HALLOWEEN
Halloween
is a festival celebrated on the evening of the 31st October in
Ireland, United Kingdom, United States of America, Australia... In
conclusion, it is celebrated in the territories of the British
Commonwealth, and recently, all around the world.
Halloween
is based in an old Celtic festival: the Samhain. Celtics celebrated
the end of the harvest season and the New Years Eve. Also, in
Samhain, it started the dark season of the year. Celtics celebrated
making huge bonfires, getting drunk, eating, dancing and with druidic
festivals. Samhain last six or seven days: three before and three
after 31th October. In these days the border between the deads world
and the our world was thiner. For that, spirits and other evil
creatures walked through our world.
Then,
when Christianism was imposed, Samhain evoluted to All Saints on 1st
November, and the night before was All Hallows's Eve, that
evolutioned to Halloween. The kids made jokes and tricks. Tricks went
more and more, so the neighbours made treats to calm the childs.
Àlex
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