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10.02.2013

THIS IS HALLOWEEN, HALLOWEEN, HALLOWEEN!!!!!



Like all years we are getting close to Halloween  time and you know, dear students,

that what I like most is giving historical facts,  so....


The history of" halloween" is more than 2,000 years old. The Celts who lived in Ireland,Scotland,Wales and Cornwall,were the first to celebrate the festival.




The Celts worshipped Nature.They worshipped a Sun God  and believed that without him, they would not live.
They also worshipped Samhain who was the lord of the dead and of the cold, dark, winter season.
They  believed that on October 31st Samhain would call together all of the dead and these souls would take on the shape of an animal.
They believed that all the creatures walked on earth on that night.This was called the vigil of Samhain.

When the Romans introduced Catholicism to the celts they had a festival to celebrate all the saints which didn't have their own holiday. This was celebrated on November  1st and was called All Saints Day or "All Hallows Day" in Gaelic.


The Roman Catholics thought that this would stop people celebrating the festival of Samhain on October 31st. Unfortunatelly, according to tradition, the devil and his friends came out on October 31st to make fun of all Hallows day. So October 31st became known as All Hallows Eve, and over time it has been reduced to Halloween.
 
 If you want more information take a look at  this video



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