When is Halloween?

When is Halloween?

The Living Legend

Ahmad Javed Kamran Amiri

Dated: Saturday 26^th October 2019

Halloween is on the night of 31^st October each year. It is one of the most famous celebrations which is celebrated in most western countries especially in Ireland, Scotland, USA, UK, Canada, etc. Now a days Halloween festival is being celebrating in some of Asian Countries especially Afghanistan.  And everyone is waiting for such a party and festival

Humans have long adhered to the traditions and customs that make up a historical background for each country, a tradition rooted in culture and beliefs. One of these is the celebration of Halloween. Today, on the pretext of celebrating Halloween, we decided to briefly review the history of this celebration.

Halloween is an ancient Celtic celebration; The Celts, who lived 2,000 years ago in what is now Ireland, England and northern France, celebrated New Year's Day on 1^st November. For them, it was the end of summer and the time of harvest, but it was the beginning of the colder and darker days of the year, which some saw as dead. The Celts believed that the day before the New Year, the boundary between the living and the dead would disappear. So they celebrated the night of October 31 with the belief that their dead spirits had returned to Earth.

While many people were having trouble getting through the cold season, the Celts thought the presence of ghosts would make Celtic clerics and priests better predict the future. For people who were totally dependent on such thinking, these predictions - right or wrong - made life more secure and comfortable during the dark, cold days of winter.

Halloween is one of the religious celebrations in Western countries, which is held on the night of 31^st October each year and is officially closed in countries such as the US, Ireland, Scotland and Canada so that all people can attend. . On this day, people wear weird clothes and children knock on doors to collect nuts and chocolate.

The history of this celebration goes back to 2,000 years ago. The night, believed to be Holy Night Monks, is rooted in the rituals of the British Isles, including Ireland. It is a religious celebration and has been around since the ninth century. The day after Halloween is called All Saints' Day, and Christians celebrate it.

The monks who instituted the ritual believed that this night a gate would be opened between the two worlds and that the God of the world of the dead would come to earth with ghosts, goblins and demons. So this night people are trying to escape the demon and the goblins by wearing scary costumes and banging on drums and objects such as boilers and plates and making noise.

The other custom of this night is to take the empty pumpkin and make it scary for the mouth and eyes and light a candle inside what is known as a Halloween night lantern, called Jack the Lantern.

Another belief of this night is that if anyone sneezes they must be told to “God Bless You” if not; the devil will conquer his or her soul.

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