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THE ORIGIN
Halloween is celebrated on 31 October in Great Britain and the United States.
It has very old Celtic origins.
On the Celtic calendar Samhain (31 October)
was the last day of summer...
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BILINGUAL STREAM PROJECTS
IES SANCHEZ LASTRA
MIERES - ASTURIAS
THE ORIGIN
Halloween is celebrated on 31 October in Great Britain and the United States.
It has very old Celtic origins.
On the Celtic calendar Samhain (31 October)
was the last day of summer and the last day of the year.
THE COSTUMES
The Celtic priests were called Druids.
They practiced religious rituals and magic on
Samhain, dressed in scary costumes.
They wanted to frighten the evil spirits,
dressed as ghosts, skeletons and witches.
They believed that ghosts came out of
their tombs on the night of 31 October.
THE NAME
After the Roman invasion of Britain in 43 AD, Christian practices replaced pagan
practices.
The Christians called 1 November All Hallows’ Day, the day of All Saints.
The evening of 31 October was called All Hallows’ Eve.
This became Halloween.
AT SCHOOLS
Schoolchildren take their costumes and masks to school at Halloween.
Typical
Halloween costumes are the witch, ghost, skeleton, monster, vampir
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