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The true story of Halloween

In a few years to this part, Halloween is becoming popular in Spain, although it is not a tradition of these lands, however, we must recognize that It is more fun to dress up and give scares than to eat chestnuts and sweet potatoes.Jokes aside, it might seem that Halloween is a genuinely American celebration, thousands of movies have sold them to us in this way and so it has been recorded in our collective awareness.However, Halloween is a tradition that goes back very far back in time .In this article we will analyze some of the most frequent questions about this holiday and thus get to know it a little more background.

The true story of Halloween.When did this tradition begin?

Its origins date back to the ancient Celtic calendar that divided the year in half dark and in a bright one. The Samhain was a Celtic party celebrating the beginning of the dark half and was the forerunner of our Halloween.With this holiday the Celts celebrated the beginning of the harvest, a matter that at that time of life or death, if the harvest failed, they died of hunger.

The true story of Halloween

The story of Halloween dates back to a Celtic tradition: the Samhain

Death was always near...The Celts believed that during Samhain the spirits of the past could re-enter the present and, therefore, alive and dead could mingle.This is the origin of all Halloween celebrations, the duality between life and death.It was the European settlers who took these traditions to the United States.

Why is it called Halloween?

It was an attempt of the Church Christian for adopt as its own the festival of the Samhain instead of having to force to the new Christians to forget her.They created the November 1 on «All Hallows Day» to counteract the celebration of Samhain.Since Samhain was celebrated on October 31 (Eve of all saints), the Church called this day «Night of All Saints» (All Hallows Evening) finally with time and for short it would be called Halloween.

What is the origin of Trick or Treat?

Although it may seem curious, this tradition also has a Christian origin .The Church considered that during this date we had to watch over the souls of the dead who were in purgatory, a place between heaven and hell.To save these souls from hell it was necessary to pray for the dead and the more they prayed the more likely that the soul of the deceased would go to heaven.This originated that the Beggars of the time, taking advantage of this situation, will call the people House letters offering their prayers in exchange for food , later the children would also join this pilgrimage from house to house in exchange for sweets.This was the forerunner of what we know today as Trick or I try.

How did the party we know today as Halloween definitely form?

After the American Civil War, the Scottish and Irish immigrants brought with they their rural customs about this party and helped her to finally establish herself in the United States.

The true story of Halloween

One of these traditions was that of European children of carving holes in turnips to use them as a lamp with a candle inside.The Americans improved this tradition, replacing the small and hard turnips with the soft and large pumpkins and building, in this way, one of the p main badges of this celebration.

The rebel and aggressive Halloween

During the Great Depression of the United States, the children and youth of that time began to radicalize the celebration of Halloween.The scares were no longer scares, there was vandalism and destruction, some jokes exceeded the limits of reason and that is why the government had to take letters in the affair.Activities that distracted young people from their criminal activities began to be organized in all towns and cities tonight.Costume contests, parades, games and even books and manuals were edited that tried to convert Halloween on a party night, instead of a night of vandalism.

The true story of Halloween and its rise to Halloween fame thanks to the cinema

John Carpenter directed in 1978 what is probably the most famous horror movie about Halloween.

The true story of Halloween

Image of the movie «Halloween» (1978) by John Carpenter

The film that bears the same name as the party made the darkest and most terrifying side of this « party »go around the world.Maybe one of the elements of the movie that caused the most panic was the disfigured mask of the protagonist.The masks were, at that time, an indispensable element in all Halloween.

If you have been interested in discovering the true story of Halloween and its origin, we recommend this article 10 interesting costumes for scare your neighbors on Halloween.

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