Halloween is celebrated every year on 31 October in Western countries such as the United Kingdom (UK), Ireland, Scotland, the United States and various European countries on the eve of All Saints’ Day.
The day is marked with spooky fest And it is celebrated with great enthusiasm all over the world. People dress up as ghosts, witches, zombies, fictional characters, etc., and organize parades, parties and celebrations on Halloween.
Participants take part in the “Zombie Walk” parade to celebrate Halloween in Kiev, Ukraine. (Source: Reuters/Valentin Ogirenko)
Why is Halloween celebrated only on 31 October?
In countries such as the UK and Ireland, it was a common belief that extraterrestrial beings – or the dead – could visit Earth each year on the eve of All Saints Day. The Celtics, a collection of tribes with origins in Central Europe, hold a similar view. He marked 31 October as the eve of New Year’s celebrations and believed in the blurring of the lines between the dead and the living that day. October 31 marked the end of the Celtics’ harvest season with a festival called ‘Soin’.
A participant takes part in the “Zombie Walk” parade to celebrate the upcoming Halloween in Kiev, Ukraine. (Source: Reuters/Valentin Ogirenko)
In the early days, rural villagers would gather, light bonfires and have fun to take the dead back to the spirit world and keep them away from the living. As the influence of the Catholic Church grew in Europe, it rejected pagan rituals such as soin.
Later, in the 7th century, the Vatican began to merge it with a church-sanctioned holiday.
Why do people dress up as ghosts on Halloween?
A man wears a costume during a Halloween event at an amusement park in Beijing, China. (Source: Reuters/Thomas Peter)
dressing up as supernatural beings Considered a Celtic tradition. The logic is that people wear scary clothes on Halloween to avoid being recognized by evil spirits. The Celtics would wear sinister masks to avoid any sparring with the dead.
What is trick and treating?
Daveney Boyle smiles while paddle boarding with others dressed as witches before Halloween on Lake Washington in Seattle, Washington. (Source: Reuters/Matt Mills McKnight)
trick and cure Originated in the late 1930s when Americans were inspired by Irish and English traditions to celebrate Halloween. Deception meant going from house to house, asking for food or money dressed up Horror costumes.
Dana Saporito, Bernadette DeCarlo, and Jackie Shebes, dressed like witches, share a laugh at the official Salem Witches Halloween Ball in Salem, Massachusetts, US (Source: Reuters/Reba Saldanha)
The term “trick or treat” is said to have originated from the idea that families could prevent possible tricks being played on them by treating children with candy.
Tracy Sanders, Kat Heseltine, Jennifer Steinman, and Maureen Finaldi, dressed like witches, pose for a photo together at the official Salem Witches Halloween Ball in Salem, Massachusetts. (Source: Reuters/Reba Saldanha)
It was believed that the ghost could visit people’s homes as a beggar for food or money (healing) and if you cast it away, you risk facing the wrath of the spirit. Another myth tells that if you dressed as a ghost, Then the ghosts will be tricked into thinking that you are one of them and will not do you any harm.
A well-known cultural part of Halloween is the lighting of “jack-o’-lanterns”, which in modern times people carve on pumpkins. According to folklore, the Celtics originally used potatoes or turnips to make makeshift lamps in their home on Halloween to invite good spirits.
Revelers dressed like the Netflix series “Squid Game” for a Halloween creepy party at the Kulturbruerei in Berlin, Germany. (Source: AP/PTI)
This festival has got priority in almost every corner of the world. It is also celebrated on a large scale in many Asian countries like China, Japan and India.
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