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Halloween stands for Hallows’ Evening. It happens on the night before All Hallows’ Day, which is now known as All Saints’ Day. This Christian festival takes place on November 1st.
The history of Halloween goes back to the old beliefs of the Celts. These Celts were the forefathers of today’s Irish, Welsh, and Scottish populations. During the 5th century BC in Celtic Ireland, summer officially finished on October 31st. On November 1st, the Celts held a celebration called Samhain. This event signaled the start of winter and the Celtic New Year. The Celts believed that on October 31st, the boundary between the real world and the spirit world became extremely thin. Time and space seemed to stop suddenly. They thought that the souls of the deceased would return and roam around, searching for living people to take over.
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One of the oldest Halloween traditions comes from the ancient Celts, who lived in western and central Europe long ago. The Celts celebrated a holiday called Samhain on October 31. After sunset that day, people believed that spirits of the dead would rise and walk the earth. The Celts made offerings of food and drink to keep the spirits away.
Beginning about 2,000 years ago, the Roman Empire conquered many Celtic peoples. But Celtic traditions, including Samhain, remained strong in areas such as Ireland and Scotland, even after the Roman conquest.
The Roman Catholic Church tried to replace Samhain in 835 with All Saints' Day, a day to honor saints of the Church. The eve of All Saints' Day is October 31. It is called All Hallows or Hallowmas by the Church.
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Halloween is for the "All Hallows' Evening". However, due to various reasons, Halloween has become the year's most popular and one of the most popular festivals, and many people with great enthusiasm to celebrate this holiday.
Halloween in October 31, in fact, praise and autumn festivals like Beltane is the festival of spring like the praise. Of ancient Gaul, Britain and Ireland, priest-druids to have a grand festival praise of autumn, from October 31 beginning at midnight the following day, November 1 continued all day. In their view, that night they are a great Death-Salman to that year were all summoned the ghost of dead people, these evil spirits are subject to care for the livestock health and punishment. Of course, as long as the thought of such a gathering of ghosts, it was enough to make fools of those simple-minded understanding of the heart bile war. So they lit the sky of the bon fire, and close surveillance of these evil spirits.
Halloween witches and ghosts everywhere to say is just the beginning. So far in Europe, there are some isolated areas where people believe it is true. Ancient Rome in November 1 there is also a holiday, which is used to pay tribute to their goddess of Bo Monna. They bear ribs roasted nut and apples before the bon fire. Our own Halloween seems to be a holiday by the Roman and the druid's holiday blend made of. Halloween activities in the original is very simple, and mostly in the church carried out. However, in the whole of Europe, it is regarded as a Halloween enjoys lap stick, Jiangguigushi and a good opportunity to scare each other. So people will no longer be used to raise this Autumn Festival, but it becomes supernatural, witches and ghosts festival.
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The origin of Halloween
While there are many versions of the origins and old customs of Halloween, some remain consistent by all accounts. Different cultures view Halloween somewhat differently but traditional Halloween practices remain the same.
Halloween culture can be traced back to the druids, a Celtic culture in Ireland, Britain and northern Europe. Roots lay in the feast of Samhain, which was annually on October 31st to honor the dead.
Samhain signifies "summer's end" or November. Samhain was a harvest festival with huge sacred bon fires, marking the end of the Celtic year and beginning of a new one. Many of the practices involved in this celebration were fed on superstition.
The Celts believed the souls of the dead roamed the streets and villages at night. Since not all spirits were thought to be friendly, gifts and treats were left out to pacify the evil and ensure next year's crops would be plentiful. This custom evolved into trick-or-treating.
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Candles are usually placed inside, giving the face a spooky glow.
Halloween is a holiday celebrated on October 31. By tradition, Halloween begins after sunset. Long ago, people believed that witches gathered together and ghosts roamed the world on Halloween. Today, most people no longer believe in hosts and witches. But these supernatural beings are still a part of Halloween.
The colors black and orange are also a part of Halloween. Black is a symbol for night and orange is the color of pumpkins. A jack-o'-lantern is a hollowed-out pumpkin with a face carved on one side. Candles are usually placed inside, giving the face a spooky glow.