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Halloween (Western traditional festival)

Halloween, also known as Halloween, is a traditional festival in the west, which is held in 10 every year. 65438+1October 3 1 on Halloween is the most lively moment of this festival. In China, Halloween is often misunderstood as Halloween.

To celebrate Halloween, children will dress up as cute ghosts, knock on doors and ask for candy, or they will be naughty. At the same time, it is said that on this night, all kinds of ghosts will dress up as children and mingle with the masses to celebrate the arrival of Halloween, while human beings dress up as ghosts to make ghosts more harmonious.

Local custom

Festival custom

Trick or treat

Halloween is the most haunted time of the year, and all kinds of monsters, pirates, alien visitors and witches are out in succession. Before the Christian era, the Celts held a ceremony in late summer to thank God and the sun for their kindness. At that time, fortune tellers lit and practiced witchcraft to drive away monsters who were said to be wandering around. Later, the harvest festival celebrated by the Romans with nuts and apples merged with Celtic 10 and 3 1. In the Middle Ages, people put on costumes in the shape of animals and put on terrible masks to drive away ghosts in the dark. Although Christianity later replaced the religious activities of Celts and Romans, the early customs still existed. Children wear all kinds of costumes and masks to attend the Halloween dance with a playful attitude. Witches, black cats, ghosts and bones are often hung on the walls around these dances, and grinning or disgusting pumpkin lanterns are hung on the windows and doors.

On Halloween, children will carry pumpkin lanterns, wear all kinds of strange clothes and ask for candy from house to house, and keep saying "trick or treat" (meaning: "trick or treat." If you refuse to give candy, the children will be very angry and punish you in various ways, such as taking out the garbage in your house until you are willing to give them candy. Traditionally, people dress up as elves and beg for food from door to door. Their belief is to give fairy worship and food to please them, otherwise they will play tricks on them, such as: chimneys are blocked, cattle and sheep are lost, and yellow buds and white flowers are thrown at them. Another way to fool or scare away these evil spirits is to dress up like them, so that they believe that evil spirits will not hurt them.

Halloween mask

Since17th century, the tradition of celebrating Halloween has gradually disappeared in southern England, and it was replaced by a gunpowder plot held on10.5. But Halloween is still very popular in Scotland, Ireland and northern England. It was not until the beginning of 2 1 century that southern England began to celebrate Halloween again, but the way was completely American.

The most popular game on Halloween is "biting apples". In the game, people let the apples float in a basin filled with water, and then let the children bite the apples with their mouths instead of their hands. Whoever bites first wins.

Halloween originated from the ancient Celtic New Year. At this time, it is also the time to worship the dead. While avoiding the interference of evil spirits, they also worship ancestors and kind gods with food and pray for peace through the severe winter. That night, children will put on makeup clothes and masks and collect candy from house to house.

Festival activities

New york also held a parade on Halloween night, and a group of vampires, zombies, witches and Frankenstein appeared in unison. Members of the public are also welcome to visit. Participants are not limited to age, sex, class or nationality. Even if you are a coward, you can join them and have a lively carnival.

In fact, these ghosts are all dressed up by people, so they are not terrible. On the contrary, some little faces are more lovely, which makes people stay inside, just like attending a big fancy dress ball.

Witches and zombies are the most popular among all kinds of dressing roles, and those shops specializing in Halloween supplies are specially prepared to sell such clothes to meet the needs of the public; At the same time, every year, manufacturers put popular figures, including masks and clothes, on the market to attract more people to participate in the upsurge of western traditional festivals. For example, the image of the little wizard in the movie Harry Potter has become an essential role for many children.

The Halloween Parade in Greenwich Village started at 1973 and was initiated by the mask craftsman and puppet actor Ralph Lee. It is said that at first he paraded with friends and children in the neighborhood, and later it gradually evolved into a large-scale activity in the whole village. Of course, there is a big puppet show in the event. At the same time, the purpose of the parade is to hope that everyone is a participant rather than a bystander, so even if people just want to watch the fun, when you step into the village, you will soon be invited to participate in the parade and become one of them.

The Halloween Parade in new york attracts thousands of people and tourists from new york every year, and it will be held in Greenwich Village. At about 7 o'clock in the evening, the team will walk from the junction of Sixth Avenue and Spring Street to 23rd Street. 23rd Street), the whole journey will take about several hours.

pumpkin cake

Visitors from Asia, South America, Africa, Europe and even the Middle East can dress themselves up as various characters, or bring simple musical instruments, play local unique music in real time and integrate into the borderless local culture. Maybe I haven't participated in Halloween activities before, let alone such a wonderful parade, so I feel particularly fresh.

As early as1mid-October, Manhattan began to be haunted. Halloween ghost decorations can be seen everywhere in busy streets. Many department stores are also busy stacking seasonal gifts and clothes in the window, attracting many passers-by to stop and watch. Supermarkets and markets also display pumpkins of various sizes for citizens to buy to decorate their homes or make pumpkin lanterns. Of course, there are housewives who cook pumpkins or make cakes, which is completely in accordance with the holiday tradition.