18 interesting facts about Halloween amaze you

Halloween is a festival that has a history of over 6,000 years, a pumpkin lantern weighing up to 380kg, 17,777 people joining together for the largest Halloween party in history, . are some of the interesting things about Halloween but little is known.

Halloween is a popular festival in the world held on October 31 every year. Even in Vietnam, this strange festival is also loved and responded by young people. Let's learn some interesting facts about this special festival.

1. Halloween appeared 6000 years ago.This is one of the oldest festivals in the world.

2. Up to 30,919 pumpkin lanterns have been lit during the Halloween festival of people in Highwood, Illinois.This world record has not been broken so far.

3. Before being brought to North America by European immigrants, Halloween is just a celebration of a good harvest.At that time, people just sat around the fire, dancing, singing and telling each other evil stories.

4. Today, Halloween festivals have appeared all over the world.This is one of the most popular and popular festivals on the planet.

5. 0.21 seconds is the record of the time to carve the devil's face on a pumpkin to create a lantern on Halloween night and belongs to David Finkle from the United Kingdom.

6. Halloween is very important for Americans, it is just after Christmas.

7. In the past, during Halloween, people wore only strange faces to avoid being recognized by evil demons.Today, people often disguise as many different characters from cute cartoon characters to scary characters in horror movies.

8. Not pumpkin but the new radish used to make Halloween lanterns.

9. Demons, witches, skulls . are the most feared characters chosen on Halloween night.

10. You may not believe it, but the sad truth is that worldwide, the rate of children dying and missing on Halloween night is higher than any other day of the year.

11. "Trick-or-treating" is a famous traditional custom for children on Halloween night.Children dressed, masked will carry bags and go from house to house demanding candy with the question: "Trick-or-treat?"(roughly translated "for candy or teasing?").If the landlord refuses, they will mess up to anger the landlord.All the candies will be used as gifts and prayers for the dead souls.

12. Harry Houdini, legendary Hungarian-American magician, died on Halloween night in 1926.

13. 380kg is the weight of the heaviest pumpkin lantern in history.

14. Once upon a time, it was believed that ebony cats were close friends of the witch.Therefore, if a person dressed as a witch on Halloween night, it is imperative to bring an ebony cat.

15. The grandest, biggest Halloween party of all time has taken place in New Orleans, Los Angeles.At the festive season, there were a total of 17,777 people together to dress up.

16. "Witch" in English is "witch", which is derived from the term "wicce" in Old English meaning "wise woman".

17. The image of witches wedging brooms on Halloween night comes from poor old women accused of witches often walking walking sticks.Gradually, images of brooms replaced images of sticks.

18. The first card to celebrate Halloween is officially born in 1094. Inside the card is a young woman looking at a mirror in a dark room hoping to see her husband's face. my hybrid.