Halloween 2022: History & Culture Of The Spookiest Festival Of The Year
2 years, 1 month ago

Halloween 2022: History & Culture Of The Spookiest Festival Of The Year

ABP News  

New Delhi: Halloween is here. Before we dive into the Halloween 2022 celebrations, let us take a moment to reflect the history behind the spookiest festival of the year. It is said that the Halloween traditions across many parts of the world have been influenced by the Celtic harvest festivals, particularly Gaelic festival Samhain. While the pagan history is referenced to having an influence on the festival, many believe that Halloween is a solely Christian holiday, being the vigil of All Hallow's Day. Popular activities include trick-or-treating, attending costume parties, carving pumpkins into jack-o-lanterns, apple bobbing, playing pranks, divination games, visiting haunted places, telling scary tales, watching horror or Halloweeen-themed films etc.

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Remembering Saints on All Saints' Day: A Spiritual Celebration of the Dead
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Remembering Saints on All Saints' Day: A Spiritual Celebration of the Dead

Hindustan Times  

All Saints' Day is a somber and spiritual day in the church's liturgical calendar that shares pagan roots with Halloween. It honours martyrs and saints, with believers and non-believers alike observing the day. In Poland, it is one of the most important days of the year, with people traveling back to their family homes to gather with those still living …

Spiritual, not spooky. After Halloween, Christians observe All Saints' Day
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Spiritual, not spooky. After Halloween, Christians observe All Saints' Day

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But one day later, Christians …

Honouring darkness and death in grand style – celebrate Halloween the Irish way
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Honouring darkness and death in grand style – celebrate Halloween the Irish way

The Independent  

Of all the elaborate ideas humans have come up with to make life more bearable, one of our most creative and enduring is this annual celebration of death, decay and darkness. “I believe that Ireland has always had a healthy relationship with death – just think of the ritual of the wake – and a renewal of interest in Samhain …

Google Doodle celebrates Halloween with poem and illustrations
1 year, 1 month ago

Google Doodle celebrates Halloween with poem and illustrations

Live Mint  

Google Doodle unveiled a Halloween doodle today with several illustrations and poems by Emily Barrera. Halloween day marks the day before the Western Christian feast of All Saints and initiates the season of Allhallowtide that lasts for three days. On this day, Halloween parties take place that include games such as bobbing for apples which is derived from the Roman …

Behind the Boo! How did Halloween start and why is it celebrated?
1 year, 1 month ago

Behind the Boo! How did Halloween start and why is it celebrated?

Hindustan Times  

How did Halloween begin? The spooky festival dates back to the ancient festival of Samhain, celebrated by the Celts, who lived about 2,000 years ago. The spooky festival dates back to the ancient festival of Samhain, celebrated by the Celts, who lived about 2,000 years ago in what are known today as Ireland, the United Kingdom, and northern France. Over …

Halloween Day 2023: Date, history, significance and celebration
1 year, 1 month ago

Halloween Day 2023: Date, history, significance and celebration

Hindustan Times  

Halloween 2023: That time of the year again when people across the world and of any age group trick or treat and prefer to chill out with friends drinking pumpkin spiced drinks as the festival of Halloween or All Hallows’ Eve has something for all ages and is an annual celebration of all things spooky and fear inducing. On this …

All Saints' Day: What is the Christian festival of remembrance that follows Halloween?
1 year, 3 months ago

All Saints' Day: What is the Christian festival of remembrance that follows Halloween?

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. All Saints’ Day – also known as All Hallows’ Day or Hallowmas, “hallow” meaning …

Halloween 2022: History and significance; all you need to know
2 years, 1 month ago

Halloween 2022: History and significance; all you need to know

Firstpost  

Halloween is considered to be the scariest festival of the year and is celebrated in Europe and America on 31 October. Halloween originated from an ancient Celtic celebration that took place on the final day of harvest. Here is all you need to know about how your favourite spookiest festival came into existence: History of Halloween All Hallows’ Eve, which …

Op-Ed: Halloween’s Celtic roots are a lot spookier than witches and candy bars
2 years, 2 months ago

Op-Ed: Halloween’s Celtic roots are a lot spookier than witches and candy bars

LA Times  

A parade goes through Glastonbury, England, to celebrate Samhain. In 9th century Irish literature, Samhain, halfway between the autumn equinox and the winter solstice, is mentioned many times as an integral part of the Celtic culture. These megalithic sites would at times host huge numbers of people, gathered together for brief periods around specific calendar dates. According to early Irish …

When is Halloween in 2021: Date, significance and celebration
3 years, 11 months ago

When is Halloween in 2021: Date, significance and celebration

India Today  

Halloween is that time of the year when our spooky senses come to life! Every year, the world celebrates Halloween on October 31; where we put on our avant-garde costumes and party, collect candies, watch horror movies, and read classic gothic novels. Halloween: Significance Celtics strongly believed that on the night before the new year, the boundary between the worlds …

Halloween 2020: DIY Costumes to Dress up the Right Way for This Spooky Festival
4 years, 1 month ago

Halloween 2020: DIY Costumes to Dress up the Right Way for This Spooky Festival

News 18  

Celebrated annually on October 31, the tradition originated from the Celtic festival of Samhain, observed to ward off ghosts. Over the years Halloween has evolved into a day of activities like carving jack-o-lanterns, festive gatherings, popularised further by a number of horror movies. While this year might exactly not be the best for congregating in large numbers due to the …

Halloween 2020: History and Significance of the Celtic Festival to Remember the Dead
4 years, 1 month ago

Halloween 2020: History and Significance of the Celtic Festival to Remember the Dead

News 18  

Halloween 2020 is here and people have already started getting ready for their spooky look for the day. Halloween can be traced to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain when the Celts, who lived 2,000 years ago mostly in the area that is now Ireland, the United Kingdom and parts of France, celebrated their new year on November 1. Halloween …

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