International day of humor

When is it celebrated?

April Fool's Day or April Fools' Day (April Fools' Day) - a fun holiday, celebrated all over the world on April 1. On this day, it is customary to play pranks on relatives, friends and just acquaintances, cheerfully making fun of them.

The origins of the holiday

Where this tradition comes from, from France, England, Mexico or Sweden - a mystery shrouded in the darkness of obscurity. One version says that April 1 was the day of the vernal equinox. The celebration of the spring new year has always been accompanied by jokes and funny pranks.

Another version is associated with the transition to the Gregorian calendar, introduced by Pope Gregory in 1582. The fact is that the New Year in the Middle Ages was celebrated not on January 1, but at the end of March, before the French king Charles the Ninth (King Charles IX) reformed the calendar. New Year's week began on March 25th and ended on April 1st.

I cannot pass by such a fertile topic and will gladly tell about humor in the author's doll.

The charm of Porcelain scenes.

Porcelain figurines of the famous factory Capodimontefounded in 1743 by Charles III of the Bourbon dynasty, King of Naples and Sicily.

Players

Philosopher

Secret

Who else but a master puppeteer can reveal positive experiences and cheer up with their characters. Indeed, even in the qualification characteristics of the profession there is an important column - the presence of a sense of humor!

April Fools Jokes of All Time!

The most famous pranks have already been classified in the list of 100 April Fool's Jokes of All Time (The Top 100 April Fool's Day Hoaxes of All Time), among which: the fall of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, a photo report about flying penguins, the landing of a UFO in London, the transition to a decimal time measurement system, the list is endless.

Humor from China.

Lovely Chinese author Johnson Tsang Hong Kong has a charming sense of humor

Surge of Miracles - 2013

Childhood

The creative duet of twin sisters Anna and Maria Grigoriev from Kazan (AnyaManya).

Prima

With the wind…

Gift

For a dream

Excellent works by Ekaterina Guseva (Fairy-tales) are imbued with a subtle sense of humor and irony.

When an artist creates a genre scene or a comedy character, he reveals to the audience a whole world of generous positive emotions.

Fantasy dolls by Olga Egupets

A lot of fans are gathered by characters created with good humor.

Prince. Author Irina Kholodova

Gold fish. Author - Oksana Ostapchuk.

Abduction of Europa. Author - Dima PZh

Museum of funny dolls in Valencia (Spain).

Every year, in mid-March, Valencia hosts the famous Fallas festival (Las fallas), translated from Latin meaning "Torch".

For this event, the craftsmen made special dolls, which since the 19th century have grown to gigantic structures. People from all over the world come to see the holiday. According to the established tradition, bright humorous compositions are burned, solemnly seeing off the winter.

The Valencia Museum contains copies of the winningest puppet stories.

Travelers

Astronaut

Also, on April Fool's Day, they celebrate Bird Day - an international ecological holiday. Birthday of cognac, Day of awakening of the brownie and national holiday of Cyprus. So, today, there are a lot of reasons to cheer each other up!

Clownness. Author - Elena Kirilenko

Photos are taken from open sources on the Internet.

Cover photo: artist's work Larisa Churkina

With love and respect, Tatiana Kalinina

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