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What is halloween?

• Halloween is a holiday celebrated mainly in the
  United States, northern Mexico, and some
  provinces of Canada on the night of October 31.
  It originated in the Celtic festival of Samhain
  and the Christian holiday of All Saints' Day. In
  large part, is a secular celebration but some
  feel that has a religious background. Irish
  immigrants passed versions of the tradition to
  North America during the Great Irish Famine of
  1840.

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• It was celebrated in Anglo-Saxon countries,
  mainly in Canada, U.S., Ireland and the UK.
  Colonizing the expansive force of U.S. culture.
  UU. Halloween has made has been popular in other
  Western countries.The day is often associated
  with the orange and black and is strongly
  associated with symbols like the Jack-o'-lantern.
  Typical activities include the famous Halloween
  trick or treating and costume parties, besides
  bonfires, visiting haunted houses, jokes, reading
  scary stories and viewing horror films.

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Origin of the word Halloween

• The word Halloween has its origins in the
  Catholic Church. Constracción is a prayer in
  English All Hallows Eve which means "All Saints
  Day" and is a Catholic religious festival
  celebrated on 1 or November 2.

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History of halloween

• In the V century BC in Celtic Ireland of the
  October 31 was celebrated Samhain festival
  marking the end of summer and the beginning of a
  new year. At nightfall, they celebrated the feast
  of the dead, so the spirits went out and roamed
  the earth. To appease them, huge bonfires were
  made and the druids were spells. It was said that
  night and magic spells are more powerful than any
  other day.

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• When the Romans conquered the Celts, part of the
  celebration of the dead went to Christian Rome.
  In the fourth century AD in Rome, Christianity
  tried to end all things pagan and ancient
  religions. But the Celts could not help at all
  their customs, the Christian church so they
  changed the name of Samhain to All Hallow Eve and
  the reason for this celebration became the
  Christian worship of all religious martyrs. The
  seventh-century Christian church celebrated the
  feast of All Saints in May, but people still
  waiting for the arrival of ghosts on October 31
  and the feast of the saints was changed to
  November1.

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THE CUSTOM OF TRICK

• The custom of trick or treating began in Europe
  with a custom of the ninth century. On November
  2, Christians walked from village to village
  asking for "soul cakes" which were pieces of
  bread with "currants." The more you get, the more
  promising to pray for the dead relatives of the
  donors, which leads souls to heaven faster. In
  the tenth century the church changed the feast of
  the saints to November 2.

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USE OF COSTUMES

• People in Europe had masks when droughts or other
  disasters the agobiavan. The masks were used to
  scare away the spirits that brought them evil.
  Children dressed as ghosts to scare the neighbors.

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The end

• Antonio López, Belén Beltrán, Paco Latorre