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Halloween or Hallowe'en
A contraction of "All Hallows' Evening"), also known as All
Hallows' Eve, is a yearly celebration observed in a
number of countries on October 31, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows' Day. It initiates the triduum ofHallowmas, the time in the liturgical year dedicated to remembering the dead, including saints (hallows),martyrs, and all the faithful departed believers.
According to many scholars, All Hallows' Eve is a Christianized feast initially influenced by Celtic harvest festivals,with possible pagan roots, particularly the GaelicSamhain. Other academics maintain that it originated independently of Samhain and
has solely Christian roots.
Typical festive Halloween activities include trick-or-treating (or the related "guising" or "trunk-or-treating"), attending costume parties, decorating, carving pumpkins into jack-o'-lanterns, lighting bonfires, apple bobbing, visiting haunted
attractions, playing pranks, telling scary stories, and watching horror films.
Jack-o´lanterns
Jack-o'-lanterns are traditionally carried by guisers on All Hallows' Eve in order to frighten evil spirits.
The origins of the jack-o'-lantern are
uncertain, but are widely believed to have been popularized by legend in Ireland, where turnips, mangelwurzel or beets were
supposedly used.
Trick-or-treating,
trunk-or-treating and guising
Trick-or-treating is a customary celebration
for children on Halloween. Children go in costume from house to house, asking
for treats such as candy or
sometimes money, with the question, "Trick or treat?" The word
"trick" refers to "threat" to perform mischief on the
homeowners or their property if no treat is given.
Food
Some foods associated with Halloween:
Pumpkin,
pumpkin pie, pumpkin bread
Roasted pumpkin seeds
Roasted sweet corn
From Wikipedia.
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