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Festival of the Fools!

Festival of the Fools
in which is celebrated in different culture as different names
originally celebrated by most cultures on January first
which was first coined in Great Britain in 1861
celebrates inclusive art of busking 
and street performance
with foolish fun for all ages
devoted to community engagement
and making arts accessible to everyone
three full days of acrobats, circus arts
quirky comedy, and diverse music
In the Middle Ages
a mock pope, or a Lord of Misrule, was elected ecclesiastical rituals were parodied
low and high officials swapped places
could have originated from the Kalends and probably Christian adaptation of Saturnalia
In the thirteenth century they became burlesque of Christian morality and worship
despite repeated prohibitions and penalties
imposed by Council of Basel in 1431
these feasts didn't disappear until the sixteenth century
often dressed in street clothing, including women's clothing, masks, garlands of greenery, or even in fools’ costumes
priests and clerks wearing masks
and dressed as woman, panders, or minstrels
Exalting fools and foolishness
Praising and toasting every fool
Mocking fools and foolishness
Feasting and drinking like royalty!

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