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Friday, October 30, 2020

Halloween

 Halloween is a festival celebrated in the United States, in which ghosts and witches, small and large, are seen roaming the streets, markets, resorts and other places wearing scary faces and scary costumes.  Most of the houses have terrible pumpkins on the outside and candles burning inside them.  Scary structures can be seen standing outside many houses and when you pass by them, they begin with a sinister laugh

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In the United States, Halloween began in the northern state of Minnesota in 1921 and was celebrated for the first time in the city this year.  Gradually, the 2,000-year-old festival spread to other cities and towns in the United States, and then took the form of a major national festival and a major business event

Historians say that Halloween began in BC Ireland and northern France, where Celtic tribes celebrated the festival on 31 October each year.  According to their tradition, the new year began from 1 November.  Due to weather conditions, harvesting in these areas will end at the end of October and cold and dark days will begin from November.  The tribes also attributed the cold to the days of death, as the highest number of deaths occurred in that season

  The tribes believed that the night before the beginning of the new year, the night of 31 October, the boundary between the souls of the living and the souls of the dead had softened and those spirits could come into the world and humans, animals and crops  Can harm.  .  To appease the spirits, the Celtic tribes burned large bonfire, distributed grains and sacrificed cattle on the night of 31 October.  On this occasion, he wore animal skins and decorated his head with animal horns

  When Christianity prevailed in these regions in the eighth century, Pope Bonnie IV declared November 1 to be the "Day of Electoral Personality" to end this ancient festival.  The day was called All Hallows Eve, which later became Halloween.  Despite the efforts of the church, Halloween did not diminish in importance and people celebrated the festival in their own way

  After the discovery of America, a large number of Europeans came and settled here.  They also brought with them their culture and customs and festivals.  It is said that Halloween was initially celebrated locally by European immigrants at small levels in Maryland and the southern population.  In the 19th century, a large number of people from Europe, including the Irish, immigrated to the United States.  Their arrival has given the festival a lot of boost and popularity and has added many new things, most notably Truck R Treat, which is the most important part of the festival today

  By the end of the 19th century, Halloween parties were common in the United States, involving children and adults.  The parties also wore scary costumes, along with games and food.  Newspapers of that time used to publish advertisements in which such incentives were given to people to vibrate

Around 1950, Halloween became a cultural holiday rather than a religious holiday, with immigrants from other parts of the world participating in their own way.  Gradually, the business community began marketing their new costumes and accessories to gain their share of Halloween.  Even now, Halloween has become a major cultural festival worth billions of dollars of trade

These scenes have also been visible in business centers since early October.  On 31 October, when darkness begins to spread and shadows, groups of children and elders dressed in scary costumes go door-to-door and perform tricks.  Which means either give us sweets, or get ready for some tricks on our behalf.  The housemates bid him farewell with candy and sweet pills

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