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Introduction to Halloween
Francesca Malvestiti
Created on October 29, 2024
Some basic information about Halloween. Level A2. ESL
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Transcript
HAPPY
Halloween!
From pagan festivity to pop culture trend
Expectations
When you think of Halloween, you probably think of pumpkin lanterns, fancy-dress costumes and children asking for sweets. And if you think of a country that celebrates Halloween, you probably think of the United States first. Americans and Canadians have adopted Halloween in a big way,
but did you know that Halloween traditions actually come from Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales?
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trick or treating
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halloween costumes
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around the world
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The origins
The celts and samahin
The Celts were people who lived in ancient Britain and Ireland from about 1000 BC and they celebrated a festival called 'Samhain'. Samhain was celebrated on 1 November because that was the end of summer and harvest time (which was associated with food and life) and the beginning of winter (which they associated with death). Samhain was the time for ghosts to return to earth for a day. People lit a big fire, wore special clothes made of animal skin and hoped to be safe from the ghosts and the winter. In early America, the Native Americans and the first Europeans celebrated the end of the harvest, but not Halloween. When many Irish people went to live in America in the 1800s, they brought their Halloween traditions with them and Halloween became popular throughout the country.
Pumpkin laterns
Scary for people, scarier for ghosts
Many people make pumpkin lanterns to decorate their homes at Halloween. They remove the inside of the pumpkin, cut shapes for the eyes, nose and mouth and place a candle in the empty pumpkin to make a scary face. This tradition came from the Celts, who carved faces into vegetables like turnips and potatoes to scare the ghosts and make them go away. Irish people who came to live in the United States found pumpkins much easier to carve, and the tradition became the one we see today.
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Have you ever wondered why Halloween colours are orange and black?
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The tradition of dressing up traces back to Celts and their fear of ghosts on Samahin.
Halloween costumes
Tthey used to cover their faces with masks after dark.
They hoped that ghosts would take them as ghosts too and would leave them alone.
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vampire
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Trick or treat
Then
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Nowadays going trick-or-treating is so popular in the USA that a quarter of the sweets for the year are sold for this one day!
On Halloween children knock on their neighbours' doors and ask for 'treats', like sweets or chocolates.
When Irish people went to live in America, they continued this tradition and it became trick-or-treating.
In ancient Britain, Celtic people went from house to house dressed in costumes, asking for gifts and food for the Samhain festival.
Around the world
"'When in rome, do as the romans do"
Catholic people around the world celebrate All Saints Day on 1 November and All Souls Day on 2 November. On these days, people remember relatives, friends and other people who have died. In Mexico, people celebrate the Day of the Dead at this time and many dress up as skeletons, and paint skulls on their faces. Nowadays, more and more people around the world are celebrating both the Day of the Dead and Halloween. Will you celebrate this year?