Halloween: what it is and why it is celebrated on October 31

Halloween: what it is and why it is celebrated on October 31

October 30, 2024 – 22:30

With different origins, comes one of the most fun celebrations of the month. I know what it means.

He Halloween is celebrated on October 31a holiday that spread internationally to many countries around the world, but what was its origin? It is normally celebrated in Anglo-Saxon countries, the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, but over the years, it moved to Spain and some Latin American countries.

Without a doubt, the reason for this universalization of Halloween was because it was a commercial and advertising phenomenon of cinema United States. Both the aesthetics and the celebrations were attractive to all consumers of North American cinema and this custom began to be imitated, both for the benefit of some companies and for fun.

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What is Halloween and what does it mean?

the word means “All Hallows’ Eve”, which translates as “Eve of all saints”but the holiday has two origins. One of them Christian and the other Celtic. The one of Christian origin is known as All Saints’ Day and took place on November 1st. On the other hand, the Celtic festival was a pagan festival called Samhain, similar to the New Year, because it celebrated the end of the harvests and summer period.

The festival that we know today is the one of Celtic origin that moved to Ireland. And the Irish brought it, in turn, to the United States during the great famine in their country in 1840. But only 80 years later would it be celebrated on a massive scale, in Minnesota there was a great Halloween parade in 1921. To this, Parties followed in other states of the territory and they also moved to the rest of the Anglo-Saxon countries.

Different ways to celebrate Halloween

There are different ways to celebrate this holiday. One of the most common are costumes, both for children and young people. In the case of children, they are used to go asking for candy with the slogan “trick or treat.” On the other hand, teenagers and young people usually attend costume parties. Initially with the occasion of death such as skeletons, witches, corpses, but over time they also opted for more comical costumes.

Pumpkins are also a typical Halloween element. Along with cobwebs, coffins, spiders, vampires and other objects. Holes are made in the pumpkins in the shape of eyes, nose and mouth and they are emptied inside to place a candle that illuminates them and creates a gloomy and terrifying effect. Bonfires are also often lit in the United States in honor of Celtic New Year celebrations.

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