What is Halloween ?

Halloween is a holiday which is celebrated every year on 31st October, this tradition came from the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain,on this day people light bonfires and wear weird costumes to ward of the ghosts. In the 8th century, the pope Gregory (The Third) announced November 1st as the day to pay respect to all saints of Samhain and the evening before November 1st was hence called the Hallows Eve and also Halloween.

Origination

The Halloween tradition was first introduced in the United Kingdom and the northern France, November 1st was also celebrated as the beginning of a new year in France and United Kingdom, the Halloween's evening is believed to be the end of summer and the harvest and the start of a long, cold and dark winter.

American Halloween

Earlier Halloween was only considered as a tradition in United Kingdom only because of some shallow protesters who wanted to keep this tradition for themselves only but when the American Indians came to United Kingdom and blended in with the people there and their traditions, soon Halloween came to America also.

What people do on Halloween ?

On the evening of Halloween people gather together and light bonfires to burn crops and animal sacrifice to welcome the ghosts who are believed to come back from the dead to the earth, people wear animal skin or look like costumes with animal or carved pumpkin on their head and try to tell the future to each other. It is believed that the ghosts who rise from the dead will help saints to tell the future.

Modern Halloween

In modern times, today Halloween is not just a tradition, it became the day for all the people around the world to gather together and celebrate, throwing parties where people dress-up in ghost costumes and enjoy all together. Cosplay competitions are organised on this day, now it has become the spectators event for people, Halloween is not limited in the country's boundries where it was originated, now it is celebrated all around the world.

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Happy Halloween.