Every year, the 1st of April is celebrated as April fools’ day across the globe. It is usually observed by playing some practical jokes on friends or people at a comfortable degree of friendship. The practice of observing April fool is not new in the Nepali society. Celebrating April fool could be a way to rejuvenate your mind from the hectic schedules of life.
My City’s Aditya Neupane talked to K-Town celebs to know about their experience of celebrating April fools’ day. Here are the edited excerpts of the conversations:
April Fools' Day Fast Facts
Paramita RL Rana (Model)
As April fools’ day is an annual event, it’s not bad to celebrate this day but your jokes should not hurt others’ feeling. Every year I celebrate this day but I always try not to make a serious joke. My mom is also a fun loving person. She used to do prank calls on me when I was in school. But as I am a mature girl now, I sometimes do pranks on others. Last year, I decided to do prank on a huge number of people and create a rumor that I am getting married through social media. Around 70 percentage of people believed this was false message. But some people were so curious to know about it (especially my friends and family). But on April 2 I revealed about my prank by posting another message that “I am not getting married it was just a prank. April fool haha.”
Melina Rai (Singer)
April fools’ day is an annual event so it is not bad to have fun with friends and a family. I think no one should make a serious joke that hurts other feelings. I have never pranked upon others, but I have been pranked by others. My friends and family often play pranks me on this day, although not seriously.
Salon Basnet (Actor)
Every year I celebrate this day with lots of joy. I think people should not hurt others’ feeling while celebrating this day. Every year I try to control the limit of prank but last year I did a huge mistake by trying a play big prank on my uncle. With an intention of scarring all family members of my uncle I went to my uncle’s house with my close friend then I put one white rag (cloth) over him. Then we started to scratch window and doors of my uncle’s house by producing weird voice. According to our plan my uncle was so scared but after a while he started throwing bricks from roof, luckily we didn’t get hurt. Then I realized that we should not cross our limit.
Pooja Sharma (Actor)
April fools’ day is an annual event and every year numerous people play pranks on this day. So I don’t like this day at all. I don’t celebrate this day so I hardly get pranks. Last year I was played prank by singer Sanjay Shrestha. He called me and said that he was visiting my home. I got ready and visited main road to pick him but he wasn’t there and later he revealed about the prank. I was so angry at that time and had a quarrel with him over the phone.
