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Coming from Celtic origins, Samhain is a pagan festival that commemorates the autumn equinox; the end of the harvest season and the beginning of the “dark half of the year” and, as some authors have suggested, the beginning of a new year for Celtic people. During the festival, it was believed that the veil that separates the world of the living from the world of the dead was thinner than at other times of the year. Spirits, souls and fairies could therefore easily come to our world, with the intention of visiting their loved ones. The festive was rooted in offerings and sacrifices. The dead would return home in search of hospitality and the living would frighten away evil spirits with terrifying masks and fire.