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🐟 Today is April Fool's Day, so be careful! This tradition isn't new... In 1564, Charles IX imposed January 1st as the first day of the year, while previously the new year occurred on different dates depending on the region. The French, used to celebrating the new year with the arrival of spring and to give presents, will continue "for fun", mystifying those who did not integrate the new calendar. New Year's gifts will gradually turn into fake gifts, and then into jokes. The origin of the fish theme, despite a very rich iconography, remains more mysterious 🤔 Some people link it to Easter and the end of the Lenten fast, as fish takes on an important dietary and symbolic role at this time of the year. Others associate it with the opening of the fishing season because on that day, a herring was offered to fishermen to make fun of them. The real fish - more or less fresh, surreptitiously hung on their back, has been replaced by a paper fish to the great relief of sensitive nostrils!
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Because the French art of living is the envy of the world, what better way than with porcelain to introduce you to the teeming world of the table... Contribute with L'Institut Bernardaud to reenchanting this convivial and so precious moment of the meal by following our various workshops and conferences. A program with a creative approach and open to the world to live an exciting adventure at the crossroads of gastronomy, art, history or decoration.
