HALOWEEN ORIGINS

What we know today as Halloween or Halloween is celebrated make over 3000 years by the

Celts, a warrior people who inhabited areas of Ireland, England, Scotland and France.

Precisely October 31, Celts celebrated the new year with Samhain, a pagan festival. With

European immigration to the United States, mainly of Irish Catholics in 1846, came the

tradition of Halloween to America. When talking about Halloween or Day of the Witches

thinking about costumes, makeup, party, sweets and children, but tradition states that its

conclusion was not always festive and cheerful, and that the rites that were practiced during

the night they had a character and religious cleansing.

HALLOWEEN IN UNITED KINGDOM

In this country, the festival takes place on October

31, as is happening in the United States. During the

night of All Souls two well-known festivals, the feast

of Samhain (in Ireland) and Pomona Day (day of the

goddess of fruits and gardens) are combined. During

the festivities smaller masquerade as something

terrifying, children of England, like Scotland should

win the gift through different games.

HALLOWEEN IN USA

A truly American holiday, Halloween always falls

on October 31, and is the time when the young and

young-at-heart don costumes, troll for treats, and go

in search of spooky activities, such as touring

haunted houses and cemeteries.Halloween festivities

are celebrated in many different ways in cities and

towns across the United States, ranging from family-

friendly trick-or-treating to adults-only costume

parties

SUPERSTITIONS

Bats: if you see a bat flying around your house your

house is haunted

Black cats: if you see a black cat Halloween night

means that a witch is close, because cats are

companions of witches

Pumpkin lamps: pumpkins with candles inside were

used to guide the spirits of the family at home.