Halloween

What is Halloween?

Halloween is celebrated on the night of October 31 in various ways that

are more or less original:
costumed children going door to door for goodness or tricks to make those
who do not provide coins or sweets (trick or treat) and all the while
singing and make rhymes like "Trick or Treat / smell my feet / Give me
Something good to eat ";
theme parties where each participant is unrecognizable disguise in witches,
vampires, pumpkins, skeletons, owls;
bonfires to ward off evil spirits;
pumpkin carvings or simple cuts in coming to life once the signal has
placed within them;
watching horror movies, not necessarily in the group, that feeling of fear to
be diminished.
Halloween is celebrated especially in his native country, Ireland, and the
United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, United Kingdom, New Zealand and
even Australia.

Origin Celebration

Hundreds of years ago, in realms unknown today as

Britain and Northern France, lived the Celts. They
celebrated their new year on November 1 with a
festival that marked the end of summer and the
beginning of the dark and cold related death. This
festival called Samhain, last 3 days, and people
dressed in animal skins and heads. Festival fires often
involve the animal bones were thrown and people
hoping to ward off evil spirits in costumes as scary.

History Name

The term Halloween, Halloween or Hallow

E'en as they call it Ireland is short for Allhallow-even, which is Hallowe'en. In Old
English, the word "hallow" means
"sanctification".

Symbols of Halloween

pumpkin
witch
bat
cats
masks

Pumpkin

Pumpkin is the best known

symbol of Halloween . Although
it is associated with North
American habit of making
lanterns from vegetables has its
origins in Britain and Ireland,
which were in fact kohlrabi or
beets in order to ward off evil
spirits from homes. This custom
came to the United States with the
Irish who emigrated there.
Gradually it was associated with
harvest time , but in time became
the symbol of Halloween .

Witches

Witches have come to be

associated with Halloween
because they believe that
this night has a great load of
supernatural powers. Or
ghosts , spirits and witches
are the most recognizable
symbols of this idea .
Regarding witches , legends
say that they fool people to
retreat into the mountains
spells, where it remains
captive forever.

Bats

Bats are associated with

Halloween because they
are nocturnal animals
that live in deserted
places , and thus
considered evil beings .
Even witches turn into
bats and fly to be able to
move more easily at
night

The meaning of Halloween

Black: associated with the night, witches,

black cats, vampires, bats;
orange: associated with pumpkins, fall;
purple: associated with night, mystic,
supernatural;
Red: associated with blood and evil.