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Title: HALLOWEEN


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HALLOWEEN
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The Halloween comes from a pagan, Celtic ritual
All Hallow's Eve. It appeared in USA in XIX
century, where it's still celebrated very loudly.
On that day in Ireland there were fires lighted
and prayers said.
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Originally it was connected with black magic and
spell casting. The popular symbols of it are
ghosts, witches, black cats, goblins, demons,
zombie, owls etc. The other recognizable sign is
a hollow pumpkin with a candle inside.
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In United States the popular custom is to dress
as a ghost, wampire, witch, demons. On than day
dressed up children visit houses and collect
candies. The equivalent of Halloween in Poland is
Zaduszki holiday
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There are a lot of games related to Halloween.
The most popular are bobbing for apples - fishing
apples from water only with teeth. Other popular
entertainment is to eat fruits and candies hanged
on the strings without using hands. Another kind
of Halloween games is fortune-telling like
foretelling from the saucers. One with scarf on
his eyes picks a saucer and the subject under it
tell the next year's event.
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Halloween symbols are of course everything
what's connected with life after life and horror
so ghosts, zombies, phantoms, wampires, witches,
demons, bones etc. The inherent symbol of
Halloween is also a face-hollowed pumpkin with
candle inside. It's easy to prepare - the top
should be cut with a sharp knife, the inside
hollwed, face shapes cut on the sides and
ready. 
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