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Halloween is an Anglo-Saxon folk festival

Publié le 17/05/2012

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This festival comes from a Celtic religious feast called Samhain. And the festival took place under the authority of the druids, during seven days. The name Samhain means the end of summer.

The Celtics, were people who lived in Engeland, in the Scotland and in Ireland many thousands of  years ago. They liked the nature and prayed many  gods, especially the god of sun who grew the cultures. This people celebrated their harvest on the thirty first of October. Every year, they organized a festival to mark the end of the sun’s season and the beginning of the season of darkness. It was the Festival of Samhain, because they believed that, during winter, their god was prisoner of Samhain who was the prince of darkness because in this period, 

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In memory of these old believes, children disguise, run cheerfully and scare people during all Halloween’s evening.

An Irish legend is at the origin of the use of the pumpkin for Halloween.

This legend tells that a man called Jack could not enter in the paradise, because he was very selfish and sparing.

The evil didn’t want him no more so he had to walk with his lantern around the world until the moment of the Last Judgment.

The lantern of Jack, it is exactly a pumpkin in which we put a candle .

QUIZZZ 1) Do you know why the main colors are orange and black at Halloween? The black color reminds of the beginning of the darkness’ season and the death .

The orange reminds the color of the harvesting.

2) Who did walk with his lantern around the world? And why he can not enter in the paradise ? 3) Where did the new year begin? 4) Why did the Celts disguise? Because they didn’t want to be recognized by the ghosts and the witches.

5) What was the name of the celtic religious feast ? Samhain 6) Where did the druids light the fires ? On hills 7) Who was samhain? And what does his name mean? The prince of the darkness and his name means “the end of summer”. »

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