Halloween Day

Halloween originated from the festival of Samhain (from the Old Irish language samain) that celebrated ancient Celtic people. The festival of Samhain is a celebration of the end of the harvest season in Gaelic culture, and is sometimes called the "Celtic New Year". Celtic people who embraced paganism hereditary festival use the opportunity to slaughter livestock and food hoarding in preparation for winter.The nation's ancient Gael believes that the October 31, the limiting world of the dead and the living into the open. The dead endanger people living with the disease and damage crops. While celebrating the festival, Gael lit a bonfire to burn the bones of animals that they are hamstrung. Gael people wearing costumes and masks to pretend as evil spirits or seek peace with them.For many people Halloween night actually considered creepy and Satanic worship, especially in Indonesia, which do not ngerayain Halloween, but the problem is what exactly? someone said that Halloween actually not more than the ancient Celtic festival of nations, or Feralia celebration by the Romans. Add a variety of cultural influences that exist, and we'll see what it was Halloween, the celebration is mixed between life, death and change.In the context of the celebration, there are 5 things that we usually miss out on Halloween:1. Halloween is a big day the second largest in America after Christmas.Today begins with something that initially biasa2 wrote. Was first celebrated by only a few small communities, and is still closely associated with the harvest. Celebrations are colored with forecasts and games. Until the 19th century, then the influence of costumes and trick-or-treating forms began sweeping America. And in the early 20th century, this festival no longer contain religious motifs.2 - Trick-or-treating for Halloween comes from beggingProbe for the difference only, that only very low, the other is Ok. Some groups oppose this practice and considers that it is nothing more than bad actions. Although no clear documentation on this, but similar practices ever undertaken by the poor people in the UK, with the name "Souling" where on November 1, they beg for food from door to door, and in exchange for food they will pray for the spirit of the family of the deceased.3 - Flash lights in pumpkin Jack-o'-Lantern is from the devil.
According to legend, if you light a candle and put it in a pumpkin that has been in the form of grinning (Jack-O-Lantern), then you will actually make your home as a "gate" of hell. Stingy Jack, in one legend, said to have twice fooled the devil, and even according to the agreement, Satan will not take his life at the time of his death. Akirnya when Jack died, he did not feel at home in heaven and wanted to go to Hell, but according to the promise of Satan, Jack was rejected in hell. Therefore, he finally had to walk in darkness with only accompanied by lanterns made of turnips and filled with embers from the demons of hell had received4. Jack O Lantern is made from turnip earlyIn abada 19, Irish immigrants brought many traditions to the "new country", and one of them is Jack o Lantern. Here was associated with a hollowed turnip to hold the light source, to commemorate the legend of Stingy Jack. But according to the Ulster American Folk Park in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, they have difficulty in finding a turnip, so it should look for what can be used as a lantern maker, and eventually is used most vegetables are easy to find: pumpkin!5. Haloween is a celebration of new year Ancient CeltsFor the ancient Celts, the celebration of new year falls on November 1, or in other words, the closing time of harvest and the start of winter, early spring "death." On the night before November 1, the Celts believed that the natural mortality and the survivors will be very blurred seingga spirits of the dead can come back to earth, thus creating many problems, such as plants to die, so the Celtic nation will face a tough winter . The existence of the spirit makes the Celtic priests, called Druids are able to forecast the severity of winter conditions, so that will guide people to face the rigors of winter.For children in America, Halloween means the chance to wear Halloween costumes and get candy, while for adults the chance to party costumes. For retailers in America, Halloween ranks second behind Christmas as the celebration of the most profitable.The history of Halloween masks and costumes before 1900 in America or elsewhere is still little known because of the limitations of primary sources. Mass-produced Halloween costumes have not seen in stores until the 1950s, although there was a Halloween mask first.In 2005, the American candy manufacturers association reported 80% of adults plan on handing out candy to kids who come, while 93% of children want to go around from door to door neighbor's house on Halloween night.City of Anoka in the state of Minnesota claims itself as "the capital of Halloween" and celebrate with a massive parade. City of Salem in Massachusetts is famous for its legend of a witch from Salem is usually visited by more tourists ahead of Halloween.City of New York held a parade of the largest Halloween celebration in the United States called The Village Halloween Parade. Mask maker who pioneered Parade in Greenwich Village New York is now attracting the attention of 50 thousand costumed participants and watched by 4 million television viewers.