Yau za ku zama kifaye masu shayarwa? A cikin wannan Afrilu 1st, al'ada ta nuna cewa muna yin ba'a ga wadanda ke kewaye da mu. Hatta kafofin watsa labarai da manyan kamfanoni suna farawa, kowanne yana tunanin yaudarar kansa na ranar. Wasu ma sun shahara, irin su Burger King, wanda a shekarar 1998 ya bayyana cewa ya kirkiro wani hamburger da aka kera musamman ga masu hannu da shuni. Dubban mutane sun yi tururuwa zuwa gidajen cin abinci mai sauri don neman wannan sanannen sanwici…
Amma a tsakanin yara, sau da yawa mukan gamsu da kanmu da rataye kifi a bayan abokanmu kuma muna cewa " Afrilu Fool! Lokacin da aka gano yaudara. Amma me yasa kifi, kuma ba cat, tsuntsu ko zomo bayan duk?
Idan asalin ya tsufa, duk da haka yana da wuyar fahimta. A cewar ƙamus, ya samo asali ne a ƙarni na XNUMX don zayyana "mai yin wasa" ko "ɗan saurayi da ke da alhakin ɗaukar wasiƙun soyayya na ubangidansa".
Koyaya, an gabatar da bayanai da yawa tsawon ƙarni. Na farko - wanda ya fi yaduwa - ya mayar da mu zuwa karni na 1564. A cikin 9 mafi daidai, ranar da Sarki Charles na IX ya yanke shawarar, ta Dokar Roussillon na Agusta 1, don fara ranar farko ta shekara a ranar 1 ga Janairu, maimakon mai yiwuwa Afrilu 1. Dangane da wannan canjin kwatsam, wasu refractories sun yanke shawarar yin watsi da kalanda kuma su ci gaba da ba da Sabuwar Shekarar Hauwa'u, Afrilu XNUMX. Don yin izgili da na ƙarshe, masu hikima ba su yi jinkirin shirya musu tarko da sauran kyaututtukan ƙarya ba… Yi hankali, duk da haka, akan labari. Idan haɗin kan kalanda ya yi kyau a shekara ta 1564, babu wani rubutu a ko'ina da ya ambaci farkon shekarar da ta fara ranar 1 ga Afrilu.
Abin da ya tabbata shi ne cewa wannan al'ada ba Faransanci kadai ba ne. Amurkawa da Britaniya suna da ranar wawa ta Afrilu. A Scotland, al'ada ce a wannan rana don tafiya "farauta wawa".
Ga al'adar da ta ƙare a cikin wutsiya na kifi…