Kutheni le nto Sibanalo Usuku lukaEpreli leziyatha?

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Ngu-Epreli 1, olona suku lubi kwi-intanethi. Ngaphezulu nangaphezulu kwesiqhelo, asazi ukuba masikholelwe ntoni okanye sithembele kuba ngenxa yesizathu esithile sineholide esizinikele kubuxoki nakwimigcobo. Akumnandi ngendlela eyothusayo kubantu abaninzi, ngakumbi abo kuthi badiniwe sisifo sethu sonyaka-kunye-nayo yonke into ebubuxoki kunye nolwazi olungeyonyani (kuhlala kuthethwa ngubhubhane!) Ekufuneka sijongane naso rhoqo. Kodwa kutheni le nto sisenza obu budenge rhoqo ngo-Epreli? Ivelaphi le siko? Mhlawumbi ukuba siyazi ngakumbi ngembali yalo mhla sinokusebenzela ukuyishiya ngaphambili.

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Abantu bebesoloko bebuza ukuba kutheni sinoSuku lweziDenge kuAprili? phantse phantse ukuba kudala ithandwa. Ngokukodwa kwi Ngo-1708 , Kwathunyelwa ileta kwiphephancwadi laseBritane uApollo libuza umbuzo omnye esiwubuza apha . Kwaye ngelo xesha kwimbali, iholide yayisele imiselwe kakuhle. Kukho iirekhodi ezivela kwi-1600s yokumakisha ngo-Epreli 1 ngeziqhulo nokuthumela abantu kwimisebenzi yobudenge. Ngo-1698 iphephandaba laseLondon lapapasha ibali malunga nokuhlanjwa kweengonyama ezenzeka kwiNqaba yaseLondon kwaye abantu abaninzi bakholelwa beza kulomboniso, iphepha kwafuneka lixolise ngalo ngengomso.

Kodwa kwakhona, ngoba? Ewe, ihlaya lokwenyani apha kukuba akukho mntu wazi ngokuqinisekileyo.

Kukho ingcamango enye yokuba kwakuyihlaya kubantu baseFransi abangazange bafumane ukutshintshela ikhalenda kaGregory ukusuka kwi-Julian, eyatshintsha imihla ngeentsuku ezili-10 okanye ngo-1582. Umbono kukuba utshintsho aluzange lubambe abantu ngokukhawuleza ngoko ke ndicinga ukuba abantu babebhiyozela iPasika okanye ezinye iiholide ngexesha elingalunganga? Eli nqaku lithi bebebhiyozela uNyaka oMtsha ngoMatshi ngenxa yokuxubana, kodwa ayichanekanga njengoko uNyaka oMtsha wafuduselwa kuJanuwari ngonyaka wama-46 BC (Enkosi, Kesare).

Kodwa kusenokwenzeka ukuba bekukho imibhiyozo emide yoNyaka oMtsha kwiNtwasahlobo ye-Equinox, mhlawumbi ke yayilunxibelelwano olo ? Ithiyori iyahamba kuba aba bantu babelutywa ngokulula, abahlobo babo babethelela iintlanzi zamaphepha emqolo kwaye bababiza ngokuba yiPoison D'Avril. Kodwa ukubhekiswa kwezi ntlanzi kwenzeka ngaphambi kolo tshintsho lwekhalenda, yonke indlela ebuyela emva ngo-1508, njengoko kusenziwa nokunye ukukhankanywa kweziyatha zika-Epreli. Ke le nkcazo isekhona, kulungile, intlanzi kum.

Enye ingcamango ubuyela umva ngakumbi xa uGeoffrey Chaucer wayebhala eyakhe Iintsomi zaseCanterbury in the 1300s and included a bit about a trickly fox fooling a rooster in thought March was had 32 days, making the fool day April 1. Kodwa kwakhona, uChaucer wayenokubhekisa kwinto esele ikho. Ke kuthekani ukuba isithethe sidala nangakumbi? Kuthekani ukuba le holide intle kakhulu yonke iholide ngonaphakade ubuyela kwi abahedeni ?

Ngemihla yamaRoma, ixesha elijikeleze i-Equinox yasentwasahlobo ( UHilaria . Amasiko kunye neentsomi emva kweHilaria ziya kuvakala ziqhelekile kuye nakubani na oqhelene neeholide zentwasahlobo ngokubanzi.

UHilaria wayeyinxalenye yomnyhadala we Isithixokazi samaGrike namaRoma uCybele . Wayengumthikazikazi womhlaba kunye nokuzala, kwaye, njengothixokazi abaninzi, intsomi yakhe esembindini yayijikeleza ukufa kunye nokuvuka kwesithandwa sakhe / mhlawumbi unyana (iintsomi zingaqhelekanga), umfana ogama linguAttis. Umnyhadala uthathe iintsuku ezininzi kwaye waquka neentsuku zokuzila ukufa kuka-Attis, kwaye waphela ngo-Hilaria ebhiyozela ukuvuka kwakhe ngemidlalo kunye nokuzonwabisa ngokubanzi.

Oku kuvakala ngokungathandabuzekiyo njengenye iholide ezayo kule veki, akunjalo?

Uluvo oluphambili apha kukuba zonke ezi holide-iPasika, iHilaria, iApril Fools ', nkqu nemibhiyozo yonqulo lukaBacchus-zonke zibotshelelwe kwi-equinox yasekhaya kunye nokubuyela ebomini emhlabeni ngendlela yasentwasahlobo. Eli lixesha lonyaka apho, kwiinkulungwane zeminyaka yokoqobo, abantu abakumantla e-hemisphere baphuma emakhaya emva kokuba bevalekile ubusuku bonke, ke lixesha lokonwaba kancinci. Ndithetha ukuthi jonga igama elithi Hilaria eliguqulela kamnandi ngolu suku! kwaye inengcambu efanayo njengeyonwabisayo.

Ke, uSuku lweziyatha luka-Epreli lubotshelelwe kutyekelo lwakudala lokubhiyozela intwasahlobo, ubomi obutsha, kunye nokonwaba. Oku kuthetha ukuba mhlawumbi ayiyi ndawo, uxolo ukutsho. Kodwa oko kukwathetha ukuba sinokuyinyamezela njengosuku oluhle lokonwabisa intwasahlobo kwaye singawahoyi amabali obuxoki ayindinisa kunye neepranks kunye nezinto. Kwaye mhlawumbi ayimbi kangako, akunjalo?

Ukhohlisiwe. Imbi. Khuseleka phaya.

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