Halloween, sacred with ancient Celtic roots, is celebrated all over the world, and in every region of this holiday has its own specialness. In the river of rock, the holy days are becoming more popular, and although traditions are everywhere a little bit of carnage, the head is deprived of all the splendidity – the anger creates an atmosphere of mysticism, a terrible fairy tale and fun. WomanEL reveals how to celebrate Halloween in different parts of the planet.
ContentIreland: traditional shrine with folklore elements USA: large-scale parties and “Trick or Treat” Mexico: Day of the Dead – holy with a riddle about ancestors Japan: costume parades and virtual shrines Nichina: “no spirits” and holy kovy pіstіtalia: festival “Holy of Death”Great Britain: lamps and ghostsChina: Hungry Spirits FestivalAustralia and New Zealand: Youth Holiday
Ireland: traditional holiness with folkloric elements
Ireland, the celebrants, prefer to be holy, still retaining the greatest number of ancient rituals. On Halloween, which has long been called Samhain, the Irish set fires, set off fireworks and perform masquerades. In many places there are costume parades, as well as magical events on May Day.
It is popular among Svyatkov people to burn riches in order to “drive away evil spirits,” as the Celts used to say. We also highlight a traditional Irish dessert – “brambrek”, a sweet bread that is used to take other items for good luck.
USA: large-scale parties «Trick or Treat»
Today's Halloween is the most popular in the USA. Here the holy day begins well before the 31st of Christmas Day: the booths are decorated with watermelons, spiderworts and ghost figures. Children in costumes of monsters and cartoon characters roam around the houses with the traditional “Trick or Treat” (tsukerki or twist), collecting malt.
Growings often organize costume parties, parades and shows. In advance, there are also popular re-watches of classic films and evening excursions in motor-driven places.
Mexico: Day of the Dead – holy riddle about ancestors
In Mexico, Halloween avoids the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos), which goes from 31 to 2 leaves. This is not more terrible than holy, but a joyful sustrich from the spirits of the dead. У цей період мексиканці прикрашають свої оселі та кладовища яскравими квітами, готують спеціальні страви і влаштовують пишні паради.
Символами свята є «калакерас» — цукрові черепи, а також святковий хліб «пан де муерто». People get dressed in bright costumes, and the head image of a saint is the image of Katrina, a skeletal woman in a bright cape.
Japan: costume parades and virtual ones Holiday
In Japan, Halloween became popular just over a decade ago, but it is already celebrated on a grand scale. The Japanese love costumes, so for them this is the day of masquerades. All over the country, especially in Tokyo, there are parades, costume shows and parties.
The Yuletide celebration takes place on a particularly large scale in the Shibuya region, with thousands of people gathering for the Yuletide carnival. The Japanese style of holy day has an emphasis on terrible symbolism, replacing the colorful and stylized costumes of popular anime and film characters.
Nіmechchina: “nіch spirits” і Christmas Day
Halloween is also gaining popularity in Germany, although the holiday is celebrated on a smaller scale than in the United States. Here it is important that there is no time for the first fall of leaves, as long as the spirits can bring our light. That's why Germans want knives and other sharp objects to steal their homeland from unwanted guests.
Children walk around the houses, drinking malt, and in many places they organize parties, at which time the halls are decorated with cobwebs and watermelons. In some regions, All Saints' Day is celebrated according to religious traditions.
Italy: festival “Holy death”
Italians, like Mexicans, during this period celebrate the Day of All Saints (1 leaf fall) and the Day of the Dead (2 leaf fall). The holiday is of a religious nature and is dedicated to the memory of ancestors.
In some regions of Italy, rituals have been preserved in which candles are lit in storerooms, and “gifts” are brought to the shrine for the spirits of ancestors. In the rest of the years, however, young people actively join in with Halloween celebrations, Christmas parties, costume parties and rewatches of horror films.
Great Britain: lamps and ghosts
In Great Britain on On Halloween it is traditional to celebrate Christmas masquerades, especially among children. They get into the costumes of ghosts, like movie heroes.
Booths are decorated with watermelons, candles are lit in the middle, and children walk around the houses with the “Trick or Treat” ritual. Excursions to castles and old buildings are also popular, due to their “terrible” history. Fairs with watermelon herbs and roses are often organized in localities.
China: Hungry Ghost Festival
China has its own sacred thing, which is often said to be Halloween, — The festival of hungry ghosts, which is what the scythe means. During this festival, people believe that the spirits of their ancestors will return to our world. To “appease” them, the Chinese prepare ritual offerings, arrange the hedgehogs, and burn paper figurines. Although Halloween does not have national significance here, in great places and among young people the holy days are more popular.
Australia and New Zealand: Youth Holiday
In Australia and New Zealand, Halloween is also popular, especially among young people. Here it is customary to organize parties in the style of “zhakhiv”, wear scary costumes and decorate everyday life. Children are increasingly adopting the American tradition of “Trick or Treat”, wanting to be critical and respectful of Halloween to the “alien” saint.
Halloween is sacred because it changes, adapts and takes root to your own . From traditional rituals to modern masquerades, Halloween in other countries is not only fun, but also a way to reach a new culture, capture the spirit of mystery and create powerful, unique traditions.
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