Very often their performances had political overtones, so it was not uncommon for them to lose their lives. In the UK they played an influential role in society and there is much evidence of this particularly during the mediaeval period.Ĭontrary to popular belief many Jesters were accomplished musicians, were articulate and well read, they also had acrobatic skills and were clever in sleight of hand tricks. This clown had sufficiently entertained the people with his hairstyle and wacky comments while in power.Court jester’s or Fools have their origins way back in time and records show that at the time of the Ming Dynasty (1368 -1644) that they occupied an important place within the court.
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We remember another jester declaring his intent of catching the 'satrus' following a series of bomb blasts in the country. Ironically, the same two women had thrown him into the gutter soon after. Another clown of the same era had declared in another public meeting that two women getting together would “produce” nothing. Thankfully, the jester soon vanished into oblivion. I am sure hearing this declaration some of the municipality sweepers had some should panicky lest one of them had to lose his job. At home, not too long ago one such character declared in a public meeting that he would sweep the streets of the capital if his king (read president) had ordered so. Many of them have left politics but will be remembered for their “wise words”. We have such jesters in politics in the neighborhood as well. I will continue to articulate what I believe and what I believe - I believe what I believe is right.”
And no question Liberia has gone through very difficult times." Here is another one: “I know what I believe. But nevertheless, I want you to know I danced with joy. It's got a lot of numbers in it.” Then he entertained the crowd with the following: “Yesterday, you made note of my - the lack of my talent when it came to dancing. Looking at the national budget he once said: “It's clearly a budget. Some of his one-liners and two-liners are reproduced below to drive the point home. We remember a mighty president of a mighty powerful country “entertaining” the world with his “wit” and “Wisdom” for eight long years. These politicians of a special breed often bring comical interlude to otherwise a grim and mundane environment that politics often tend to create. Many of them became presidents, prime ministers and MPs of powerful countries and took upon themselves the responsibility of doing the comical act like the jesters of the bygone era. In fact, there are politicians who will not be remembered for doing any great service to the people but will be done so for doing or saying weird things - like their ancient counterparts – court jesters. Many of them have joined politics to make the profession a bit more “entertaining”. Well, even though the days of the kings are long gone, continue to exist in the present era, of course in different guise.
He was one of the nine gems (Navaratna) in the court of Raja Krishnachandra, the famous king of Nadia in the 18th century AD.įor all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. There is hardly a Bengali who hasn't heard of Gopal Bhar, a legendary court jester in medieval Bengal. The latter day Zamindars of Bengal also employed court jesters for pure entertainment. There were jesters in the courts of the Asian kings too. It is said that Queen Elizabeth -I was a great admirer of such jesters in her court or in stage plays. We find such jesters in many of the plays by William Shakespeare, who were usually known as Shakespearean fools. History tells us that the presence of a jester in a court dates back from the time of the Roman Empire through to the middle ages. They were the comical sidekicks who would often disgust the gentlemen present in the court, but these clownish cronies enjoyed impunity of sorts from the king. IN the days of the mighty kings and queens there used to be one or two court jesters in every court whose main responsibility was to entertain the nobility with outlandish words and acts of acrobatics.
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