Halloween, or Hallowe'en, is a feast celebrated on the night of October 31. Traditional activities include trick-or-treat, Halloween festivities, bonfire, costume parties, visiting "haunted houses", the display of horror film, and going on haunted hayrides. Halloween originated from Pagan festival of Samhain, celebrated between the Celts of Ireland and Great Britain. Irish and Scottish immigrants conducted versions of the tradition to North America in the nineteenth century. Other Western countries embraced the holiday in the late twentieth century. Halloween has been celebrated in various parts of the western world, most commonly in Ireland, the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom.
The word Halloween (and his performance Hallowe'en elderly), is reduced from All-holy-even, as is the evening of / before "All Hallows' Day", also known as "All Saints' Day. " It was a day of religious festivities in various northern European traditions Pagan, until Popes Gregory III and Gregory IV moved the old Christian feast of All Saints' Day from May 13 to November 1. In IX century, the Church as measured on the day of departure at sunset, in accordance with the timetable Florentine. Although All Saints' (or Hallows') Day is now considered to occur after a day of Halloween, the two holidays were, at that time, celebrated on the same day. liturgically, the Church traditionally celebrated that day as the eve of All Saints, and, until 1970, a day of fasting as well. Like other vigils was held the previous day, where it is fell on a Sunday, even if secular celebrations of the holiday, remained on 31. The vigil was abolished in 1955, but was later restored after the war Vatican II calendar.
In Ireland, the name of the holiday was All Hallows' Eve (often abbreviated as Hallow Eve), and although rarely used today, the name is still well accepted, even if a bit esoteric. In Ireland, the festival is known as spelled samoni (the night of Samhain), or simply Samhain; In Scottish Gaelic is Samhainn or Samhain; In Wales, the Welsh assembly Calan; "Allantide" for Cornwall and "Hop-tu - Naa for the Manx. Halloween is also called Pooky Night in some parts of Ireland, presumably named after the púca, a mischievous spirit.
Many European cultural traditions believe that Halloween is one of liminal moments of the year when the spirits can get in touch with the physical world, and when the magic is more powerful (second, for example, Catalan mythology about witches and Irish tales the mysteries).
The modern celebration of Halloween has its origins in ancient Gaelic holiday known as Samhain. The Samhain festival is a celebration of the end of harvest season in Gaelic culture, and is considered as "The Celtic New Year." Traditionally, the festival was once used by the ancient pagans to do an inventory of supplies and slaughter of livestock for winter stores. The ancient Celts believed that on 31 October, the boundaries between the worlds of the living and the dead overlapped and the deceased would be returned to life and cause disasters such as disease or damage to crops. The festival which often involve bonfires, where the bones of slaughtered animals were thrown.
Costumes and masks were worn to the festival in an attempt to imitate the evil spirits or appease. When the Romans occupied territory Celtic, Roman traditions have also been included in the festival. Worship, a day celebrated at the end of October by the Romans for the loss of lives, and a festival that celebrated the Roman goddess Pomona, goddess of fruit were included in the celebrations. The symbol of Pomona was an apple, which is a proposal of origin for the tradition of bobbing for apples on Halloween.
The word Halloween (and his performance Hallowe'en elderly), is reduced from All-holy-even, as is the evening of / before "All Hallows' Day", also known as "All Saints' Day. " It was a day of religious festivities in various northern European traditions Pagan, until Popes Gregory III and Gregory IV moved the old Christian feast of All Saints' Day from May 13 to November 1. In IX century, the Church as measured on the day of departure at sunset, in accordance with the timetable Florentine. Although All Saints' (or Hallows') Day is now considered to occur after a day of Halloween, the two holidays were, at that time, celebrated on the same day. liturgically, the Church traditionally celebrated that day as the eve of All Saints, and, until 1970, a day of fasting as well. Like other vigils was held the previous day, where it is fell on a Sunday, even if secular celebrations of the holiday, remained on 31. The vigil was abolished in 1955, but was later restored after the war Vatican II calendar.
In Ireland, the name of the holiday was All Hallows' Eve (often abbreviated as Hallow Eve), and although rarely used today, the name is still well accepted, even if a bit esoteric. In Ireland, the festival is known as spelled samoni (the night of Samhain), or simply Samhain; In Scottish Gaelic is Samhainn or Samhain; In Wales, the Welsh assembly Calan; "Allantide" for Cornwall and "Hop-tu - Naa for the Manx. Halloween is also called Pooky Night in some parts of Ireland, presumably named after the púca, a mischievous spirit.
Many European cultural traditions believe that Halloween is one of liminal moments of the year when the spirits can get in touch with the physical world, and when the magic is more powerful (second, for example, Catalan mythology about witches and Irish tales the mysteries).
The modern celebration of Halloween has its origins in ancient Gaelic holiday known as Samhain. The Samhain festival is a celebration of the end of harvest season in Gaelic culture, and is considered as "The Celtic New Year." Traditionally, the festival was once used by the ancient pagans to do an inventory of supplies and slaughter of livestock for winter stores. The ancient Celts believed that on 31 October, the boundaries between the worlds of the living and the dead overlapped and the deceased would be returned to life and cause disasters such as disease or damage to crops. The festival which often involve bonfires, where the bones of slaughtered animals were thrown.
Costumes and masks were worn to the festival in an attempt to imitate the evil spirits or appease. When the Romans occupied territory Celtic, Roman traditions have also been included in the festival. Worship, a day celebrated at the end of October by the Romans for the loss of lives, and a festival that celebrated the Roman goddess Pomona, goddess of fruit were included in the celebrations. The symbol of Pomona was an apple, which is a proposal of origin for the tradition of bobbing for apples on Halloween.
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