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ofgflbn .
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h'n .
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lbn .
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vF sgf lbn .
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h'n .
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bLlk+ cKkf] hMlk+, cfo\glk+ j /f]6/fS6/ lkG;+
yMyMu' cg'ej sgf lbn .
President: Sushil Bajracharya
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ofgf o+s] dfMu' j cfo\g k'rMof lalgodg+
bo\sf jg]dfMu' vF sgf lbn .
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laifo sg]u' e\mjno\ /f]6/fS6 Sna onof
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j jflt nM d'+s]u' laifoof Gjr' lao]Hofg+
h"u' vF sg] Hof h'n .
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k|df]b l;+xoft gfof]of ?ko\ NoMu' vFg+ sg]
Hof h'n .
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laifo cGt/lqmof h"u', ;'gfsf]7L lksgLs
Gofo\s'u', vF sg] Hof h'n;f jOu' zlgafM
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of lzla/of laifo GXoyg] Hof g+ h'n .
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e\mjno\ cg jgfan] cg ufdo\ nMof
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sgf lbn .
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d'FHofof O{ sf]rfMu'ln+ gfof] efh'+ ;snoft
z'efo\ b]5f;] yf}of d'FHof sf]rfo\sf lbn .
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g] ;+ !!#^ lrNnfuf gjdL
Rtn. Amrit Raj Shakya
Birth Day: April 6
Today’s Meeting
Rotary Information
Sharing
Next Week
Talk Program on
Maternal and Child
Health
Answer to Last Week’s Question (What is the name of home club of RI President
K R Ravindran?)
Rotary Club of
Colombo
This Week’s Question
What is the full form of
ARRFC?
APRIL
Maternal and
Child Health
Month
Secretary: Dr. Laxman Joshi
Editor: PDG Dilendra Raj Shrestha
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APRIL FOOLS’ DAY
April Fools' Day, sometimes called All Fools' Day, is one of the most light-hearted days of the
year. Its origins are uncertain. Some see it as a celebration related to the turn of the seasons,
while others believe it stems from the adoption of a new calendar.
New Year's Day Moves
Ancient cultures, including those of the Romans and Hindus, celebrated New Year's Day on or
around April 1. It closely follows the vernal equinox (March 20th or March 21st.) In medieval
times, much of Europe celebrated March 25, the Feast of Annunciation, as the beginning of the
new year.
In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII ordered a new calendar (the Gregorian Calendar) to replace the old Julian Calendar. The new
calendar called for New Year's Day to be celebrated Jan. 1. That year, France adopted the reformed calendar and shifted
New Year's day to Jan. 1. According to a popular explanation, many people either refused to accept the new date, or did
not learn about it, and continued to celebrate New Year's Day on April 1. Other people began to make fun of these traditionalists, sending them on "fool's errands" or trying to trick them into believing something false. Eventually, the practice
spread throughout Europe.
Problems With This Explanation
There are at least two difficulties with this explanation. The first is that it doesn't fully account for the spread of April Fools'
Day to other European countries. The Gregorian calendar was not adopted by England until 1752, for example, but April
Fools' Day was already well established there by that point. The second is that we have no direct historical evidence for this
explanation, only conjecture, and that conjecture appears to have been made more recently.
Constantine and Kugel
Another explanation of the origins of April Fools' Day was provided by Joseph Boskin, a professor of history at Boston University. He explained that the practice began during the reign of Constantine, when a group of court jesters and fools told
the Roman emperor that they could do a better job of running the empire. Constantine, amused, allowed a jester named
Kugel to be king for one day. Kugel passed an edict calling for absurdity on that day, and the custom became an annual
event.
"In a way," explained Prof. Boskin, "it was a very serious day. In those times fools were really wise men. It was the role of
jesters to put things in perspective with humor."
This explanation was brought to the public's attention in an Associated Press article printed by many newspapers in 1983.
There was only one catch: Boskin made the whole thing up. It took a couple of weeks for the AP to realize that they'd been
victims of an April Fools' joke themselves.
Spring Fever
It is worth noting that many different cultures have had days of foolishness around the start of April, give or take a couple
of weeks. The Romans had a festival named Hilaria on March 25, rejoicing in the resurrection of Attis. The Hindu calendar
has Holi, and the Jewish calendar has Purim. Perhaps there's something about the time of year, with its turn from winter to
spring, that lends itself to lighthearted celebrations.
Observances Around the World
April Fools' Day is observed throughout the Western world. Practices include sending someone on a
"fool's errand," looking for things that don't exist; playing pranks; and trying to get people to believe ridiculous things.
The French call April 1 Poisson d'Avril, or "April Fish." French children sometimes tape a picture of a
fish on the back of their schoolmates, crying "Poisson d'Avril" when the prank is discovered.
CANCER CAMP AT CHITLANG
A one day cancer awareness and Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid (VIA) Test
camp was organized by RC Yala Anns’ Group in Chitlang on March 23, 2016. A
total of 167 women from Chitlang and nearby villages were benefited from the
camp.