Halloween

What is halloween? Halloween is an

international celebration celebrated on October 31, is
celebrated in most parts of the world. Halloween
activities include trick or treat, customes, Halloween
parties, creating pumpkins, visiting haunted
attractions, telling horror stories, etc. Halloween dates
to three thousand years (3000) ago when the Celtic
peoples of Europe celebrated their new year, it was
believed that demons walked in the earth with other
creatures. This ritual served to bid farewell to Lugh, the
god of the Sun. The ancient Celts believed that the line
between this world and the Otherworld narrowed with
the arrival of Samhain, allowing spirits (both
benevolent and malevolent) to pass through. Family
ancestors were invited and honored while harmful
spirits were driven away. The use of costumes and
masks is believed to be due to the need to ward off evil
spirits.
Why is Halloween celebrated on
October 31? Halloween falls on October 31
because the ancient Gaelic festival of Samhain,
considered the earliest known root of Halloween, took
place on this day. It marks a crucial tim e in the year
when the seasons change, but more importantly,it was
also believed that the border between this world and
the next grew especially thin at this time, allowing them
to connect with the dead. The Celts believed that
during this ceremony, the thread that separated the
world of the dead from that of the living was broken for
an instant, making it possible for the deceased and
beings from beyond to visit Earth.

Why do people dressed up for

halloween? The origin of Halloween costumes
dates back to the Celtic culture and the settlers who
arrived in North America. Halloween, when arriving on
this continent, will bring with it a mixture of Catholic
elements with pagan rituals, as well as a fusion of
meanings that were given to each element of the
celebration. By the customes and changing their
physical appearance, the villagers believed they were
safe from the evil spirits.

Why do people trick or treat for

Halloween? The tradition began in the Middle
Ages, when children and adults with few economic
resources began to dress as demons, deceased or
spirits, going from door to door. The tradition of
ordering the "soul cake" originated in Great Britain in
the Middle Ages. The phrase itself, it is unknown where
and when the "trick or treat" will established in
American popular culture in one thousand nine
hundred fifty-one (1951). In one thousand nine hundred
fifty-two (1952), Disney produced a comic strip called
"Trick or Treat" featuring Donald Duck.

What else do people to

celebrate Halloween? Other activities
that people do include, for example, Halloween
costume parties, carving pumpkins, lighting fires,
bobbing apples, guessing games, playing pranks,
visiting haunted attractions, telling scary stories, and
watching scary movies. It common that the streets be
decorated in orange when Halloween is starting. In
many parts of the world, Christian religious
celebrations of All Hallows' Eve, including attendance
at church services and lighting of candles on the
graves of the dead, remain popular it is a more
traditional form. commercial and secular celebration.
Some Christians historically abstained from eating
meat on All Hallows' Eve, a tradition reflected in the
consumption of certain vegetarian foods on this
waking day, such as apples, potato pancakes, and soul
cakes.