Monday, November 2, 2009

Halloween


Halloween means All Hallows Eve, or the night before the 'All Hallows', also called 'All Hallowmas', or 'All Saints’, All Soul observed on November 1.It is celebrated on October 31st in every year. Its original date back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain .The Celts celebrated their new year on November 1, which means the end of summer, the harvest and the beginning of the dark, cold winter .Beside, a time of this year was often connected to human death. On the night of October31, they celebrated Samhain, when it was believed that the ghosts of the dead returned to earth and it is a day which is easier for Celtic priests to make predictions about the future.


Moreover, there are a number of interesting things about Halloween, for example, the colours black and orange have become associated with the celebrations because of the darkness of night and the colour of fire of pumpkins. Finally, There many activities on the celebrating of Halloween, including trick-or treating, wearing costumes and attending costume parties, ghost tours, bonfires and so on.

2 comments:

  1. Do you have a similar festival in China?

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  2. Yeah,we call it Qingming Festival,but it is quite different from Halloween.

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