Some Historye.
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The Feast of Fools has a
long and important history as a day of license and buffoonery,
when the arch-believer—the fool, the jester, the trickster, the
punster, and the powerless—takes over and imposes his or
her particular logic on events.
In medieval times, a Lord of Misrule, or King
of Fools called people to disorder. Cross dressing, bawdy songs,
gambling in sacred places, and other assorted acts of wantonness
were the rule of the day.
Throughout history, in literature, in mythology,
in art, and in fact, the figure of the trickster,
the jester, the fool, and the clown has been the mirror of humanity,
reflecting the subtle and not-so-subtle dangers of what happens
when we take ourselves too seriously.
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Without me, says Folly, the world
cannot exist for a moment. For is not all that is done at all among
mortals, full of folly; is it not performed by fools and for fools?
No society, no cohabitation can be pleasant or lasting without
folly."
—Erasmus
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