Halloween 2022: Halloween festival is mostly celebrated by people of England, America and European countries, but this festival has started from Scotland and Ireland. Let us tell you when and why this festival is celebrated and what is its significance among people.
When is Halloween celebrated
Halloween 2022: The Halloween festival is celebrated every year on October 31, marking the eve of All Hallows’ Day, a Western Christian festival celebrated on November 1. It is festival observed by the Christians people. Most common and widely accepted Halloween activities include trick-or-treating, attending costume parties, carving pumpkins, lighting bonfires, games, pranks, and watching Halloween-themed movies. Apart from Halloween, several other festivals are also celebrated in Christianity such as Christmas, Good Friday, Easter and Halloween.
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Halloween 2022: The word Halloween belongs to its Scottish form ‘All Hallows’ Eve’. The meaning of Halloween is all-sanctifying. The day of Halloween is actually the eve of “Day of the Souls”, now also known as ‘Saints’ Day’. This day is celebrated for the peace of the souls of the ancestors. Contrary to the common tradition, people try to look scary on this day by wearing weird clothes and make-up. The festival of Halloween is also known as All Hallows Eve, All Hallows Evening, All Halloween and All Saints Eve.
History of Halloween
Halloween 2022: The history of Halloween Day is more than 2,000 years old, this was celebrated as ‘All Set’s Day’ throughout northern Europe then. Some historians, however, also say that Halloween is related to the ancient Celtic festival called Samhain. There is a wide belief that the souls of dead people reappear on the earth on this day to create trouble for the living souls. This is the reason that people wear demon-like clothes to ward off these evil spirits. Apart from this, bones of dead animals are thrown fire to drive bad spirits away.
The last day of the Celtic Calendar
Halloween 2022: October 31 is also the last day of the Celtic calendar. Therefore, Celtic people celebrate it as the beginning of the New Year. The day of Halloween is also called All Saints Day which is celebrated on the first day of the month of November. All Hallows Eve is the evening before All Saints Day that is known as the Halloween Eve.
How to celebrate Halloween
Halloween 2022: There is different way to celebrate the day of Halloween. Irish people make Jack O’ Lanterns on Halloween day. People also hollow out the pumpkin to make eyes, mouth and nose in it and light a candle inside which is hung outside the house or on the trees. Thereafter, they bury this pumpkin. To celebrate this day, people wear scary attires and distribute gifts by going door-to-door. Meanwhile, children also visit every house in their vicinity with a bag shaped like a Pumpkin and receive chocolates from their neighbours and relatives. Also, Halloween is celebrated in different ways in various countries.
The connection between Halloween and pumpkin
Halloween 2022: To celebrate this day people make Halloween theme shaped candies, Halloween cakes, novelty candy shaped like skulls, pumpkins, bats and insects etc. There are also pumpkin pies, pumpkin bread, pound cakes, popcorn, ramekins stuffed with pumpkin puree, roasted pumpkin seeds and sweet corn, and spirit-shaped cakes. The festival of Halloween originally included carvings of turnips because it was inspired by a legend of Stingy Jack, who is said to have trapped Satan, only to let him go on a strict condition that he would never go to hell. When Irish people or immigrants took the idea to America, they began using pumpkins instead of turnips.
