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     History of Halloween, 31 October, Halloween.

     Halloween falls on October 31 of every year. Read Halloween history, meaning Halloween.

    "Trick or Treat!" A catchy word for Halloween (October 31 of every year). Many people know that the symbol of Halloween must have a costume party. And must have a pumpkin that peculiarly looks ... but then did you know that Halloween history How important.

Halloween meaning And the history of Halloween

     In Catholicism, Halloween is an English word. Distorted from the words All Hallows Eves, which means the day before the Immaculate Conception. By editing with Hallow + Eve = Halloween, the word Hallow is an Anglo-Saxon word meaning sacred. The German word "heiligen" is popularly used today. The Latin word for sanctify. The word Hallow is also used in old prayers, such as Hallowed be thy Name.

     The word Hallow also means sacred. The holy saint. Therefore, All Hallowmas means the Immaculate Conception Day. Nowadays, the word "All Saints Day" is used in conjunction with Christmas, which means either the celebration of Christ or Christmas.

     On the eve of the Christmas Eve there is a popular Christmas Eve called the night (before) Christmas. The day before the Immaculate Conception All saints have All Hallowmas Eve, which is abbreviated as Halloween, with festivals and religious ceremonies like Christmas night. Catholics unite to postpone religious rituals. After all the Saints' Day and called All Souls Day to be paired with (All Saints Day).

History of Halloween

     Halloween every year Will coincide with the 31st of October. It is believed to have originated from the New Year's Day celebration of the Celtians on 1 November, called Samhain, which is the name of the god of death. On October 31, the Celts (Celt), one of the indigenous tribes in Ireland It is considered to be the end of the summer and the next day on November 1 is the new year.

     Which, on October 31, the Celts believed that It's the day when the dimensions of the dead and living are linked together. And the spirits of those who died in the past year Will search for the body of the living In order to live again Trouble for people Must find every means that the spirit will not haunt the body The Celts therefore turned off all the lights in the house. Keep the weather cold And is not desired by all the evil spirits And also trying to dress strange Disguised as a ghost And make a loud noise To make the real ghost scare away and disappear.

     In addition, the night celebrated the end of the harvest season. And animals may be brought Or crops to sacrifice to the spirits And the soul too After that night all lights will be extinguished. And re-lit with the sacred fire of the Celts.

     Some legends have even described that the "people who think they were possessed by ghosts" is a slaughter of chickens to scare them. But that's an event that occurred since BC. That the idea of sprite is deeply rooted in the human mind Later in the first century BC Romans inherited Halloween traditions from the Celts. But has cut off the burning of a haunted person Changed to burn the puppet instead.

     In the days following Roman Catholics wanting to eliminate the celebrations of these pagan Christians, Pope Gregory 4 set the date November 1 as the All Saints Day or All Hallows Day for Christians to remember the saint. And those who have died But the celebration on the night of October 31, or Hallow's Eve, still exists today. But the name is distorted to be Halloween.

     Time has passed Beliefs about ghosts haunt human bodies in decline, respectively. Halloween is therefore just a ceremonial dress up as ghosts, witches, monsters as will be created.

Halloween from England to America.

     Previously, Halloween was held in England, Ireland, Scotland and neighboring countries only. But when Irish and Scots immigrated to settle in the United States During the 1840s, this tradition was also implemented. Appeared to like Americans of all races Therefore always followed seriously And from the middle of the 19th century onwards, it has become a national festival to this day.

Halloween Activities

     Halloween celebrations are popular in the United States, Ireland, United Kingdom, Canada, and also in Australia. And New Zealand too As well as other European countries, it is popular to hold Halloween parties for fun In Western countries, children dress up as ghosts, convince friends to go out for a celebration called trick or treat (walking or knocking), knocking on the door to ask for snacks in the house.

     Another trick of Halloween In addition to knocking on the door to ask for snacks in different houses, apples are also being introduced With a six-pence coin put into the bath If anyone can distinguish these two things by using the coin mouth And use the fork to dip the apple once That person is considered to be lucky throughout the upcoming new year.

     The old English woman would go out to sow and plow a hemp seed at midnight on Halloween. Along with taking the faithful prayer by reciting the spell that "The seed that I sowed, please help my future mate to appear." After that, I looked through my left shoulder. Will see the vision of the body of his future husband (This is the belief of English girls)

Playing Trick or Treat

     For Trick or Treat, which means "trick or treat", began in the 9th century by Europeans, which considered November 2 as "All Souls". "Soul Cake" from one village to another, believing that the more cakes The spirits of the donor relatives also receive merit. Giving only a chance to go to heaven.

     The quake tradition in the United States is to pay close attention to the small houses that will be decorated with pumpkin lanterns and straw figurine as part of the Harvest Festival. White and orange corn.

     The children in the neighborhood will fancy dress up. As ghosts knocked at the door of the house By focusing on the house with decorative pumpkin lanterns (Because it implies welcoming them) and asks "Trick or Treat?" The homeowner has the right to answer the Treat with surrender. Give the sweets to those ghosts (children) as if they are too scary or choose to answer Trick to challenge those ghosts to rampage. Which could be anything From sticking out his tongue to haunt his eyes To the point of breaking small things and may end up treating the children with candy in the end.


     In ancient times, it was said that children who didn't eat snacks would tease homeowners, such as putting raw eggs in the mailbox on Halloween nights. Most people have snacks and candy prepared so that they do not have to be teased by ghosts (children). Halloween Chocolate Candy Variety. Link Below.

     And it is indispensable for the Halloween season, which is decorated with lights And the pumpkin carving is a piercing lamp to make the eyes, nose and mouth smirk called Jacks-O '-Lantern. (jack-o'-lantern).

The legend of pumpkin carving Jack-O '-Lantern (jack-o'-lantern)

     The myth about pumpkins Is a folk legend of the Irish people, referring to Jack the Tapeworm, a drunken magician One day he tricked the devil up onto the tree and wrote a cross at the base of the tree. Can't make the devil come down From then he made a deal with the devil "Do not bring bad things to seduce him again" and then he will release the demons from the tree. When Jack dies, he refuses to go to heaven. Because he had thought in the way of evil At the same time he refused to go to hell. Because he made a deal with the devil The devil then gave him the charcoal that was burning. To allow him to lead the way in the dark and cold, and Jack put this charcoal in a turnip that was punched to hollow For the fire to burn longer.

     The Irish then carved the turnip turnip. And put the fire inside Another symbol of Halloween. In remembrance "Stop the evil" Trick or Treat to give merit to the deceased relatives. And religious ceremonies for making merit on New Year's Day But when celebrating Halloween in the United States Americans find that pumpkins are much easier to find than turnips. Therefore switched to use pumpkin instead.

Halloween drink

     Traditionally, Halloween is a observance. And do not drink alcohol or extravagant food. There may be Soul Cake, which is a traditional tradition of Halloween. Or non-meat food And when receiving the Seoul Cake to pray for the deceased in return (however, this is a drama at "Halloween", not a ritual Therefore, to organize a party in our home must have snacks, water and food as normal).

     However, Thai people nowadays know about Halloween festivals as well as various European traditions, such as Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas, or Valentine's Day. Halloween nights in Bangkok tend to be organized by inviting night-time tourists to dress in fancy clothes. Wearing a mask of various demons for a colorful Halloween night.

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