Editing Jester (section)

==Modern usage==
===Buffoon===
{{redirect|Buffoon|the film|Buffoon (film)}}
{{See also|Goofball comedy|Absurd humour|Slapstick comedy}}
In a similar vein, a '''buffoon''' is someone who provides amusement through inappropriate appearance or behaviour. Originally the term was used to describe a ridiculous but amusing person. The term is now frequently used in a derogatory sense to describe someone considered foolish, or someone displaying inappropriately vulgar, bumbling or ridiculous behaviour which is a source of general amusement. The term originates from the old Italian "buffare", meaning to puff out one's cheeks<ref>{{cite book|page=780|title=Encyclopædia Britannica; or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Volume 4|publisher=Archibald Constable and Company|date=1823}}</ref> that also applies to [[bouffon]]. Having swelled their cheeks they would slap them to expel the air and produce a noise which amused the spectators.<ref>''The National Cyclopaedia of Useful Knowledge'' Vol.III, London (1847), Charles Knight, p.918</ref>

===Carnival and medieval reenactment===
During the Burgundian and the [[Rhenish]] [[carnival in the Netherlands|carnival]], cabaret performances in local dialect are held. In [[North Brabant|Brabant]] this person is called a "tonpraoter" or "sauwelaar", and is actually in or on a barrel. In [[Limburg (Netherlands)|Limburg]] they are named "buuttereedner" or "buutteredner" and in [[Zeeland]] they are called an "ouwoer". They all perform a cabaret speech in dialect, during which many current issues are reviewed. Often there are local situations and celebrities from local and regional politics who are mocked, ridiculed and insulted. The "Tonpraoter" or "Buuttereedner" may be considered successors of the jesters.<ref>{{cite web|author=Home Kalender Nieuws Zoekertjes Albums Copyright |url=http://www.fenvlaanderen.be/carnaval/wat-carnaval |title=Wat is carnaval? |website=Fen Vlaanderen |language=nl-BE |access-date=2014-01-23}}</ref>