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HISTORY OF HALLOWEEN

Halloween is a celebration of the Anglo-Saxon culture which takes place in the night of October 31.
Its origins go back to the Celts, more than 2,500 years ago, when the year ended Celtic at the end of the summer, on October 31 of our calendar (Samhain). Livestock was taken from pastures to the stables for the winter. That last day, it was assumed that the spirits could leave the cemetery and take over the bodies of the living to resurrect, requesting food and maldecirles. They were victims of conjuros if not accede to their demands: give me something or you do a mischief, which is the translation of "Trick or Treat" (Trick or Treatment).

To avoid this, villages Celtic dirty houses and "decorated" with bones, skulls and other unpleasant things, so that the dead rising from long scared. Hence comes the tradition of decorating houses with sinister motives in the current eve of All Saints' and the costumes. It is thus a party associated with the coming of the pagan gods to life.

The Church of Rome decided to convert to Catholicism holiday. It was established on November 1 as All Saints Day, which in England is called "All Hallows' Day", and the night before "All Hallows' Eve" which subsequently resulted in "Halloween."

TRADITIONS:

children and those not so masquerade, while competing among themselves to see what is the most horrible of all disguise, and go from house to house giving the famous ultimatum "trick or treat" (trick or treatment). Meet the origin and significance of this famous speech, certainly the favorite of children on the night of Halloween.

Another custom deeply rooted in Halloween is to seek and eat sweets. Apparently tradition began in Europe in the ninth century when every November 2 (All Souls Day, Day of All Souls), Iban Christians from town to town asking for "soul cakes" (soul cakes), which were pieces sweet bread. The more "soul cakes" were more promising pray for the peace of the dead relatives of those who gave them such alms. Over time, this custom was fused with the feast of Halloween into another typical feature of the celebration.