Halloween festival - Origin, meaning and interesting things to know

Halloween is a traditional festival held every year in many countries around the world. Currently, this festival is quite popular in Vietnam, but the origin and meaning of Halloween is not known. Let's find out the interesting things surrounding the festival that are loved by young people.

Halloween festival origin

The Celts , a people who lived more than 2,000 years ago in the land now belong to England, northern France and Ireland. November 1 The solar calendar is the start of the New Year for the Celtic people. Before New Year's day, this tribe held a festival at night to honor their leader who died as Samhain. This festival is the beginning of a cold, dark season often associated with human death. Celts believe that, that night, Samhain allowed souls to return home to earth. And to avoid evil spirits, they disguise themselves to resemble spirits by wearing demonic-like costumes and masks.

The name "Halloween" comes from the ancient English period, and means " the night before the feast of the saints ".

British people and Celtic ethnic lands brought Halloween festivals when emigrating to the United States with various customs. Until the 1800s, this festival became a custom held annually.

In the West, Halloween is the funniest festival of the year and is considered a Tet holiday for young children. On this day, children are disguised as interesting characters, playing exciting and fun traditional games.

What is the Halloween holiday?

Halloween festival starts in the evening until 12 pm on October 31 of the calendar.

The strange customs on Halloween holidays

Set up the fire

People often burn fire during Halloween with the hope that the sun will stay longer and always illuminate to help the autumn harvest. Besides, the light from the fire will help people stay away from evil spirits.

Decorative lanterns

This custom originated in Ireland, they carved demonic faces on potatoes, radishes to ward off spirits in the night. When the Hallween festival was introduced to the United States, people used pumpkins to carve the decorative demons on the night of the festival. And today, pumpkin lanterns have become a feature of Halloween throughout the world.

Disguise

This is an indispensable custom in Halloween. From adults to young children, disguised as witches, demons, superman creatures, or famous cartoon characters .

Trick - or - Treat - Give candy or be teased

This is a very interesting custom for children in Western countries. After dressing, the children will knock on the door and say trick-or-treat "(If you want us to not play bad, please treat us) with the landlord. Of course no one wants to be "trichk" so the children are often welcomed by the host with candy and coins.

Get the apple

Apple is a sacred fruit used to worship gods. So this is not just a game, it is also a ritual of sewing on Halloween night. There are many forms related to apples like peeling apples, taking apples in the water, . according to which, the longer people peel the apple shells, the longer they live, the more lucky those who get the apples.

Traditional dishes on Halloween

During this holiday, people often eat traditional, typical dishes such as soul cakes, apple candies, pumpkin soup, Barnbrack, .