About Halloween

History of Halloween, as the history of any festival is inspired through traditions that have transpired through ages from one generation to another. They remain largely as they did our parents and grandparents. And as this process continues, much of their originality get distorted with new additions and alterations. This happens gradually, spanning over so many centuries, they barely know about these distortions. At one point in time we are puzzled, with its multicolored faces.

  

Digging into its history helps sieve between the facts and the fantasies which caught us off guard. However, doubts still lurk deep in our soul, especially when the reality differs from what has taken root deeply rooted in our beliefs. ‘Trick or treat’ may be innocent fun to enjoy at Halloween. But just think a lot of frightening fantasies and the scary stories of ghosts, witches, monsters, evils, elves and animal sacrifices associated with it. There are more innocent. Are these stories a myth or a mixture of reality? Come and immerse yourself in the history of Halloween for you to display the age veil of mysticism draped around it.

Behind the name … Halloween, Hallow E’en, or as they call it in Ireland, means All Hallows Eve, or the night before “All Hallows’, also called” All Saints Day All ‘or’ All Saints Day, or day All Saints’ Day, observed on 1 November. In Old English “Halloween” which meant the word “sanctify.” Catholics, Episcopalians and Lutherans used to observe All Saints Day to honor all the saints in heaven, known or unknown. It is used to consider it with all solemnity as one of the most important celebrations of the church year. And Catholics, all and sundry, was obliged to attend Mass. The Romans observed the holiday Feralia, intended to give rest and peace to the departed. Participants made sacrifices in honor of the dead, offered up prayers for them, and made offerings to them. The festival was held on February 21 at the end of the Roman year. In the seventh century, Pope Boniface IV introduced All Saints’ Day to replace the pagan festival of the dead. Was observed on 13 May. Later, Gregory III changed the date to November 1. The Greek Orthodox Church observed the first Sunday after Pentecost. Despite this relationship with the Roman Church, the American version of Halloween Day celebration has its origins in the ancient festival of fire (pre-Christian) Druidic called “Samhain”, celebrated by the Celts in Scotland, Wales and Ireland . Samhain is pronounced “sow-in”, with “sow” rhyming with cow. In Ireland the festival was known as Samhein, or La Samon, the Feast of the sun. In Scotland, the celebration known as Halloween. Welsh is no Galen-gaeof (ie the night of winter Kalends of Ireland Under English dictionary published by the Irish Texts Society: “. Samhain, Halloween tide all, the feast of the dead in Pagan and Christian times, signaling the end of the harvest and the beginning of the winter season, which lasts until May, during which troops (especially the Fianna) were housed. Faeries were imagined as particularly active at this season. Since half of the year is calculated. also called Feile Moingfinne (Snow Goddess). (1) The Scottish Gaelis dictionary defines it as “Hallow Tide. The Feast of All Soula. Fuin Sam + = end of summer.” (2) Contrary to the information published by many organizations, there is no archaeological or literary evidence to indicate that Samhain was a deity. The Celtic gods of the dead were Gwynn ap Nudd for the British, and Arawn for the Welsh. The Irish do not have a “lord of death” as such. Thus, most of the customs associated with the Day are remnants of ancient religious beliefs and rituals, first of the Druids and then transcended from the Roman Christians who conquered them.