Friday 1 November 2013

Halloween

What do you know about Halloween?

When and where is it celebrated?
Halloween is celebrated on 31st October, in Ireland, America, England...

Why is it celebrated on the 31st October?
Because is the end of the year for the celts and also for the harvest season

Is it a religious celebration?
No, it’s like most pagan festival.

What does the word “Halloween” mean?
Halloween means is All Saints

Name 2 typical games:
-Eat an apple on a string
-Bobbing for apples and other gifts in a basin of water.

When did it become a dangerous celebration? Why?
When contact became possible between the spirits and the physical world, and the magical things were more likely to happen.
It become dangerous celebration because there was the idea of linking the living with the dead.

How do people celebrate it today?
The people celebrate it doing trick-or-treating, wearing costumes and attending costume parties, ghost tours, bonfires, visiting hundred attraction, telling scary stories, watching horror films…


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