\/days-to-come\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Holi-In-India-4.jpg 958w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 900px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 900\/481;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-930\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image taken from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.festivalsguru.com\/holi-in-india\/\" target=\"_blank\">Festivalsguru<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If anyone knows how to add a splash of colour to an already vibrant holiday, it\u2019s India! The country\u2019s Holi Festival is held on a different day each year depending on the lunar cycle but it&#8217;s purpose remains the same! Holi a day to play jokes, embrace your silly side while tossing brightly coloured dust at one another. Celebrators cover themselves in body paint and let loose to welcome Spring back!<\/p>\n<p><strong>However you celebrate, we\u2019d love to hear your best pranks and funniest tricks in the comments section! Happy April Fool\u2019s Day! <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jokes and pranks can easily be lost in translation, so how can a tradition built on them survive on a global scale?\u00a0As it turns out, the idea of playing light-hearted practical jokes to ring in the Spring is a tradition eagerly celebrated in many different countries. 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