Хэллоуин — праздник, насчитывающий не одну сотню лет. Его история достаточна богата и интересна.
Будучи изначально исключительно языческим праздником со временем он впитал в себя элементы христианских традиций. Зародившись как сельскохозяйственный праздник, сегодня Хэллоуин известен как вечер, в который открываются двери в потусторонний мир.
История Хэллоуина начинается на Британских островах в среде ирландцев и шотландцев. Его прообразом выступило кельтское языческое празднество Самайн, название которого происходит от староирландского слова Samhain. Последнее в свою очередь означало «конец лета». К слову, сегодня в ирландском языке так называется месяц ноябрь.
Изначально празднование длилось на протяжении семи суток. Непосредственно день самого Самайна (31 октября), а также по трое суток до и после него. Описание Самайна встречается в староирландской литературе начиная с X столетия.
Первоначально праздник имел сельскохозяйственное и сезонное значение. Именно в это время завершался один сельскохозяйственный период, после чего начиналась подготовка к следующему.
Оксфордский словарь фольклора сообщает, что Самайн являлся праздником известным для всех народов Британских островов и имел прочные ассоциации со смертью и сверхъестественным. Однако какие-либо доказательства того, что во времена язычества этот день имел какое-то особое значение, кроме как сельскохозяйственного и сезонного, отсутствуют.
После начала распространения христианства история праздника Хэллоуин претерпевает изменения. С этого времени начинается взаимопроникновение языческих и христианских традиций.
Особое значение в этом сыграло решение, принятое Папой Римским Григорием I. Главой церкви в 601 году миссионеры оказались проинструктированными о том, что необходимо не бороться с языческими праздниками, а обращать их в христианские. Согласно замыслу Папы это должно было поспособствовать христианизации народов, проживавших в Северной Европе.
Уже к VIII столетию праздник Самайн оказался превращённым в День всех душ и День всех святых (1 ноября). К слову, с точки зрения религии вполне допустимым являлось общение в этот день с умершими. Именно такое взаимопроникновение гэльских традиций с христианскими обрядами стало формировать первые зачатки праздника Хэллоуин.
Только через четыре столетия после принятия Ирландией христианства (через два столетия после утверждения Дня всех святых) на рубеже X и XI веков появляются записи, свидетельствующие о том, что произошло смещение в восприятии Самайна в сторону тёмного языческого праздника, который оказался связанным со смертью.
Именно с этого времени Хэллоуин, история которого начинает претерпевать изменения, превращается в праздник, впитывающий в себя преемственное развитие сразу двух праздников.
Подобно Самайну Хэллоуин по традиции отмечается в ночь с 31 октября на 1 ноября. В Шотландии и Ирландии Самайн имеет название Oidhche Samhna и Oiche Samhna соответственно. Носители гэльских языков и сегодня называют Хэллоуин словами Oiche/Oidhche Samhna.
До наших дней на севере Шотландии и Ирландии сохранилась традиция совершать ритуалы, направленные на успокоение мёртвых. Также в данном регионе принято ночью 31 октября рассказывать легенды о предках. На следующий день после католического Дня всех святых, то есть 2 ноября, отмечается такой праздник, как День всех усопших верных.
Таким образом, на Хэллоуин история праздника начинается на Британских островах в среде ирландцев и шотландцев. Изначально праздник являлся языческим, и только с началом распространения христианства он начинает впитывать в себя черты и новой религии.
Особенностью стало то, что существовавший в среде язычников Самайн не оказался под запретом, а начал взаимопроникновение с христианским Днём всех святых.
И хотя первоначально праздник имел чёткий сезонный характер, со временем он всё больше смещается в сторону связи со смертью (например, в этот день считается возможным общение с умершими). Считается, что на Хэллоуин открываются двери в потусторонний мир, откуда в мир живых могут проникать различные духи.
Чтобы защитить свой дом от злых сил, жители Британских островов делали специальные светильники, которые в этот вечер ставили на пороге дома. Сегодня такие «светильники» выполняются из тыквы, в которой вырезаются различные рожицы (они одновременно могут быть пугающими и комичными).
Однако ранее для выполнения таких светильников использовалась репа, которая была распространена среди ирландцев и шотландцев. Внутри подготовленного плода устанавливалась свеча. Считалось, что такие фонари могут защитить хозяев дома от влияния нежеланных потусторонних сил.
К слову, первоначально вырезали рожицы на плодах во время сбора урожая. То есть такая традиция также изначально была связана исключительно с сельскохозяйственной тематикой. Однако с течением времени подобно многим другим языческим традициям данный символ оказался охристианизированным.
Дальнейшая история Хэллоуина связана с его распространением за пределы Британских островов. Такое распространение началось после того, как многие ирландцы и шотландцы переехали в Северную Америку. При этом они привезли с собой и традицию празднования Хэллоуина.
Именно здесь популярность приобретает использование тыквы, которая применяется для выполнения фонарей, являющихся самым узнаваемым атрибутом данного праздника.
Впервые создание именно тыквенных фонариков в Северной Америке оказалось зафиксированным в 1837 году. К слову, ритуал, который проводился во время сбора урожая, не имел какого-либо отношения к Хэллоуину до второй половины XIX столетия. Только к 1900 году использование тыкв при праздновании Хэллоуина приобрело широкую популярность.
Ещё одна популярная сегодня традиция — облачение в карнавальные костюмы. Она представляет собой относительно недавний элемент праздника. Впервые в качестве полноценного обычая такое облачение оказалось зафиксированным в начале XX столетия. Данная традиция восходит к американским традициям костюмированных вечеринок.
Впервые ношение маскарадных костюмов на Хэллоуин оказалось зарегистрированным в 1895 году. Это произошло в Шотландии. Именно там дети в масках отправлялись по домам, где хозяева раздавали им разные угощения. Это могли быть конфеты, пирожные, фрукты, а также деньги.
К слову, вплоть до 1900 года отсутствует хотя бы одно упоминание о подобных традициях в Ирландии, Англии или Соединённых Штатах Америки. В Шотландии же такая традиция сложилась ещё в XVI столетии. Тогда выпрашивание осуществлялось ночью 31 октября. Участники мероприятия надевали тканевые маски, в которых ходили от одной двери к другой и «требовали» от хозяев угощений.
Тот обычай, который известен сегодня, то есть обычай надевать ролевые костюмы и носить с собой фонарь из тыквы, появился только на рубеже XIX и XX столетий. Стоит отметить, что в обмен на полученные угощения обязательным было предложение разных развлечений.
Сегодня традиция надевать карнавальные костюмы является достаточно популярной. При этом участники празднества выбирают совершенно разные образы. Часто они связаны со всем необычным и потусторонним.
Дальнейшая история Хэллоуина связана с распространением праздника в иных странах. Так, он становится популярным в тех странах, которые имеют наиболее тесные связи с США. Например, в Азии к числу стран, где приобрёл своих сторонников Хэллоуин, относятся Япония, Южная Корея и Сингапур. Также популярен этот праздник в Австралии и Новой Зеландии, ряде островных государств Океании.
Со временем пришёл Хэллоуин и в разные страны Европы, включая Восточную Европу. Сегодня он приобретает популярность и у россиян.
В России Хэллоуин стал известен с 1990-х годов. Хотя отношение к нему до сих пор остаётся неоднозначным, он набирает популярность особенно среди молодёжи. Это связано с тем, что в настоящее время Хэллоуин утратил многие из своих первоначальных черт и свойственных ему обычаев. Сегодня он во многих странах в большей степени имеет коммерческое значение.
Так, в настоящее время популярными являются аттракционы. Корпорация Дисней каждый год отмечает данный праздник во всех своих тематических парках, собирая огромное число посетителей.
История таких аттракционов, которые сегодня известны как Haunted attractions, что в переводе с английского означает «аттракционы, населённые призраками», началась в 1915 году. Именно тогда был открыт «Населённый призраками дом Ортона и Спунера».
Сегодня главной целью такого рода развлечений является приятно напугать посетителей. Во многом данный бизнес имеет чёткие сезонные рамки. В наши дни подобные мероприятия приносят сотни миллионов долларов в год и привлекают сотни тысяч людей. Что касается технического уровня подобных проектов, он постоянно растёт.
В целом история праздника достаточно насыщенна. Хэллоуин прошёл путь от языческого праздника ирландцев и шотландцев до известного и легко узнаваемого во многих странах мира. И хотя сегодня он в большей степени представляет собой коммерческое мероприятие, всё же он сохранил некоторые свои традиционные черты.
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Вопреки расхожему мнению, Хэллоуин вовсе не сатанинский праздник почитания злых духов и, что не менее важно, не продукт массовой западной культуры. Хэллоуин … 30.10.2022, Sputnik Южная Осетия
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Хэллоуин — широко отмечается во всем мире 31 октября, в канун Дня всех святых. Традиционно считается единственным днем в году, когда духи умерших могут вернуться на землю. Об истории праздника и не только – читайте в материале Sputnik.История тыквы с горящими глазамиТыква с горящими свечами в глазах — это отличительный символ американского Хэллоуина. Биография тыквы, так же известной как Джеколантерн (Jack O’ Lantern), старая и очень интересная. Вообще, традицию вырезать тыкву в Америку завезли Ирландцы. Но мало кто знает, что изначально Джеколантерн делался из репы — в Ирландии просто не растут тыквы. Ирландская легенда гласит, что идея вырезать человекоподобную голову из тыквы связана с преданием про Вонючего Джека. Этот джентльмен был законченным пьяницей и скандалистом. Он издевался над всеми: над друзьями, семьей, и даже над матерью. А однажды он совершил роковую ошибку, заманив самого дьявола на дерево, который там благополучно застрял. Умоляя Джека помочь ему спуститься, дьявол пошел на сделку, пообещав Вонючему Джеку, что он не заберет его в ад после смерти.Когда Вонючий Джек умер, его душа поднялась на небеса, к воротам рая. Там ему отказали, сославшись на то, что он вел неправедную жизнь, и вообще был грязным и буйным алкоголиком. Тогда Джек развернулся и спустился в ад. К нему вышел сам дьявол, но и тот ему отказал, сдержав, таким образом, свое обещание. Джек был в отчаянии — он застрял между мирами, и не мог найти обратную дорогу в кромешной темноте. Сатана сжалился над ним, и дал ему несколько свечей и репу, которую тот очень любил при жизни. Джек поместил свечи в репу, и с тех пор бродит по земле с этим импровизированным Хэллоуин — это ежегодный праздник, который отмечается 31 октября, и уходит корнями в традиции древней Европы.История ХэллоуинаСовременный Хэллоуин возник более тысячи лет назад, и изначально назывался Соуин (Samhain). Он отмечался древними Кельтами, которые две тысячи лет назад населяли территорию нынешней Великобритании и Франции, и проводился каждый год 1 ноября.Этот день символизировал конец лета и урожайного сезона и приближение темной, холодной зимы. Древние Кельты верили, что в зиму разверзается портал между миром живых и мертвых. Испытывая дикий, иррациональный ужас перед злыми духами, Кельты собирались в большие группы, разводили костры, а друиды — кельтские шаманы — проводили обряды, выстраиваясь в шеренги, и обходя свои дома с высоко поднятыми факелами. Они считали, что огонь был способен отпугивать существ из потустороннего мира, так как он несет тепло и жизнь.Кто и как отмечает ХэллоуинХэллоуин — интернациональный праздник. Помимо Соединенных Штатов, где его отмечает 65% всего населения, Хэллоуин проник в десятки стран на всех континентах, в которых он проводится с учетом местной специфики. Хэллоуин отмечают в Китае, Японии, Сингапуре, Италии, России, и даже на острове Святой Елены. В Австрии люди просто оставляют воду и хлеб рядом с зажженной свечой перед тем, как уйти на сон. В Китае ставят еду и воду перед фотографиями умерших родственников и жгут бумажные кораблики.Во Франции все проходит еще скромнее — французы просто наряжаются в костюмы и идут в магазины за сладостями. Мексиканский Хэллоуин ближе всего к оригинальному Соуин — они приходят на могилы родственников и украшают их цветами, свечами, и строят алтари. Филиппинцы раскладывают еду и разные вещи, поют песни в честь усопших, а наутро проверяют, что из предложенного забрали духи. Российский Хэллоуин ничем не выделяется, и представляет собой смесь разнообразных традиций праздника. В целом, Хэллоуин в России ограничивается маскарадом и обильными возлияниями алкоголя.Происхождение названияС ходом истории, оригинальный праздник претерпел много изменений. После покорения кельтов Римской Империей, кельтский праздник Соуин перенял обычаи римского праздника Фералия — тогда римляне почитали своих мертвых.Помимо этого, в Соуин вошли элементы римской Помоны — богини фруктов и деревьев. Именно поэтому современный Хэллоуин не обходится без яблок, которые празднующие просят у соседей, стуча по дверям и исполняя песни. А с проникновением христианства в Древнюю Британию, Соуин и вовсе стал аналогом христианского Праздника Всех Святых. Последний назывался Алоуомесс (Alholowmesse), и проводился в такой же форме — люди наряжались в костюмы ангелов, святых и демонов. Вследствие смешивания языков коренного и пришлого населения, слово трансформировалось в то самое Хэллоуин (All-Hallows Eve).Приход Хэллоуина в Соединенные Штаты вызвал самые разные реакции со стороны церкви, и не случайно. Празднующие бывали нередко замечены в актах вандализма. С тех пор прошло почти сто лет, и на данный момент Хэллоуин — это мировой праздник, который только в американский бюджет приносит шесть миллиардов долларов дохода ежегодно.
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Вопреки расхожему мнению, Хэллоуин вовсе не сатанинский праздник почитания злых духов и, что не менее важно, не продукт массовой западной культуры. Хэллоуин — это ежегодный праздник, который отмечается 31 октября, и уходит корнями в традиции древней Европы.
Хэллоуин — широко отмечается во всем мире 31 октября, в канун Дня всех святых. Традиционно считается единственным днем в году, когда духи умерших могут вернуться на землю. Об истории праздника и не только – читайте в материале Sputnik.
История тыквы с горящими глазами
Тыква с горящими свечами в глазах — это отличительный символ американского Хэллоуина. Биография тыквы, так же известной как Джеколантерн (Jack O’ Lantern), старая и очень интересная. Вообще, традицию вырезать тыкву в Америку завезли Ирландцы. Но мало кто знает, что изначально Джеколантерн делался из репы — в Ирландии просто не растут тыквы. Ирландская легенда гласит, что идея вырезать человекоподобную голову из тыквы связана с преданием про Вонючего Джека. Этот джентльмен был законченным пьяницей и скандалистом. Он издевался над всеми: над друзьями, семьей, и даже над матерью. А однажды он совершил роковую ошибку, заманив самого дьявола на дерево, который там благополучно застрял. Умоляя Джека помочь ему спуститься, дьявол пошел на сделку, пообещав Вонючему Джеку, что он не заберет его в ад после смерти.
Когда Вонючий Джек умер, его душа поднялась на небеса, к воротам рая. Там ему отказали, сославшись на то, что он вел неправедную жизнь, и вообще был грязным и буйным алкоголиком. Тогда Джек развернулся и спустился в ад. К нему вышел сам дьявол, но и тот ему отказал, сдержав, таким образом, свое обещание. Джек был в отчаянии — он застрял между мирами, и не мог найти обратную дорогу в кромешной темноте. Сатана сжалился над ним, и дал ему несколько свечей и репу, которую тот очень любил при жизни. Джек поместил свечи в репу, и с тех пор бродит по земле с этим импровизированным Хэллоуин — это ежегодный праздник, который отмечается 31 октября, и уходит корнями в традиции древней Европы.
История Хэллоуина
Современный Хэллоуин возник более тысячи лет назад, и изначально назывался Соуин (Samhain). Он отмечался древними Кельтами, которые две тысячи лет назад населяли территорию нынешней Великобритании и Франции, и проводился каждый год 1 ноября.
Этот день символизировал конец лета и урожайного сезона и приближение темной, холодной зимы. Древние Кельты верили, что в зиму разверзается портал между миром живых и мертвых. Испытывая дикий, иррациональный ужас перед злыми духами, Кельты собирались в большие группы, разводили костры, а друиды — кельтские шаманы — проводили обряды, выстраиваясь в шеренги, и обходя свои дома с высоко поднятыми факелами. Они считали, что огонь был способен отпугивать существ из потустороннего мира, так как он несет тепло и жизнь.
Кто и как отмечает Хэллоуин
Хэллоуин — интернациональный праздник. Помимо Соединенных Штатов, где его отмечает 65% всего населения, Хэллоуин проник в десятки стран на всех континентах, в которых он проводится с учетом местной специфики. Хэллоуин отмечают в Китае, Японии, Сингапуре, Италии, России, и даже на острове Святой Елены. В Австрии люди просто оставляют воду и хлеб рядом с зажженной свечой перед тем, как уйти на сон. В Китае ставят еду и воду перед фотографиями умерших родственников и жгут бумажные кораблики.
Во Франции все проходит еще скромнее — французы просто наряжаются в костюмы и идут в магазины за сладостями. Мексиканский Хэллоуин ближе всего к оригинальному Соуин — они приходят на могилы родственников и украшают их цветами, свечами, и строят алтари. Филиппинцы раскладывают еду и разные вещи, поют песни в честь усопших, а наутро проверяют, что из предложенного забрали духи. Российский Хэллоуин ничем не выделяется, и представляет собой смесь разнообразных традиций праздника. В целом, Хэллоуин в России ограничивается маскарадом и обильными возлияниями алкоголя.
Происхождение названия
С ходом истории, оригинальный праздник претерпел много изменений. После покорения кельтов Римской Империей, кельтский праздник Соуин перенял обычаи римского праздника Фералия — тогда римляне почитали своих мертвых.
Помимо этого, в Соуин вошли элементы римской Помоны — богини фруктов и деревьев. Именно поэтому современный Хэллоуин не обходится без яблок, которые празднующие просят у соседей, стуча по дверям и исполняя песни. А с проникновением христианства в Древнюю Британию, Соуин и вовсе стал аналогом христианского Праздника Всех Святых. Последний назывался Алоуомесс (Alholowmesse), и проводился в такой же форме — люди наряжались в костюмы ангелов, святых и демонов. Вследствие смешивания языков коренного и пришлого населения, слово трансформировалось в то самое Хэллоуин (All-Hallows Eve).
Приход Хэллоуина в Соединенные Штаты вызвал самые разные реакции со стороны церкви, и не случайно. Празднующие бывали нередко замечены в актах вандализма. С тех пор прошло почти сто лет, и на данный момент Хэллоуин — это мировой праздник, который только в американский бюджет приносит шесть миллиардов долларов дохода ежегодно.
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Happy Halloween! Поговорим об ужасно интересном празднике — Хеллоуин?
Что это за праздник – Хэллоуин?
На самом деле, как его только не называют…Праздник смерти, Самайн, Канун Дня всех святых. Больше всего прижились названия Самайн и Хэллоуин. Кстати, если вас давно мучает вопрос о том, куда ставить ударение в последнем, то куда угодно. Правильно и ХЭллоуин, и ХэллоуИн.
В этот день принято считать смерть и страх смешными, наряжаться в костюмы всевозможной нечисти и веселиться. Само собой, традиции празднования Хэллоуина сейчас и несколько веков назад очень различаются, но любить праздник со временем меньше не стали.
История Хэллоуина
Этот праздник впервые дал о себе знать в шестнадцатом веке, а название получилось в результате изменения фразы All Hallows Even, где Even – сокращение от evening – вечер. Целиком фразу можно перевести как «Вечер в канун Дня всех святых».
Принято связывать Хэллоуин с кельтским праздником Самайн, который появился в 10 веке. Изначально кельты, которые населяли Англию, Ирландию и север Франции, разделяли всего два сезона: зиму и лето. 31 октября считался днем перехода с лета на зиму. В этот день означал окончание сбора урожая, а это было очень знаковым событием для того времени.
Позже для многих народов этот праздник стал включать в себя все, что связано со сверхъестественным. Эта дата обычно сопровождалась ритуалами по изгнанию бесов от своих жилищ и бурными празднованиями, причем ритуалы в некоторых странах проводятся до сих пор.
Через некоторое время Хэллоуин начал вытеснять Самайн и самостоятельно закрепляться в истории как День Всех Святых.
С 16 века и Самайн, и Хэллоуин отмечают в ночь с 31 октября на 1 ноября и по традиции, взрослые и дети наряжаются в монстров, вампиров и прочую нечисть, и ходят от дома к дому, прося сладостей. Чаще всего с фразами по типу: «trick or treat», что переводят как «Кошелек или жизнь» или «Сладость или гадость». По традиции, принято давать сладости, но если человек отказывается, ему в шутку желают какую-нибудь неприятность или грозятся напакостить. С начала 20 века появилась тенденция носить с собой Светильник Джека, но о нем чуть позже.
Символы Хэллоуина
История светильника Джека
В Ирландии есть легенда: скупой кузнец Джек, который всегда был не против приложиться к бутылке и в целом вел не особо богоугодный образ жизни, как-то засел в кабаке с самим Дьяволом. Когда пришло время оплатить счет, Джек попросил его превратиться в монетку, и когда Дьявол это сделал, Джек положил монетку в карман, где лежал серебряный крестик. Властитель преисподней оказался «У Христа за пазухой», и обратно вернуться в прежнее состояние не смог. Чтобы освободиться, Дьявол пообещал Джеку год не устраивать ему неприятностей, а после смерти дал слово не претендовать на душу кузнеца.
Опыт никого ничему не научил, и Джек провел Дьявола еще раз. Он попросил нечистого залезть на дерево, чтобы сорвать фруктов. Когда тот взобрался, Джек нацарапал на стволе крест. Тем самым выиграл себе еще 10 лет спокойной жизни без козней Дьявола. Но, увы, не прожил их. А когда пришло время переходить или в Рай, или в Ад, Джека не взяли ни туда, ни туда. Поэтому в ожидании судного дня Джеку пришлось скитаться по земле, освещая себе путь угольком, который ему дал Дьявол на прощание. Уголек он положил в пустую тыкву.
Отсюда и название – Светильник Джек или Светильник Джека – Jack-o-lantern, сокращённое от Jack of the Lantern.
Сейчас вырезание тыквы – целое искусство. Проводятся конкурсы, турниры, а в 2013 году был установлен рекорд: в Америке одновременно зажгли 30581 светильник Джека.
Ведьмы
Несколько столетий назад никто бы не рискнул одеться в ведьму просто ради веселья, потому что его сразу же сожгли бы на костре.
Страшное время для кудрявых рыжеволосых дам (и не только) началось в 1486 году. Генрих Крамер создал книгу для охотников на ведьм «Молот Ведьм». Стоит сразу уточнить, что есть несколько теорий о том, почему он решил ее написать. Первая гласит о том, что он был зол из-за провала на судебном заседании, в котором обвинил нескольких женщин в колдовстве, а их оправдали и тонко намекнули Крамеру, мол, что-то ты, приятель, слишком агрессивен, займись чем-нибудь еще. Другой причиной называют просто трудности Крамера с прекрасным полом. Так или иначе, Генрих начал мстить.
Книга вышла. Ее начали активно использовать по назначению, причем распространять ее было довольно легко для тех времен, ведь в 1454 году, появился печатный станок.
Плюс доносить на тех, кто якобы показался тебе колдуном, было выгодно некоторым людям: перешел тебе дорогу сосед, а ты раз, и приврал, что он колдует. Сосед на костре, доносчик спит спокойно. Стоит ли пояснять, что большинство наказанных вообще не имели отношения к магии?
К концу 16 века ситуация начала нормализовываться. Суды все чаще оправдывали обвиняемых, если единственным доказательствами их вины были слова «свидетеля».
В 1735 году первой страной, которая перестала считать колдовство преступлением, стала Великобритания. Последняя казнь в Европе за магию датируется 1782 годом, это была Анна Гельди. Больше официальных случаев не зафиксировано, хотя из-за страхов и ненависти, которая укрепилась у некоторых в голове, все еще случались самосуды.
Сейчас же ведьма – крутой образ на Хэллоуин. Расскажем об этом чуть позже.
Коты и Хэллоуин
Многие не понимают, как вообще связаны коты и Хэллоуин. Рассказываем: в средние века все считали, что коты – помощники темных сил. Люди были уверены, что ведьмы отправляют котов на разведку к людям или сами превращаются в хвостатых. Так что через некоторое время, когда страх у людей достиг своего апогея, котов и ведьм начали массово истреблять. Котов даже судили! Одевали в человеческую одежду и выносили приговор.
Теперь же котиками активно украшают дом к Хэллоуину. Да не только дом, но и самих котов! Они ведь по праву считаются одним из символов Кануна дня всех Святых.
Традиции Хэллоуина
Украшение дома к Хэллоуину
Стоит сказать, что если вы не собираетесь отмечать Хэллоуин дома, и внутри помещения вам не особо хочется видеть мумии, паутину и все такое, то достаточно будет просто украсить дом снаружи, чтобы создавать настроение как себе, так и окружающим. Однако, если вы хотите отметить ночь ужаса у себя и впечатлить всех гостей, тогда придется постараться! А мы с этим поможем.
- Тыквы.
Они должны быть обязательно. В виде фонарей, просто тыкв, чьих-то голов, не имеет значения. Тыква – главный символ Хэллоуина и должен быть предметом интерьера. - Летучие мыши. Будет классно, если вы подвесите их у входа в дом или прикрепите на стены.
- Пауки и паутина. Паутину можно сделать из марли и повесить ее везде, где возможно. Пауков можно купить как декоративных, так и нарисовать их на стаканах, воздушных шариках, стенах.
- Приведения. Хороший способ сделать приведений – воздушные шарики и марля. Надуйте шарики, сверху повесьте кусок марли, по желанию прицепите глаза и рот. Готово! Особенно круто это смотрится, если прицепить касперов к люстре.
- Используйте природу как украшение. Из тыкв можно вырезать мякоть, наполнить получившуюся емкость льдом, и поместить в него бутылки с соком или алкоголем.Можно украсить дом желтыми листьями, ветками, все это будет смотреться уместно и гармонично. Стоит только проявить фантазию.
Костюмы к Хэллоуину
Главный вопрос всех, кто собрался отмечать Хэллоуин: кем нарядиться?
Предлагаем свои варианты:
Вампир
Можете импровизировать! Создать такой образ легко, а выглядит очень эффектно.
Любой персонаж фильмов Тима Бертона
Бертон – гений ужасов, которые не вызывают желания разбить монитор. А персонажи у него все колоритные и лаконичные. Так что выбирать есть из чего: Труп невесты, Суинни Тодд, Сонная лощина, Эдвард Руки-ножницы, Кошмар перед Рождеством, Битлджус и другие картины Бертона могут стать прекрасным источником вдохновения.
Мумия
Обмотался бинтами и вперед! Что может быть бюджетнее и интереснее? Плюс вы будете круто смотреться на фото.
Клоун
Вечная тема. Кто-то вообще считает клоунов смешными, а не страшными?
Дьявол
Рога, красная одежда – вполне сносный костюм для ленивых.
Чаки
Страшная маленькая кукла с порезанным лицом. Если постараться, то получится действительно пугающий костюм.
Кукла Билли
Та самая кукла на велосипеде из фильмов «Пила». Особенно излюбленный девушками вариант для грима.
Зомби
Кожу в зеленый, красная краска на лицо, хрип и вопли «Моозгииии!» – все, что вам понадобится.
Вот отличный туториал грима зомби из фильма «Фокус Покус»
Ведьма
Как говорили ранее, сейчас образ ведьмы хорош для Хэллоуина. Особенно круто образ будет смотреться при соответствующем макияже.
Особенно девушки очень его любят за простоту, каноничность и возможность наклеить себе длинные ногти. Кстати, собрали для вас туториалы с гримом ведьмы на Хэллоуин:
Музыка для Хэллоуина
Очень важная составляющая как вечеринки, так и просто хэллоуинского настроения – музыка. Сделали подборку самых знаменитых и атмосферных композиций на тему ужаса и страха!
- Лидером всегда был и остается Michael Jackson – Triller. Он даже снял на трек не просто клип, а целый короткометражный фильм, в котором сам и сыграл главную роль.
- Marylin Manson – This Is Halloween. Саундтрек к фильму Тима Бертона “Кошмар перед Рождеством” оказался очень по вкусу всем фанатам Хэллоуина. Будет прекрасным музыкальным сопровождением на вечеринке в канун дня всех Святых.
- AC/DC – Highway to Hell. Дорога в ад с потрясающими AC/DC покажется просто райским путешествием. А на вечеринке трек впишется просто чудно!
- Ray Parker Jr. — Ghostbusters. Рэй Паркер Младший и его саундтрек к “Охотникам за приведениями” не первый год считается одним из главных символов Хэллоуина. И не зря!
- Alice Cooper — Feed My Frankenstein.
Легендарный Элис Купер и его песня про Франкенштейна станет еще одной вишенкой на торте вашего Хэллоуина.
Фильмы для Хэллоуина
Чтобы дополнить атмосферу, решили собрать для вас лучшие фильмы и мультфильмы для просмотра на Хэллоуин.
- Кошмар перед рождеством
Тим Бертон написал сценарий, Генри Селик срежиссировал, а мы увидели одно из лучших творений в мире кинематографа на тему ужасов и Хэллоуина. - Фокус-Покус
Легкая история про Хэллоуин в лучших его традициях: ведьмы, тыквы, зомби и как бонус – молодая Сара Джессика Паркер. - Битлджус
Снова Тим Бертон, снова атмосфера страха, ужаса и веселья, снова главные герои – нечисть. Классика комедийного хоррора, идеально для Хэллоуина! - Хэллоуин
А вот этот фильм совсем не о веселье, он о маньяке, который огромным ножом убивает людей. Но Хэллоуин в первую очередь о смерти и ужасе, так что любителям пощекотать нервы вполне подойдет. - Кошелек или жизнь
Этот фильм не пользуется особой популярностью, и очень зря. Картина состоит из нескольких историй, которые случаются с разными людьми в ночь на Хэллоуин. Дух Хэллоуина наказывает всех, кто не соблюдает традиции праздника, совершает преступления и не дает конфеты тем, кто стучится в дом. - Эдвард Руки-Ножницы
Не совсем хоррор, но зато очень приятный и красивый фильм того же Тима Бертона. Кто виноват, что каждый его фильм идеален для Хэллоуина? А в главной роли, кстати, Джонни Дэпп. - Донни Дарко
Разбору этой картины посвящены сотни сайтов и страниц в интернете. Захватывающая, странная, пугающая, до ужаса интересная история. В главной роли Джейк Джилленхол. И это еще один повод посмотреть «Донни Дарко».
Праздники это классно. В разных странах конкретно к Хэллоуину могут относиться совершенно по-разному, вплоть до запретов и отчислений за костюмы, как у нас в России. Но мы-то знаем: нельзя упускать возможность поесть конфет, если она есть!
Отмечайте праздники, наряжайтесь в костюмы и не бойтесь посмотреть своим страхам в лицо. Иногда это оказываются просто мальчишки с соседнего двора, которые пришли за угощениями.
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Что за праздник Хэллоуин и почему Церковь в России его не приветствует
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Что за праздник Хэллоуин и почему Церковь в России его не приветствует
Хэллоуин в 2020 году отмечается во всем мире 31 октября. Об истории праздника, посвящения его нечистой силе и о том, почему и как его все еще празднуют в… РИА Новости, 02.11.2020
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МОСКВА, 30 окт – РИА Новости. Хэллоуин в 2020 году отмечается во всем мире 31 октября. Об истории праздника, посвящения его нечистой силе и о том, почему и как его все еще празднуют в России, несмотря на неодобрение Церкви, – в материале РИА Новости.Когда Хэллоуин в 2020 годуСогласно западноевропейской традиции, этот праздник связан с католическим Днем всех святых, который отмечают 1 ноября. В разных странах праздник всех святых называется по-разному. Например, в Латинской Америке – Днем мертвых. А в Ирландии – Самайном.Раньше этот праздник приходился на окончание сезона сбора урожая. Считалось, что за дары земли нужно благодарить не только Бога, но и собственных предков. Это отголосок более древней, языческой традиции.Усопшим родственникам в Англии и США посвящен вечер накануне 1 ноября – он называется All Hallows Evening (в переводе – вечер всех святых) или, на староанглийском, All hallow ees. Отсюда и название праздника – Хэллоуин, и дата — 31 октября.История возникновения праздникаИсторики считают, что изначально праздник был связан как с окончанием сезона жатвы, так и с наступлением темной части года. Отмечали его народы, жившие на Британских островах. У местных кельтов он назывался Самайн, что переводится как «закат лета». Отсюда ассоциация даты с умиранием. С приходом христианства в этот регион в IV-V веках празднику придали новый смысл: день памяти святых Церкви и усопших предков.Отмечали его в основном ирландцы и шотландцы. Во второй половине XIX века многие из них эмигрировали в США. Там некогда сугубо региональная традиция становится всемирно известным праздником, приобретая совершенно другой смысл. С начала XX века Хэллоуин посвящен не памяти усопших, а нечистой силе. Обязательные атрибуты и традиции праздникаКак считают историки, смысл праздника кардинальным образом поменялся из-за традиции устраивать на Хэллоуин карнавалы. Она появилась лишь в XX веке в США: маленькие дети переодевались в костюм нечисти, ходили по домам и выпрашивали конфеты. К концу XX столетия традиция наряжаться на этот праздник стала популярной по всему миру. Только в США ей следует 55 % американцев.В Америке появился еще один атрибут Хэллоуина – тыква. Сезон сбора этого овоща приходится именно на октябрь. Из тыквы вырезают светильник, который называется «фонарь Джека». Согласно ирландской средневековой легенде, фермеру по имени Джек удалось обмануть самого дьявола, выманив у него обещание не забирать душу фермера в ад после смерти. А поскольку его за грехи не пустили в рай, то дьявол «помог» приятелю — дал ему тлеющие угли из адского костра, дабы Джек мог осветить свой путь. И вырезал из репы фонарь, положив туда угольки. С тех пор светильник Джека — символ неприкаянной души, которая бродит в темноте. Согласно католическому вероучению, место, где томятся такие души, называется чистилищем. Однако ни в Католической церкви, ни тем более, в Православной, празднество в честь нечистой силы не приветствуют.Как отмечают Хэллоуин в России и других странахСегодня Хэллоуин – один из самых раскрученных рекламой праздников. Во многих странах устраивают вечеринки, наряжаются в костюмы, делают украшения из тыквы. Отмечают праздник и в России. Правда, с недавних пор – с 90-х годов. И в нашей культуре он не особо прижился – согласно соцопросам, его отмечает менее трех процентов россиян. Хотя большая часть населения о нем слышала. Религиозные деятели отмечают, что это чуждый для России праздник. Ничего подобного у нас раньше не отмечали. Кроме того, в нынешнем виде Хэллоуин, по их мнению, – чисто светский фестиваль. «Это искусственный масскультурный праздник оккультного характера. У нас в России к пропаганде оккультного и мракобесного относятся плохо, даже когда это делается в шутку», — говорит РИА Новости религиовед Роман Силантьев.В странах Латинской Америки вместо Хэллоуина празднуют День всех мертвых. Особенно широко отмечают его в Мексике, где проходят массовые карнавалы. В ряде мусульманских странах Хэллоуин и вовсе запрещен законом. Как украсить дом к праздникуВ западных странах на Хэллоуин принято украшать свои жилища не только подсвечниками из тыквы, но и различными атрибутами фильмов ужасов. Это может быть, например, искусственная паутина. Или же вырезанные из бумаги летучие мыши.Также принято украшать окна поделками из бумаги. Обычно вырезают различных привидений или ведьм на метлах. Что приготовитьКаких-то специальных блюд на Хэллоуин не существует. Но в Англии, к примеру, стараются в этот день готовить что-либо из тыквы. Украшением стола является тыквенный пирог.Само собой, тематика праздника способствует творческой фантазии. Например, можно приготовить «оживший гамбургер» — в традиционную булочку с котлетой добавить миндаль или кешью. А «глаза» сделать из вареных яиц: разрезать пополам, а «зрачки» добавить с помощью какого-нибудь соуса.
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МОСКВА, 30 окт – РИА Новости. Хэллоуин в 2020 году отмечается во всем мире 31 октября. Об истории праздника, посвящения его нечистой силе и о том, почему и как его все еще празднуют в России, несмотря на неодобрение Церкви, – в материале РИА Новости.
Когда Хэллоуин в 2020 году
Согласно западноевропейской традиции, этот праздник связан с католическим Днем всех святых, который отмечают 1 ноября. В разных странах праздник всех святых называется по-разному. Например, в Латинской Америке – Днем мертвых. А в Ирландии – Самайном.
Раньше этот праздник приходился на окончание сезона сбора урожая. Считалось, что за дары земли нужно благодарить не только Бога, но и собственных предков. Это отголосок более древней, языческой традиции.
Усопшим родственникам в Англии и США посвящен вечер накануне 1 ноября – он называется All Hallows Evening (в переводе – вечер всех святых) или, на староанглийском, All hallow ees. Отсюда и название праздника – Хэллоуин, и дата — 31 октября.
История возникновения праздника
Историки считают, что изначально праздник был связан как с окончанием сезона жатвы, так и с наступлением темной части года. Отмечали его народы, жившие на Британских островах.
У местных кельтов он назывался Самайн, что переводится как «закат лета». Отсюда ассоциация даты с умиранием. С приходом христианства в этот регион в IV-V веках празднику придали новый смысл: день памяти святых Церкви и усопших предков.
Отмечали его в основном ирландцы и шотландцы. Во второй половине XIX века многие из них эмигрировали в США. Там некогда сугубо региональная традиция становится всемирно известным праздником, приобретая совершенно другой смысл. С начала XX века Хэллоуин посвящен не памяти усопших, а нечистой силе.
Обязательные атрибуты и традиции праздника
Как считают историки, смысл праздника кардинальным образом поменялся из-за традиции устраивать на Хэллоуин карнавалы. Она появилась лишь в XX веке в США: маленькие дети переодевались в костюм нечисти, ходили по домам и выпрашивали конфеты.
К концу XX столетия традиция наряжаться на этот праздник стала популярной по всему миру. Только в США ей следует 55 % американцев.
В Америке появился еще один атрибут Хэллоуина – тыква. Сезон сбора этого овоща приходится именно на октябрь.
Из тыквы вырезают светильник, который называется «фонарь Джека». Согласно ирландской средневековой легенде, фермеру по имени Джек удалось обмануть самого дьявола, выманив у него обещание не забирать душу фермера в ад после смерти. А поскольку его за грехи не пустили в рай, то дьявол «помог» приятелю — дал ему тлеющие угли из адского костра, дабы Джек мог осветить свой путь. И вырезал из репы фонарь, положив туда угольки. С тех пор светильник Джека — символ неприкаянной души, которая бродит в темноте.
Согласно католическому вероучению, место, где томятся такие души, называется чистилищем. Однако ни в Католической церкви, ни тем более, в Православной, празднество в честь нечистой силы не приветствуют.
Как отмечают Хэллоуин в России и других странах
Сегодня Хэллоуин – один из самых раскрученных рекламой праздников. Во многих странах устраивают вечеринки, наряжаются в костюмы, делают украшения из тыквы.
Отмечают праздник и в России. Правда, с недавних пор – с 90-х годов. И в нашей культуре он не особо прижился – согласно соцопросам, его отмечает менее трех процентов россиян. Хотя большая часть населения о нем слышала.
Религиозные деятели отмечают, что это чуждый для России праздник. Ничего подобного у нас раньше не отмечали. Кроме того, в нынешнем виде Хэллоуин, по их мнению, – чисто светский фестиваль.
«Это искусственный масскультурный праздник оккультного характера. У нас в России к пропаганде оккультного и мракобесного относятся плохо, даже когда это делается в шутку», — говорит РИА Новости религиовед Роман Силантьев.
В странах Латинской Америки вместо Хэллоуина празднуют День всех мертвых. Особенно широко отмечают его в Мексике, где проходят массовые карнавалы.
В ряде мусульманских странах Хэллоуин и вовсе запрещен законом.
Как украсить дом к празднику
В западных странах на Хэллоуин принято украшать свои жилища не только подсвечниками из тыквы, но и различными атрибутами фильмов ужасов. Это может быть, например, искусственная паутина. Или же вырезанные из бумаги летучие мыши.
Также принято украшать окна поделками из бумаги. Обычно вырезают различных привидений или ведьм на метлах.
Что приготовить
Каких-то специальных блюд на Хэллоуин не существует. Но в Англии, к примеру, стараются в этот день готовить что-либо из тыквы. Украшением стола является тыквенный пирог.
Само собой, тематика праздника способствует творческой фантазии. Например, можно приготовить «оживший гамбургер» — в традиционную булочку с котлетой добавить миндаль или кешью. А «глаза» сделать из вареных яиц: разрезать пополам, а «зрачки» добавить с помощью какого-нибудь соуса.
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Хэллоуин — самый веселый и мистический праздник года, отмечают во многих странах мира в ночь с 31 октября на 1 ноября — в канун Дня всех Святых
История Хэллоуина, корни которого восходят к языческим временам, окутана тайной – более двух тысячелетий назад в эту ночь люди надевали на себя звериные шкуры, собирались у костров, разводимых жрецами-друидами, и приносили в жертву животных.
Что за праздник Хэллоуин
Как возник Хэллоуин доподлинно неизвестно – по одной из версий, в основе праздника лежит кельтский Новый год, который в дохристианские времена отмечали 1 ноября.
По преданию — племена кельтов, проживавшие на территории Англии, Ирландии и Северной Франции, делили год на две части – зиму и лето. Соответственно 31 октября считался у них последним днем уходящего года, а также означал окончание сбора урожая и переход на новый – зимний сезон.
Празднование Хэллоуина
Согласно кельтскому поверью, в последнюю ночь – с 31 октября на 1 ноября грань между мирами живых и мертвых стиралась, и обитатели потустороннего мира благополучно проникали на свет Божий. Кельты называли эту ночь Самайном или Самхэйном.
И чтобы не стать жертвами духов и приведений, кельты гасили в своих домах огонь, и надевали на себя звериные шкуры, чтобы отпугивать «незваных гостей». На улице возле домов люди оставляли угощения для духов, а сами собирались у костров, разводимых жрецами-друидами, и приносил в жертву животных.
После жертвоприношения люди забирали священный огонь домой. Символом праздника была тыква. Она не только означала окончание лета и сбора урожая, но и отпугивала злых духов священным огнем, который зажигался внутри нее.
Эта традиция передавалась из поколения в поколения вплоть до I века нашей эры. После вторжения римлян, кельты, живущие на островах Британии и Ирландии, были вынуждены отказаться от большинства языческих обрядов и обычаев и принять христианскую веру. Однако народ помнил о Самхэйне и передавал рассказы о нем своим потомкам.
День всех Святых
По приказу Папы Григория III перенесли в IX веке на 1 ноября — этим христианская церковь хотела искоренить языческие традиции, однако случилось обратное — Самайн начали праздновать вновь.
На староанглийском языке предпраздничная ночь звучала как All Hallows Even (Вечер всех Святых), или сокращенно — Hallowe’en, а потом еще короче — Halloween (Хэллоуин). Так и появилось современное название этого праздника — Хэллоуин.
Празднование Хэллоуина
Церковь долго боролась с обычаем пугать и задабривать злых духов в этот день, но языческий праздник не только выжил, но и неразрывно сросся с церковным праздником в народном сознании.
Благодаря эмигрантам из Старого Света Хэллоуин в XIX веке стал известен в Америке. Со временем его стали отмечать в европейских, а также в некоторых азиатских странах. В последние годы этот праздник стал популярен в странах бывшего союза, в том числе и в Грузии, и в России.
Традиция переодеваться в костюмы различной нечисти в ночь на Хэллоуин, сохранилась по сей день и стала любимой забавой — многие ходят на специальные вечеринки в клубах, посвященные празднику, неотъемлемой частью которого являются удивительные и страшные карнавальные костюмы.
Пpи этoм люди иcпoльзуют нe тoлькo мacки и oдeжду пepcoнaжeй, нo и пoлнocтью вoccoздaют oбpaз выбpaннoгo гepoя, иcпoльзуя гpим и aкceccуapы. На Xэллoуин caмыми пoпуляpными cчитaютcя страшные пepcoнaжи: вaмпиpы, мoнcтpы, вeдьмы, пpивидeния и пpoчиe миcтичecкиe гepoи.
Символ Хэллоуина
По древней легенде кузнец-пьяница по прозвищу скупой Джек зашел выпить в трактир в канун Дня всех Святых. В поисках новой души в этот день там находился дьявол, который наслышанный о жадности кузнеца решил купить его душу.
Джек, после непродолжительных торгов, согласился продать душу за выпивку, и сатана обернулся шестипенсовой монетой. Но хитрый кузнец смог обмануть самого дьявола и, тем самым, получить обещание нечистого, что тот никогда не покусится на его душу.
И когда Джек умер, его грешную душу не приняли, ни только в аду, но и в раю. И кузнец, ненужный ни дьяволу, ни Богу, скитался в поисках пристанища, освещая себе путь фoнapeм, выpeзaнным из пoлoй тыквы, в кoтopoй тлeли ocтaтки углeй.
Было ли это в действительности неизвестно, но тыквa, c выpeзaннoй нa нeй вecьмa пугaющeй рожицей, кoтopaя пoдcвeчивaeтcя изнутpи горящей свечой, остается главным символом праздника, как и столетия назад.
По традиции, люди выcтaвляют нa кpыльцo и пoдoкoнники cвeтильники из тыквы — люди считают, что огонь отгонит не только незваных гостей из иного мира, но и защитит дом от зависти, злобы и негативной энергии.
Пoмимo oвoщныx фoнapeй, пoпуляpными пpeдмeтaми для укpaшeния являютcя caдoвыe пугaлa, бумaжныe и плacтикoвыe cкeлeты, пaутинa, cвeчи и кoмпoзиции из cуxиx pacтeний и лиcтьeв. Пo тpaдиции ocнoвными цвeтaми пpaздникa cтaли вce oттeнки opaнжeвoгo и чepнoгo.
Koшeлeк или жизнь?
Выпрашивание сладостей – одно из традиционных развлечений детворы нa Xэллoуин получила распространение в Зaпaднoй Eвpoпe и Aмepикe в конце XIX века. В праздник, дети, ряженные в различных монстров, стучатся в двери домов и кричат: «Trick or treat?», чтo в пepeвoдe oзнaчaeт — «Koшeлeк или жизнь?».
Жeлaющиe видeть нa пopoгe cвoeгo дoмa pяжeнныx дeтeй, укpaшaют кpыльцo cимвoлaми Xэллoуинa, а тe, ктo нe хочет учacтвoвaть вo вceoбщeм вeceльe пpocтo выcтaвляют кopзинку, дoвepxу нaпoлнeнную cлaдким угoщeниeм.
Тpaдиция выпpaшивaния cъecтнoгo вo вpeмя цepкoвныx пpaздникoв, нecмoтpя нa coвpeмeннoe pacпpocтpaнeниe, уxoдит кopнями в сpeднeвeкoвьe. B те далекие времена бедняки в праздник пeли мoлитвы пoд oкнa гopoжaн, в нaдeждe пoлучить пpoдукты или дeньги.
C Xэллoуинoм этa тpaдиция впepвыe coвмecтилacь в Beликoбpитaнии в 1895 гoду, кoгдa дeти в oднoй из дepeвeнь переоделись в кocтюмы и пpoшли пo дoмaм coceдeй, выпpaшивaя cлaдocти.
Традиции празднования Хэллоуина
Неотъемлемой частью Xэллoуинa являются «аттракционы призраков». B CШA, гдe глaвным oбpaзoм и пoлучили pacпpocтpaнeниe тaкиe aттpaкциoны, иx пpoвoдят кaждую oceнь. Пepвoe пoдoбнoe paзвлeчeниe былo уcтpoeнo в 1915 гoду.
Пpи этoм тexничecкoe ocнaщeниe этиx, cвoeoбpaзныx пугaющиx пapкoв, бecпpecтaннo pacтeт — гуcтoй тумaн, злoвeщиe звуки и шopoxи, тaинcтвeннaя музыкa, cкpипы и cпeцэффeкты иcпoльзуютcя здecь c oднoй цeлью — нaпугaть посетителей.
Тeмaтикa Xэллoуинa также шиpoкo pacпpocтpaнeнa в Диснейленде вo вcex пapкax кopпopaции в этoт пpaздник oбуcтpaивaютcя тeмaтичecкиe aттpaкциoны, гдe дeкopaции мeняют кaждый гoд.
В Ceвepнoй Aмepикe на сегодняшний день изгoтaвливaют нa Xэллoуин cпeциaльныe cлaдocти, пoлучившиe нaзвaниe «кэнди-кopн» и «кэнди-пaмпкин». Кoнфeтки глaвным oбpaзoм готовят из cлaдкoй пaтoки, жeлaтинa, caxapa и нaтуpaльнoгo coкa, в видe тыквы или пoчaткa кукуpузы, рецептура которых пpaктичecки нe измeнилacь с нaчaлa XX вeкa.
B Иpлaндии к Xэллoуину тpaдициoннo выпeкaют cпeциaльный xлeб, «бapмбpэк». Этo cлaдкaя булкa c изюмoм, в кoтopую пpячут paзличныe пpeдмeты — кoльцo, мoнeтку, гopoшину, дepeвяшку и oбpывoк мaтepии.
Пo дocтaвшeмуcя пpeдмeту мoжнo узнaть cвoю cудьбу, тaк кoльцo oбoзнaчaeт cкopую cвaдьбу, дepeвяшкa — oдинoчecтвo или paзвoд, гopoшинa — бeзбpaчиe, ткaнь — нeудaчу в дeнeжныx дeлax, a мoнeтa — бoгaтcтвo.
Пoдoбный xлeб, нapeзaeмый в видe тocтoв co cливoчным мacлoм, сейчас мoжнo нaйти вo вceм Coeдинeннoм Kopoлeвcтвe. B фaбpичныx eгo вapиaнтax пpeдмeты, oбoзнaчaющиe будущee, дeлaют из плacтикa или cъeдoбнoгo мaтepиaлa.
Хэллоуин является вторым, после Рождества и Нового года в рейтинге самых коммерчески доходных праздников. Только в Америке на подготовку к празднику тратят более 2,5 миллиардов долларов.
Во Франции самые впечатляющие шествия на Хэллоуин проходят в пригороде Парижа Диснейленде и в городе Лиможе, куда ежегодно приезжает более 30 тысяч человек. Именно там проходят самые запоминающиеся парады гоблинов, вампиров и призраков, освещающих свой путь фонарями тыквами.
В Германии Хэллоуин отмечают не менее красочно. Замок Франкенштейна в Дармштадте (федеральная земля Гессен) привлекает в эту ночь тысячи людей, переодетых в костюмы монстров, а местные жители верят в то, что именно в эту ночь привидение хозяина появляется на крыше замка.
В Китае Хэллоуин известен как Teng Chieh — день поминания предков. В этот день перед фотографиями умерших родственников китайцы ставят еду и воду, а также фонарь, освещающий путь душам предков, путешествующих в ночь Хэллоуина.
Самым мрачным Хэллоуином во всем мире считается в Мексике. Мексиканцы в это время отмечают День мертвых, ходят на могилы своих предков. Ни о каком веселье и речь не идет.
Гадания в Хэллоуин
Обычно на Хэллоуин проводили различные гадания на суженого, о грядущей свадьбе и даже возможной смерти.
В Шотландии, например, девицы срезали с яблок кожуру, чтобы она была как можно длиннее, и бросали ее через плечо. В упавшей кожуре можно было угадать имя суженого.
Другое популярное гадание заключалось в том, что девушка в темном доме со свечой в руке должна подняться спиной вперед по лестнице, а после этого провести свечой перед зеркалом. В зеркале девушка должна была увидеть будущего мужа, но также могла увидеть свою смерть.
Кроме того, девушке в эту ночь перед сном необходимо съесть кусочек селедки, ничем не запивая. Кто ей во сне принесет чашку воды, тот и будет ее суженым.
Также считается, что если в ночь на Хэллоуин положить яблоко под подушку и загадать желание, а утром, проснувшись, съесть это яблоко, то желание обязательно сбудется.
Источник: sputnik-georgia.ru
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Хэллоуин: история и традиции. Как праздновать
Наш календарь богат народными и современными праздниками. И с каждым годом их становится все больше. Но речь не идет о профессиональных или общенародных празднествах. Наш календарь стал пополняться праздниками, пришедшими к нам с Запада. Прежде чем отправиться в исторический экскурс, связанный с появлением этого праздника, стоит отметить, что он имеет свои корни, соприкасающиеся с народными традициями славян. Как одни, так и другие были язычниками и имели календарь, связанный с особенностями изменений природы в разное время года. Именно они и легли первоначально в основу празднования.
Что это за праздник – Хэллоуин?
Что означает праздник Хэллоуина? Это – совершенно необычный день. Если обратиться к его философии, то можно понять, что сегодня он, по сути, восхваляет темные силы. Однако изначально в него вкладывался совсем другой смысл. Своим появлением он обязан язычникам-кельтам. У них отмечался как день перехода из лета в зиму. То есть был встречей нового года по кельтскому календарю. Традиции празднования, которые значительно изменились со времен его появления, костюмы, атрибуты – все подчеркивает мощь темных сил ночью 31 октября.
История возникновения праздника
История возникновения Хэллоуина уходит корнями в глубокую древность, в традиции древних кельтов, которые жили по только им свойственному природному календарю. В нем было всего два времени года: лето и зима. Лето, по их представлениям, заканчивалось 31 октября и уступало место зиме. К этому времени полностью завершался сбор урожая, что позволяло отдохнуть от тяжелого сельскохозяйственного труда и отметить это гуляниями. Значит, в этот день отмечали два праздника: урожая и окончания лета.
В этот же день 2000 лет назад древние кельты встречали новый год и наступление зимы. Многогранность тематики, объединенная в одной дате, породила необычность традиций празднования. В этом дне совместились:
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радость от окончания сложного сельскохозяйственного года;
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озабоченность подготовкой к новой весне;
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страх перед зимой.
В последнем случае этот страх был связан с непониманием явлений природы. Смена времен года связывалась с борьбой светлых и темных сил, которые управляют днем и ночью, теплом и холодом. Наступление холодов кельты объясняли активным вмешательством темных сил, полагая, что именно они правят зимой, «съедая» светлое время суток и погружая природу в сон до весны.
Был и еще один аспект этого праздника, вернее дня. Древние кельты полагали, что именно в ночь с 31 октября на 1 ноября распахивались ворота в загробный мир. Это позволяло усопшим вновь явиться на землю, требуя даров и жертвоприношений. Чтобы мертвые не тревожили живых, этот день был одновременно и поминальным. Факт открытия врат использовала нечистая сила, которая радостно устремлялась на землю, наводя страх темнотой, холодами, морозами.
Чтобы отогнать злых духов от своих жилищ и поддержать добрых, проводился Самайн. Люди разводили костры, горение которых поддерживали в течение всей долгой зимы. И только с приходом дня весеннего равноденствия гасили. Считалось, что таким образом они защищают не только себя, но и поддерживают добрые силы в борьбе с нечистью. Люди наряжались в шкуры диких животных, которые, по поверьям, должны были отпугнуть незваных гостей. Чтобы задобрить нечистую силу, возле порога дома хозяева выкладывали различные щедрые угощения.
Позднее на философию празднования оказала влияние религия. Этот день по церковному календарю католической церкви отмечался как День всех святых. Изначально он праздновался 13 мая и был посвящен всем великомученикам церкви. Позднее был перенесен на 1 ноября и «отдан» святым, которые не получили в церковном календаре своего отдельного дня. Стоит отметить, что в некоторых странах этот день объявлен общегосударственным праздником и является выходным.
Удивительное переплетение язычества и христианской религии, веры в жизнь и обращения к потусторонним темным силам стало рождением этого странного праздника. Он обрел свои атрибуты и традиции, отмечается в странах Западной Европы и США, но изменил свою суть.
Как отмечают Хэллоуин в России и других странах
Позднее обряд, рожденный в Британии и Ирландии, претерпел ряд изменений. Ирландцы, эмигрировавшие в США, «привезли» этот обряд с собой. Американцы его приняли, но интерпретировали по-своему. Любители комиксов и различных шоу, они из Дня всех святых сделали шоу, которое зашагало дальше по свету.
В этот день, обрядившись в костюмы вампиров, скелетов, монстров, мумий, черных кошек, летучих мышей, любители острых ощущений пугают прохожих, а потом собираются в ночных клубах и пабах на «шабаши нечисти». В этих странах и в Мексике проводятся «карнавалы мертвых» — массовое, довольно мрачное внешне веселящееся шествие проходит по главным улицам городов. На домах развешиваются искусственные трупы, скелеты, другие атрибуты мертвых. От такого «мертвенького» оформления настроение поднимается, это отмечается как радостный праздник, где все веселятся, поют и пляшут.
В других странах этот день больше связан с поминанием умерших, а не превращением его в «ужасное шоу».
Дети ходят по домам, выпрашивая сладости, незамужние девушки гадают, что очень похоже на русские традиции праздников Рождества и Крещения.
В Гватемале в День всех святых в небо запускаются большие бумажные, раскрашенные в стиле индейцев майя, змеи. Но не ради забавы: жители этой страны верят, что в змеев переселяются на этот день души умерших. Чем выше поднимается змей, тем ближе к небесам душа умершего.
В Китае и Японии путь душам умерших указывают бумажные фонарики. Чтобы задобрить злых духов, накрывают столы с вегетарианскими блюдами.
Для Австрии празднование Хэллоуина нехарактерно. Сейчас он отмечается широко, но используется только часть традиций и символов. Дома и улицы украшаются поделками из тыквы. На обеденном столе в этот день обязательны вода, хлеб, зажженные лампы. Все это делается для того, чтобы мертвые чувствовали себя как дома.
В австрийских деревнях в вечернее время устраиваются «кладбищенские шествия», оформленные фонариками. В некоторых городах проводятся фестивали тыквы, конкурсы, веселые соревнования.
Несмотря на то, что именно в Англии берет начало этот праздник, он все больше «американизируется». Даже материалом для фонарей все реже выбирается традиционная репа. Она заменяется тыквой. Праздничные шествия, украшения улиц, массовые посещения старых замков, в которых, как утверждают экскурсоводы, и сегодня живут призраки убитых и замученных долгими пытками, вызывают большой интерес.
Во многих замках в ночное время устраиваются платные, стоящие немалых денег, спиритические сеансы, якобы позволяющие связаться с духами умерших. Попасть на них многие считают большой удачей.
В Германии в этот день огромные очереди можно наблюдать в Дармштадте, где находится замок Франкенштейнов. Утверждают, что и сегодня здесь можно наткнуться на призрак владельца замка.
Символы Хэллоуина
Главным символом праздника является плод тыквы. Он олицетворяет богатство урожая и светильник, отпугивающий злых духов. Почему тыква — символ Хэллоуина, объясняет легенда. Согласно ей, жил когда-то жадный и ужасно хитрый кузнец Джек. Он даже умудрился дважды обмануть самого дьявола. Первый раз – уговорив его превратиться в монетку, которую затем положил в карман рядом с маленьким крестиком. Второй раз дьявол попался на уловку кузнеца, убедившего его влезть на дерево, на котором Джек нацарапал крест.
Пораженный находчивостью и хитростью кузнеца, дьявол пообещал не забирать его душу. Но такой щедрый дар оказался бесполезным: в рай Джека не пустили, он оказался ненужным ни Богу, ни Дьяволу. С тер пор скитался несчастный Джек по свету, потеряв все, кроме единственного уголька. Фонаря у него не было, чтобы согреться и передвигаться во мгле, он спрятал свой единственный уголек в тыкву. Так он защитил его от ветра и дождя, превратив плод в своеобразный фонарик. Он получил название фонаря Джека.
Есть и другие атрибуты, которые стали символами Хэллоуина: ведьмы, коты, летучие мыши, черепа, а также сочетания цветов костюмов:
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оранжевого, обозначающего силу и энергию жизни;
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черного, связанного с демонами, смертью, злом и тьмой;
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мистического и таинственного фиолетового.
Традиции Хэллоуина
Хэллоуин имеет традиции праздника. К ним относятся карнавальные шествия в «страшных» костюмах, а также игра Trick or treat? — «Шутка или угощение?» («Сладость или гадость?»). Сладость вручается тут же, а что касается «гадости», она может представлять злую (но не жестокую) шутку. Нередко «гадость» связана с выполнением каких-либо не очень приятных заданий. Если они не нравятся, тот, кто их выбрал, может «откупиться» сладостями.
Остаются традицией визиты компаний детей за сладостями. Некоторые владельцы домов оставляют угощения прямо у порога, если не расположены общаться с детьми.
Как украсить дом к празднику
Одним из обязательных украшений к Halloween является тыква с горящей внутри свечой. Такой фонарь может быть не один. Участники выкладывают целые тыквенные дорожки. Кроме того, перед входом в дом, где отмечают этот праздник, устанавливается чучело ведьмы, мумии, монстров или скелеты.
Костюмы к Хэллоуину
Участники празднества готовят костюмы. Наиболее востребованными и характерными для него являются костюмы:
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ведьмы, дополненный остроконечной шляпой с широкими полями;
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монахини;
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кошки – в любых вариантах;
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куклы, одетой в платье с оборками;
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невесты с жутким макияжем и букетиком сухих (искусственных) цветов, перевязанных черной ленточкой;
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медсестры с окровавленными стеклянными шприцами в руках;
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ангела с черными крыльями.
Мужчинам подходят костюмы мертвеца, мумии, скелета, вампира.
Halloween | |
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Carving a jack-o’-lantern is a common Halloween tradition |
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Also called |
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Observed by | Western Christians and many non-Christians around the world[1] |
Type | Christian |
Significance | First day of Allhallowtide |
Celebrations | Trick-or-treating, costume parties, making jack-o’-lanterns, lighting bonfires, divination, apple bobbing, visiting haunted attractions. |
Observances | Church services,[2] prayer,[3] fasting,[1] and vigil[4] |
Date | 31 October |
Related to | Samhain, Hop-tu-Naa, Calan Gaeaf, Allantide, Day of the Dead, Reformation Day, All Saints’ Day, Mischief Night (cf. vigil) |
Halloween or Hallowe’en (less commonly known as Allhalloween,[5] All Hallows’ Eve,[6] or All Saints’ Eve)[7] is a celebration observed in many countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Saints’ Day. It begins the observance of Allhallowtide,[8] the time in the liturgical year dedicated to remembering the dead, including saints (hallows), martyrs, and all the faithful departed.[9][10][11][12]
One theory holds that many Halloween traditions were influenced by Celtic harvest festivals, particularly the Gaelic festival Samhain, which are believed to have pagan roots.[13][14][15][16] Some go further and suggest that Samhain may have been Christianized as All Hallow’s Day, along with its eve, by the early Church.[17] Other academics believe Halloween began solely as a Christian holiday, being the vigil of All Hallow’s Day.[18][19][20][21] Celebrated in Ireland and Scotland for centuries, Irish and Scottish immigrants took many Halloween customs to North America in the 19th century,[22][23] and then through American influence Halloween had spread to other countries by the late 20th and early 21st century.[24][25]
Popular Halloween activities include trick-or-treating (or the related guising and souling), attending Halloween costume parties, carving pumpkins or turnips into jack-o’-lanterns, lighting bonfires, apple bobbing, divination games, playing pranks, visiting haunted attractions, telling scary stories, and watching horror or Halloween-themed films.[26] Some people practice the Christian religious observances of All Hallows’ Eve, including attending church services and lighting candles on the graves of the dead,[27][28][29] although it is a secular celebration for others.[30][31][32] Some Christians historically abstained from meat on All Hallows’ Eve, a tradition reflected in the eating of certain vegetarian foods on this vigil day, including apples, potato pancakes, and soul cakes.[33][34][35][36]
Etymology
The word Halloween or Hallowe’en («Saints’ evening»[37]) is of Christian origin;[38][39] a term equivalent to «All Hallows Eve» is attested in Old English.[40] The word hallowe[‘]en comes from the Scottish form of All Hallows’ Eve (the evening before All Hallows’ Day):[41] even is the Scots term for «eve» or «evening»,[42] and is contracted to e’en or een;[43] (All) Hallow(s) E(v)en became Hallowe’en.
History
Christian origins and historic customs
Halloween is thought to have influences from Christian beliefs and practices.[44][45] The English word ‘Halloween’ comes from «All Hallows’ Eve», being the evening before the Christian holy days of All Hallows’ Day (All Saints’ Day) on 1 November and All Souls’ Day on 2 November.[46] Since the time of the early Church,[47] major feasts in Christianity (such as Christmas, Easter and Pentecost) had vigils that began the night before, as did the feast of All Hallows’.[48][44] These three days are collectively called Allhallowtide and are a time when Western Christians honour all saints and pray for recently departed souls who have yet to reach Heaven. Commemorations of all saints and martyrs were held by several churches on various dates, mostly in springtime.[49] In 4th-century Roman Edessa it was held on 13 May, and on 13 May 609, Pope Boniface IV re-dedicated the Pantheon in Rome to «St Mary and all martyrs».[50] This was the date of Lemuria, an ancient Roman festival of the dead.[51]
In the 8th century, Pope Gregory III (731–741) founded an oratory in St Peter’s for the relics «of the holy apostles and of all saints, martyrs and confessors».[44][52] Some sources say it was dedicated on 1 November,[53] while others say it was on Palm Sunday in April 732.[54][55] By 800, there is evidence that churches in Ireland[56] and Northumbria were holding a feast commemorating all saints on 1 November.[57] Alcuin of Northumbria, a member of Charlemagne’s court, may then have introduced this 1 November date in the Frankish Empire.[58] In 835, it became the official date in the Frankish Empire.[57] Some suggest this was due to Celtic influence, while others suggest it was a Germanic idea,[57] although it is claimed that both Germanic and Celtic-speaking peoples commemorated the dead at the beginning of winter.[59] They may have seen it as the most fitting time to do so, as it is a time of ‘dying’ in nature.[57][59] It is also suggested the change was made on the «practical grounds that Rome in summer could not accommodate the great number of pilgrims who flocked to it», and perhaps because of public health concerns over Roman Fever, which claimed a number of lives during Rome’s sultry summers.[60][44]
On All Hallows’ Eve, Christians in some parts of the world visit cemeteries to pray and place flowers and candles on the graves of their loved ones.[61] Top: Christians in Bangladesh lighting candles on the headstone of a relative. Bottom: Lutheran Christians praying and lighting candles in front of the central crucifix of a graveyard.
By the end of the 12th century, the celebration had become known as the holy days of obligation in Western Christianity and involved such traditions as ringing church bells for souls in purgatory. It was also «customary for criers dressed in black to parade the streets, ringing a bell of mournful sound and calling on all good Christians to remember the poor souls».[62] The Allhallowtide custom of baking and sharing soul cakes for all christened souls,[63] has been suggested as the origin of trick-or-treating.[64] The custom dates back at least as far as the 15th century[65] and was found in parts of England, Wales, Flanders, Bavaria and Austria.[66] Groups of poor people, often children, would go door-to-door during Allhallowtide, collecting soul cakes, in exchange for praying for the dead, especially the souls of the givers’ friends and relatives. This was called «souling».[65][67][68] Soul cakes were also offered for the souls themselves to eat,[66] or the ‘soulers’ would act as their representatives.[69] As with the Lenten tradition of hot cross buns, soul cakes were often marked with a cross, indicating they were baked as alms.[70] Shakespeare mentions souling in his comedy The Two Gentlemen of Verona (1593).[71] While souling, Christians would carry «lanterns made of hollowed-out turnips», which could have originally represented souls of the dead;[72][73] jack-o’-lanterns were used to ward off evil spirits.[74][75] On All Saints’ and All Souls’ Day during the 19th century, candles were lit in homes in Ireland,[76] Flanders, Bavaria, and in Tyrol, where they were called «soul lights»,[77] that served «to guide the souls back to visit their earthly homes».[78] In many of these places, candles were also lit at graves on All Souls’ Day.[77] In Brittany, libations of milk were poured on the graves of kinfolk,[66] or food would be left overnight on the dinner table for the returning souls;[77] a custom also found in Tyrol and parts of Italy.[79][77]
Christian minister Prince Sorie Conteh linked the wearing of costumes to the belief in vengeful ghosts: «It was traditionally believed that the souls of the departed wandered the earth until All Saints’ Day, and All Hallows’ Eve provided one last chance for the dead to gain vengeance on their enemies before moving to the next world. In order to avoid being recognized by any soul that might be seeking such vengeance, people would don masks or costumes».[80] In the Middle Ages, churches in Europe that were too poor to display relics of martyred saints at Allhallowtide let parishioners dress up as saints instead.[81][82] Some Christians observe this custom at Halloween today.[83] Lesley Bannatyne believes this could have been a Christianization of an earlier pagan custom.[84] Many Christians in mainland Europe, especially in France, believed «that once a year, on Hallowe’en, the dead of the churchyards rose for one wild, hideous carnival» known as the danse macabre, which was often depicted in church decoration.[85] Christopher Allmand and Rosamond McKitterick write in The New Cambridge Medieval History that the danse macabre urged Christians «not to forget the end of all earthly things».[86] The danse macabre was sometimes enacted in European village pageants and court masques, with people «dressing up as corpses from various strata of society», and this may be the origin of Halloween costume parties.[87][88][89][72]
In Britain, these customs came under attack during the Reformation, as Protestants berated purgatory as a «popish» doctrine incompatible with the Calvinist doctrine of predestination. State-sanctioned ceremonies associated with the intercession of saints and prayer for souls in purgatory were abolished during the Elizabethan reform, though All Hallow’s Day remained in the English liturgical calendar to «commemorate saints as godly human beings».[90] For some Nonconformist Protestants, the theology of All Hallows’ Eve was redefined; «souls cannot be journeying from Purgatory on their way to Heaven, as Catholics frequently believe and assert. Instead, the so-called ghosts are thought to be in actuality evil spirits».[91] Other Protestants believed in an intermediate state known as Hades (Bosom of Abraham).[92] In some localities, Catholics and Protestants continued souling, candlelit processions, or ringing church bells for the dead;[46][93] the Anglican church eventually suppressed this bell-ringing.[94] Mark Donnelly, a professor of medieval archaeology, and historian Daniel Diehl write that «barns and homes were blessed to protect people and livestock from the effect of witches, who were believed to accompany the malignant spirits as they traveled the earth».[95] After 1605, Hallowtide was eclipsed in England by Guy Fawkes Night (5 November), which appropriated some of its customs.[96] In England, the ending of official ceremonies related to the intercession of saints led to the development of new, unofficial Hallowtide customs. In 18th–19th century rural Lancashire, Catholic families gathered on hills on the night of All Hallows’ Eve. One held a bunch of burning straw on a pitchfork while the rest knelt around him, praying for the souls of relatives and friends until the flames went out. This was known as teen’lay.[97] There was a similar custom in Hertfordshire, and the lighting of ‘tindle’ fires in Derbyshire.[98] Some suggested these ‘tindles’ were originally lit to «guide the poor souls back to earth».[99] In Scotland and Ireland, old Allhallowtide customs that were at odds with Reformed teaching were not suppressed as they «were important to the life cycle and rites of passage of local communities» and curbing them would have been difficult.[22]
In parts of Italy until the 15th century, families left a meal out for the ghosts of relatives, before leaving for church services.[79] In 19th-century Italy, churches staged «theatrical re-enactments of scenes from the lives of the saints» on All Hallow’s Day, with «participants represented by realistic wax figures».[79] In 1823, the graveyard of Holy Spirit Hospital in Rome presented a scene in which bodies of those who recently died were arrayed around a wax statue of an angel who pointed upward towards heaven.[79] In the same country, «parish priests went house-to-house, asking for small gifts of food which they shared among themselves throughout that night».[79] In Spain, they continue to bake special pastries called «bones of the holy» (Spanish: Huesos de Santo) and set them on graves.[100] At cemeteries in Spain and France, as well as in Latin America, priests lead Christian processions and services during Allhallowtide, after which people keep an all night vigil.[101] In 19th-century San Sebastián, there was a procession to the city cemetery at Allhallowtide, an event that drew beggars who «appeal[ed] to the tender recollectons of one’s deceased relations and friends» for sympathy.[102]
Gaelic folk influence
Today’s Halloween customs are thought to have been influenced by folk customs and beliefs from the Celtic-speaking countries, some of which are believed to have pagan roots.[103] Jack Santino, a folklorist, writes that «there was throughout Ireland an uneasy truce existing between customs and beliefs associated with Christianity and those associated with religions that were Irish before Christianity arrived».[104] The origins of Halloween customs are typically linked to the Gaelic festival Samhain.[105]
Samhain is one of the quarter days in the medieval Gaelic calendar and has been celebrated on 31 October – 1 November[106] in Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man.[107][108] A kindred festival has been held by the Brittonic Celts, called Calan Gaeaf in Wales, Kalan Gwav in Cornwall and Kalan Goañv in Brittany; a name meaning «first day of winter». For the Celts, the day ended and began at sunset; thus the festival begins the evening before 1 November by modern reckoning.[109] Samhain is mentioned in some of the earliest Irish literature. The names have been used by historians to refer to Celtic Halloween customs up until the 19th century,[110] and are still the Gaelic and Welsh names for Halloween.
Snap-Apple Night, painted by Daniel Maclise in 1833, shows people feasting and playing divination games on Halloween in Ireland.[111]
Samhain marked the end of the harvest season and beginning of winter or the ‘darker half’ of the year.[112][113] It was seen as a liminal time, when the boundary between this world and the Otherworld thinned. This meant the Aos Sí, the ‘spirits’ or ‘fairies’, could more easily come into this world and were particularly active.[114][115] Most scholars see them as «degraded versions of ancient gods […] whose power remained active in the people’s minds even after they had been officially replaced by later religious beliefs».[116] They were both respected and feared, with individuals often invoking the protection of God when approaching their dwellings.[117][118] At Samhain, the Aos Sí were appeased to ensure the people and livestock survived the winter. Offerings of food and drink, or portions of the crops, were left outside for them.[119][120][121] The souls of the dead were also said to revisit their homes seeking hospitality.[122] Places were set at the dinner table and by the fire to welcome them.[123] The belief that the souls of the dead return home on one night of the year and must be appeased seems to have ancient origins and is found in many cultures.[66] In 19th century Ireland, «candles would be lit and prayers formally offered for the souls of the dead. After this the eating, drinking, and games would begin».[124]
Throughout Ireland and Britain, especially in the Celtic-speaking regions, the household festivities included divination rituals and games intended to foretell one’s future, especially regarding death and marriage.[125] Apples and nuts were often used, and customs included apple bobbing, nut roasting, scrying or mirror-gazing, pouring molten lead or egg whites into water, dream interpretation, and others.[126] Special bonfires were lit and there were rituals involving them. Their flames, smoke, and ashes were deemed to have protective and cleansing powers.[112] In some places, torches lit from the bonfire were carried sunwise around homes and fields to protect them.[110] It is suggested the fires were a kind of imitative or sympathetic magic – they mimicked the Sun and held back the decay and darkness of winter.[123][127][128] They were also used for divination and to ward off evil spirits.[74] In Scotland, these bonfires and divination games were banned by the church elders in some parishes.[129] In Wales, bonfires were also lit to «prevent the souls of the dead from falling to earth».[130] Later, these bonfires «kept away the devil».[131]
A plaster cast of a traditional Irish Halloween turnip (rutabaga) lantern on display in the Museum of Country Life, Ireland[132]
From at least the 16th century,[133] the festival included mumming and guising in Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man and Wales.[134] This involved people going house-to-house in costume (or in disguise), usually reciting verses or songs in exchange for food. It may have originally been a tradition whereby people impersonated the Aos Sí, or the souls of the dead, and received offerings on their behalf, similar to ‘souling’. Impersonating these beings, or wearing a disguise, was also believed to protect oneself from them.[135] In parts of southern Ireland, the guisers included a hobby horse. A man dressed as a Láir Bhán (white mare) led youths house-to-house reciting verses – some of which had pagan overtones – in exchange for food. If the household donated food it could expect good fortune from the ‘Muck Olla’; not doing so would bring misfortune.[136] In Scotland, youths went house-to-house with masked, painted or blackened faces, often threatening to do mischief if they were not welcomed.[134] F. Marian McNeill suggests the ancient festival included people in costume representing the spirits, and that faces were marked or blackened with ashes from the sacred bonfire.[133] In parts of Wales, men went about dressed as fearsome beings called gwrachod.[134] In the late 19th and early 20th century, young people in Glamorgan and Orkney cross-dressed.[134]
Elsewhere in Europe, mumming was part of other festivals, but in the Celtic-speaking regions, it was «particularly appropriate to a night upon which supernatural beings were said to be abroad and could be imitated or warded off by human wanderers».[134] From at least the 18th century, «imitating malignant spirits» led to playing pranks in Ireland and the Scottish Highlands. Wearing costumes and playing pranks at Halloween did not spread to England until the 20th century.[134] Pranksters used hollowed-out turnips or mangel wurzels as lanterns, often carved with grotesque faces.[134] By those who made them, the lanterns were variously said to represent the spirits,[134] or used to ward off evil spirits.[137][138] They were common in parts of Ireland and the Scottish Highlands in the 19th century,[134] as well as in Somerset (see Punkie Night). In the 20th century they spread to other parts of Britain and became generally known as jack-o’-lanterns.[134]
Spread to North America
Lesley Bannatyne and Cindy Ott write that Anglican colonists in the southern United States and Catholic colonists in Maryland «recognized All Hallow’s Eve in their church calendars»,[140][141] although the Puritans of New England strongly opposed the holiday, along with other traditional celebrations of the established Church, including Christmas.[142] Almanacs of the late 18th and early 19th century give no indication that Halloween was widely celebrated in North America.[22]
It was not until after mass Irish and Scottish immigration in the 19th century that Halloween became a major holiday in America.[22] Most American Halloween traditions were inherited from the Irish and Scots,[23][143] though «In Cajun areas, a nocturnal Mass was said in cemeteries on Halloween night. Candles that had been blessed were placed on graves, and families sometimes spent the entire night at the graveside».[144] Originally confined to these immigrant communities, it was gradually assimilated into mainstream society and was celebrated coast to coast by people of all social, racial, and religious backgrounds by the early 20th century.[145] Then, through American influence, these Halloween traditions spread to many other countries by the late 20th and early 21st century, including to mainland Europe and some parts of the Far East.[24][25][146]
Symbols
Development of artifacts and symbols associated with Halloween formed over time. Jack-o’-lanterns are traditionally carried by guisers on All Hallows’ Eve in order to frighten evil spirits.[73][147] There is a popular Irish Christian folktale associated with the jack-o’-lantern,[148] which in folklore is said to represent a «soul who has been denied entry into both heaven and hell»:[149]
On route home after a night’s drinking, Jack encounters the Devil and tricks him into climbing a tree. A quick-thinking Jack etches the sign of the cross into the bark, thus trapping the Devil. Jack strikes a bargain that Satan can never claim his soul. After a life of sin, drink, and mendacity, Jack is refused entry to heaven when he dies. Keeping his promise, the Devil refuses to let Jack into hell and throws a live coal straight from the fires of hell at him. It was a cold night, so Jack places the coal in a hollowed out turnip to stop it from going out, since which time Jack and his lantern have been roaming looking for a place to rest.[150]
In Ireland and Scotland, the turnip has traditionally been carved during Halloween,[151][152] but immigrants to North America used the native pumpkin, which is both much softer and much larger, making it easier to carve than a turnip.[151] The American tradition of carving pumpkins is recorded in 1837[153] and was originally associated with harvest time in general, not becoming specifically associated with Halloween until the mid-to-late 19th century.[154]
The modern imagery of Halloween comes from many sources, including Christian eschatology, national customs, works of Gothic and horror literature (such as the novels Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus and Dracula) and classic horror films such as Frankenstein (1931) and The Mummy (1932).[155][156] Imagery of the skull, a reference to Golgotha in the Christian tradition, serves as «a reminder of death and the transitory quality of human life» and is consequently found in memento mori and vanitas compositions;[157] skulls have therefore been commonplace in Halloween, which touches on this theme.[158] Traditionally, the back walls of churches are «decorated with a depiction of the Last Judgment, complete with graves opening and the dead rising, with a heaven filled with angels and a hell filled with devils», a motif that has permeated the observance of this triduum.[159] One of the earliest works on the subject of Halloween is from Scottish poet John Mayne, who, in 1780, made note of pranks at Halloween; «What fearfu’ pranks ensue!», as well as the supernatural associated with the night, «bogles» (ghosts),[160] influencing Robert Burns’ «Halloween» (1785).[161] Elements of the autumn season, such as pumpkins, corn husks, and scarecrows, are also prevalent. Homes are often decorated with these types of symbols around Halloween. Halloween imagery includes themes of death, evil, and mythical monsters.[162] Black cats, which have been long associated with witches, are also a common symbol of Halloween. Black, orange, and sometimes purple are Halloween’s traditional colors.[163]
Trick-or-treating and guising
Trick-or-treaters in Sweden
Trick-or-treating is a customary celebration for children on Halloween. Children go in costume from house to house, asking for treats such as candy or sometimes money, with the question, «Trick or treat?» The word «trick» implies a «threat» to perform mischief on the homeowners or their property if no treat is given.[64] The practice is said to have roots in the medieval practice of mumming, which is closely related to souling.[164] John Pymm wrote that «many of the feast days associated with the presentation of mumming plays were celebrated by the Christian Church.»[165] These feast days included All Hallows’ Eve, Christmas, Twelfth Night and Shrove Tuesday.[166][167] Mumming practiced in Germany, Scandinavia and other parts of Europe,[168] involved masked persons in fancy dress who «paraded the streets and entered houses to dance or play dice in silence».[169]
Girl in a Halloween costume in 1928, Ontario, Canada, the same province where the Scottish Halloween custom of guising was first recorded in North America
In England, from the medieval period,[170] up until the 1930s,[171] people practiced the Christian custom of souling on Halloween, which involved groups of soulers, both Protestant and Catholic,[93] going from parish to parish, begging the rich for soul cakes, in exchange for praying for the souls of the givers and their friends.[67] In the Philippines, the practice of souling is called Pangangaluluwa and is practiced on All Hallow’s Eve among children in rural areas.[26] People drape themselves in white cloths to represent souls and then visit houses, where they sing in return for prayers and sweets.[26]
In Scotland and Ireland, guising – children disguised in costume going from door to door for food or coins – is a traditional Halloween custom.[172] It is recorded in Scotland at Halloween in 1895 where masqueraders in disguise carrying lanterns made out of scooped out turnips, visit homes to be rewarded with cakes, fruit, and money.[152][173] In Ireland, the most popular phrase for kids to shout (until the 2000s) was «Help the Halloween Party».[172] The practice of guising at Halloween in North America was first recorded in 1911, where a newspaper in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, reported children going «guising» around the neighborhood.[174]
American historian and author Ruth Edna Kelley of Massachusetts wrote the first book-length history of Halloween in the US; The Book of Hallowe’en (1919), and references souling in the chapter «Hallowe’en in America».[175] In her book, Kelley touches on customs that arrived from across the Atlantic; «Americans have fostered them, and are making this an occasion something like what it must have been in its best days overseas. All Halloween customs in the United States are borrowed directly or adapted from those of other countries».[176]
While the first reference to «guising» in North America occurs in 1911, another reference to ritual begging on Halloween appears, place unknown, in 1915, with a third reference in Chicago in 1920.[177] The earliest known use in print of the term «trick or treat» appears in 1927, in the Blackie Herald, of Alberta, Canada.[178]
The thousands of Halloween postcards produced between the turn of the 20th century and the 1920s commonly show children but not trick-or-treating.[179] Trick-or-treating does not seem to have become a widespread practice in North America until the 1930s, with the first US appearances of the term in 1934,[180] and the first use in a national publication occurring in 1939.[181]
A popular variant of trick-or-treating, known as trunk-or-treating (or Halloween tailgating), occurs when «children are offered treats from the trunks of cars parked in a church parking lot», or sometimes, a school parking lot.[100][182] In a trunk-or-treat event, the trunk (boot) of each automobile is decorated with a certain theme,[183] such as those of children’s literature, movies, scripture, and job roles.[184] Trunk-or-treating has grown in popularity due to its perception as being more safe than going door to door, a point that resonates well with parents, as well as the fact that it «solves the rural conundrum in which homes [are] built a half-mile apart».[185][186]
Costumes
Halloween costumes were traditionally modeled after figures such as vampires, ghosts, skeletons, scary looking witches, and devils.[64] Over time, the costume selection extended to include popular characters from fiction, celebrities, and generic archetypes such as ninjas and princesses.
Halloween shop in Derry, Northern Ireland, selling masks
Dressing up in costumes and going «guising» was prevalent in Scotland and Ireland at Halloween by the late 19th century.[152] A Scottish term, the tradition is called «guising» because of the disguises or costumes worn by the children.[173] In Ireland and Scotland, the masks are known as ‘false faces’,[38][187] a term recorded in Ayr, Scotland in 1890 by a Scot describing guisers: «I had mind it was Halloween . . . the wee callans were at it already, rinning aboot wi’ their fause-faces (false faces) on and their bits o’ turnip lanthrons (lanterns) in their haun (hand)».[38] Costuming became popular for Halloween parties in the US in the early 20th century, as often for adults as for children, and when trick-or-treating was becoming popular in Canada and the US in the 1920s and 1930s.[178][188]
Eddie J. Smith, in his book Halloween, Hallowed is Thy Name, offers a religious perspective to the wearing of costumes on All Hallows’ Eve, suggesting that by dressing up as creatures «who at one time caused us to fear and tremble», people are able to poke fun at Satan «whose kingdom has been plundered by our Saviour». Images of skeletons and the dead are traditional decorations used as memento mori.[189][190]
«Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF» is a fundraising program to support UNICEF,[64] a United Nations Programme that provides humanitarian aid to children in developing countries. Started as a local event in a Northeast Philadelphia neighborhood in 1950 and expanded nationally in 1952, the program involves the distribution of small boxes by schools (or in modern times, corporate sponsors like Hallmark, at their licensed stores) to trick-or-treaters, in which they can solicit small-change donations from the houses they visit. It is estimated that children have collected more than $118 million for UNICEF since its inception. In Canada, in 2006, UNICEF decided to discontinue their Halloween collection boxes, citing safety and administrative concerns; after consultation with schools, they instead redesigned the program.[191][192]
The yearly New York’s Village Halloween Parade was begun in 1974; it is the world’s largest Halloween parade and America’s only major nighttime parade, attracting more than 60,000 costumed participants, two million spectators, and a worldwide television audience.[193]
Since the late 2010s, ethnic stereotypes as costumes have increasingly come under scrutiny in the United States.[194] Such and other potentially offensive costumes have been met with increasing public disapproval.[195][196]
Pet costumes
According to a 2018 report from the National Retail Federation, 30 million Americans will spend an estimated $480 million on Halloween costumes for their pets in 2018. This is up from an estimated $200 million in 2010. The most popular costumes for pets are the pumpkin, followed by the hot dog, and the bumblebee in third place.[197]
Games and other activities
In this 1904 Halloween greeting card, divination is depicted: the young woman looking into a mirror in a darkened room hopes to catch a glimpse of her future husband.
There are several games traditionally associated with Halloween. Some of these games originated as divination rituals or ways of foretelling one’s future, especially regarding death, marriage and children. During the Middle Ages, these rituals were done by a «rare few» in rural communities as they were considered to be «deadly serious» practices.[198] In recent centuries, these divination games have been «a common feature of the household festivities» in Ireland and Britain.[125] They often involve apples and hazelnuts. In Celtic mythology, apples were strongly associated with the Otherworld and immortality, while hazelnuts were associated with divine wisdom.[199] Some also suggest that they derive from Roman practices in celebration of Pomona.[64]
Children bobbing for apples at Hallowe’en
The following activities were a common feature of Halloween in Ireland and Britain during the 17th–20th centuries. Some have become more widespread and continue to be popular today.
One common game is apple bobbing or dunking (which may be called «dooking» in Scotland)[200] in which apples float in a tub or a large basin of water and the participants must use only their teeth to remove an apple from the basin. A variant of dunking involves kneeling on a chair, holding a fork between the teeth and trying to drive the fork into an apple. Another common game involves hanging up treacle or syrup-coated scones by strings; these must be eaten without using hands while they remain attached to the string, an activity that inevitably leads to a sticky face. Another once-popular game involves hanging a small wooden rod from the ceiling at head height, with a lit candle on one end and an apple hanging from the other. The rod is spun round and everyone takes turns to try to catch the apple with their teeth.[201]
Image from the Book of Hallowe’en (1919) showing several Halloween activities, such as nut roasting
Several of the traditional activities from Ireland and Britain involve foretelling one’s future partner or spouse. An apple would be peeled in one long strip, then the peel tossed over the shoulder. The peel is believed to land in the shape of the first letter of the future spouse’s name.[202][203] Two hazelnuts would be roasted near a fire; one named for the person roasting them and the other for the person they desire. If the nuts jump away from the heat, it is a bad sign, but if the nuts roast quietly it foretells a good match.[204][205] A salty oatmeal bannock would be baked; the person would eat it in three bites and then go to bed in silence without anything to drink. This is said to result in a dream in which their future spouse offers them a drink to quench their thirst.[206] Unmarried women were told that if they sat in a darkened room and gazed into a mirror on Halloween night, the face of their future husband would appear in the mirror.[207] The custom was widespread enough to be commemorated on greeting cards[208] from the late 19th century and early 20th century.
Another popular Irish game was known as púicíní («blindfolds»); a person would be blindfolded and then would choose between several saucers. The item in the saucer would provide a hint as to their future: a ring would mean that they would marry soon; clay, that they would die soon, perhaps within the year; water, that they would emigrate; rosary beads, that they would take Holy Orders (become a nun, priest, monk, etc.); a coin, that they would become rich; a bean, that they would be poor.[209][210][211][212] The game features prominently in the James Joyce short story «Clay» (1914).[213][214][215]
In Ireland and Scotland, items would be hidden in food – usually a cake, barmbrack, cranachan, champ or colcannon – and portions of it served out at random. A person’s future would be foretold by the item they happened to find; for example, a ring meant marriage and a coin meant wealth.[216]
Up until the 19th century, the Halloween bonfires were also used for divination in parts of Scotland, Wales and Brittany. When the fire died down, a ring of stones would be laid in the ashes, one for each person. In the morning, if any stone was mislaid it was said that the person it represented would not live out the year.[110]
Telling ghost stories, listening to Halloween-themed songs and watching horror films are common fixtures of Halloween parties. Episodes of television series and Halloween-themed specials (with the specials usually aimed at children) are commonly aired on or before Halloween, while new horror films are often released before Halloween to take advantage of the holiday.
Haunted attractions
Humorous tombstones in front of a house in California
Haunted attractions are entertainment venues designed to thrill and scare patrons. Most attractions are seasonal Halloween businesses that may include haunted houses, corn mazes, and hayrides,[217] and the level of sophistication of the effects has risen as the industry has grown.
The first recorded purpose-built haunted attraction was the Orton and Spooner Ghost House, which opened in 1915 in Liphook, England. This attraction actually most closely resembles a carnival fun house, powered by steam.[218][219] The House still exists, in the Hollycombe Steam Collection.
It was during the 1930s, about the same time as trick-or-treating, that Halloween-themed haunted houses first began to appear in America. It was in the late 1950s that haunted houses as a major attraction began to appear, focusing first on California. Sponsored by the Children’s Health Home Junior Auxiliary, the San Mateo Haunted House opened in 1957. The San Bernardino Assistance League Haunted House opened in 1958. Home haunts began appearing across the country during 1962 and 1963. In 1964, the San Manteo Haunted House opened, as well as the Children’s Museum Haunted House in Indianapolis.[220]
The haunted house as an American cultural icon can be attributed to the opening of the Haunted Mansion in Disneyland on 12 August 1969.[221] Knott’s Berry Farm began hosting its own Halloween night attraction, Knott’s Scary Farm, which opened in 1973.[222] Evangelical Christians adopted a form of these attractions by opening one of the first «hell houses» in 1972.[223]
The first Halloween haunted house run by a nonprofit organization was produced in 1970 by the Sycamore-Deer Park Jaycees in Clifton, Ohio. It was cosponsored by WSAI, an AM radio station broadcasting out of Cincinnati, Ohio. It was last produced in 1982.[224] Other Jaycees followed suit with their own versions after the success of the Ohio house. The March of Dimes copyrighted a «Mini haunted house for the March of Dimes» in 1976 and began fundraising through their local chapters by conducting haunted houses soon after. Although they apparently quit supporting this type of event nationally sometime in the 1980s, some March of Dimes haunted houses have persisted until today.[225]
On the evening of 11 May 1984, in Jackson Township, New Jersey, the Haunted Castle (Six Flags Great Adventure) caught fire. As a result of the fire, eight teenagers perished.[226] The backlash to the tragedy was a tightening of regulations relating to safety, building codes and the frequency of inspections of attractions nationwide. The smaller venues, especially the nonprofit attractions, were unable to compete financially, and the better funded commercial enterprises filled the vacuum.[227][228] Facilities that were once able to avoid regulation because they were considered to be temporary installations now had to adhere to the stricter codes required of permanent attractions.[229][230][231]
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, theme parks entered the business seriously. Six Flags Fright Fest began in 1986 and Universal Studios Florida began Halloween Horror Nights in 1991. Knott’s Scary Farm experienced a surge in attendance in the 1990s as a result of America’s obsession with Halloween as a cultural event. Theme parks have played a major role in globalizing the holiday. Universal Studios Singapore and Universal Studios Japan both participate, while Disney now mounts Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party events at its parks in Paris, Hong Kong and Tokyo, as well as in the United States.[232] The theme park haunts are by far the largest, both in scale and attendance.[233]
Food
Pumpkins for sale during Halloween
On All Hallows’ Eve, many Western Christian denominations encourage abstinence from meat, giving rise to a variety of vegetarian foods associated with this day.[234]
Because in the Northern Hemisphere Halloween comes in the wake of the yearly apple harvest, candy apples (known as toffee apples outside North America), caramel apples or taffy apples are common Halloween treats made by rolling whole apples in a sticky sugar syrup, sometimes followed by rolling them in nuts.
At one time, candy apples were commonly given to trick-or-treating children, but the practice rapidly waned in the wake of widespread rumors that some individuals were embedding items like pins and razor blades in the apples in the United States.[235] While there is evidence of such incidents,[236] relative to the degree of reporting of such cases, actual cases involving malicious acts are extremely rare and have never resulted in serious injury. Nonetheless, many parents assumed that such heinous practices were rampant because of the mass media. At the peak of the hysteria, some hospitals offered free X-rays of children’s Halloween hauls in order to find evidence of tampering. Virtually all of the few known candy poisoning incidents involved parents who poisoned their own children’s candy.[237]
One custom that persists in modern-day Ireland is the baking (or more often nowadays, the purchase) of a barmbrack (Irish: báirín breac), which is a light fruitcake, into which a plain ring, a coin, and other charms are placed before baking.[238] It is considered fortunate to be the lucky one who finds it.[238] It has also been said that those who get a ring will find their true love in the ensuing year. This is similar to the tradition of king cake at the festival of Epiphany.
List of foods associated with Halloween:
- Barmbrack (Ireland)
- Bonfire toffee (Great Britain)
- Candy apples/toffee apples (Great Britain and Ireland)
- Candy apples, candy corn, candy pumpkins (North America)
- Chocolate
- Monkey nuts (peanuts in their shells) (Ireland and Scotland)
- Caramel apples
- Caramel corn
- Colcannon (Ireland; see below)
- Halloween cake
- Sweets/candy
- Novelty candy shaped like skulls, pumpkins, bats, worms, etc.
- Roasted pumpkin seeds
- Roasted sweet corn
- Soul cakes
- Pumpkin Pie
Christian religious observances
The Vigil of All Hallows’ is being celebrated at an Episcopal Christian church on Hallowe’en
On Hallowe’en (All Hallows’ Eve), in Poland, believers were once taught to pray out loud as they walk through the forests in order that the souls of the dead might find comfort; in Spain, Christian priests in tiny villages toll their church bells in order to remind their congregants to remember the dead on All Hallows’ Eve.[239] In Ireland, and among immigrants in Canada, a custom includes the Christian practice of abstinence, keeping All Hallows’ Eve as a meat-free day and serving pancakes or colcannon instead.[240] In Mexico children make an altar to invite the return of the spirits of dead children (angelitos).[241]
The Christian Church traditionally observed Hallowe’en through a vigil. Worshippers prepared themselves for feasting on the following All Saints’ Day with prayers and fasting.[242] This church service is known as the Vigil of All Hallows or the Vigil of All Saints;[243][244] an initiative known as Night of Light seeks to further spread the Vigil of All Hallows throughout Christendom.[245][246] After the service, «suitable festivities and entertainments» often follow, as well as a visit to the graveyard or cemetery, where flowers and candles are often placed in preparation for All Hallows’ Day.[247][248] In Finland, because so many people visit the cemeteries on All Hallows’ Eve to light votive candles there, they «are known as valomeri, or seas of light».[249]
Today, Christian attitudes towards Halloween are diverse. In the Anglican Church, some dioceses have chosen to emphasize the Christian traditions associated with All Hallow’s Eve.[250][251] Some of these practices include praying, fasting and attending worship services.[1][2][3]
O LORD our God, increase, we pray thee, and multiply upon us the gifts of thy grace: that we, who do prevent the glorious festival of all thy Saints, may of thee be enabled joyfully to follow them in all virtuous and godly living. Through Jesus Christ, Our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen. —Collect of the Vigil of All Saints, The Anglican Breviary[252]
Votive candles in the Halloween section of Walmart
Other Protestant Christians also celebrate All Hallows’ Eve as Reformation Day, a day to remember the Protestant Reformation, alongside All Hallow’s Eve or independently from it.[253] This is because Martin Luther is said to have nailed his Ninety-five Theses to All Saints’ Church in Wittenberg on All Hallows’ Eve.[254] Often, «Harvest Festivals» or «Reformation Festivals» are held on All Hallows’ Eve, in which children dress up as Bible characters or Reformers.[255] In addition to distributing candy to children who are trick-or-treating on Hallowe’en, many Christians also provide gospel tracts to them. One organization, the American Tract Society, stated that around 3 million gospel tracts are ordered from them alone for Hallowe’en celebrations.[256] Others order Halloween-themed Scripture Candy to pass out to children on this day.[257][258]
Belizean children dressed up as Biblical figures and Christian saints
Some Christians feel concerned about the modern celebration of Halloween because they feel it trivializes – or celebrates – paganism, the occult, or other practices and cultural phenomena deemed incompatible with their beliefs.[259] Father Gabriele Amorth, an exorcist in Rome, has said, «if English and American children like to dress up as witches and devils on one night of the year that is not a problem. If it is just a game, there is no harm in that.»[260] In more recent years, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston has organized a «Saint Fest» on Halloween.[261] Similarly, many contemporary Protestant churches view Halloween as a fun event for children, holding events in their churches where children and their parents can dress up, play games, and get candy for free. To these Christians, Halloween holds no threat to the spiritual lives of children: being taught about death and mortality, and the ways of the Celtic ancestors actually being a valuable life lesson and a part of many of their parishioners’ heritage.[262] Christian minister Sam Portaro wrote that Halloween is about using «humor and ridicule to confront the power of death».[263]
In the Roman Catholic Church, Halloween’s Christian connection is acknowledged, and Halloween celebrations are common in many Catholic parochial schools in the United States.[264][265] Many fundamentalist and evangelical churches use «Hell houses» and comic-style tracts in order to make use of Halloween’s popularity as an opportunity for evangelism.[266] Others consider Halloween to be completely incompatible with the Christian faith due to its putative origins in the Festival of the Dead celebration.[267] Indeed, even though Eastern Orthodox Christians observe All Hallows’ Day on the First Sunday after Pentecost, The Eastern Orthodox Church recommends the observance of Vespers or a Paraklesis on the Western observance of All Hallows’ Eve, out of the pastoral need to provide an alternative to popular celebrations.[268]
Analogous celebrations and perspectives
Judaism
According to Alfred J. Kolatch in the Second Jewish Book of Why, in Judaism, Halloween is not permitted by Jewish Halakha because it violates Leviticus 18:3, which forbids Jews from partaking in gentile customs. Many Jews observe Yizkor communally four times a year, which is vaguely similar to the observance of Allhallowtide in Christianity, in the sense that prayers are said for both «martyrs and for one’s own family».[269] Nevertheless, many American Jews celebrate Halloween, disconnected from its Christian origins.[270] Reform Rabbi Jeffrey Goldwasser has said that «There is no religious reason why contemporary Jews should not celebrate Halloween» while Orthodox Rabbi Michael Broyde has argued against Jews’ observing the holiday.[271] Purim has sometimes been compared to Halloween, in part due to some observants wearing costumes, especially of Biblical figures described in the Purim narrative.[272]
Islam
Sheikh Idris Palmer, author of A Brief Illustrated Guide to Understanding Islam, has ruled that Muslims should not participate in Halloween, stating that «participation in Halloween is worse than participation in Christmas, Easter, … it is more sinful than congratulating the Christians for their prostration to the crucifix».[273] It has also been ruled to be haram by the National Fatwa Council of Malaysia because of its alleged pagan roots stating «Halloween is celebrated using a humorous theme mixed with horror to entertain and resist the spirit of death that influence humans».[274][275] Dar Al-Ifta Al-Missriyyah disagrees provided the celebration is not referred to as an ‘eid’ and that behaviour remains in line with Islamic principles.[276]
Hinduism
Hindus remember the dead during the festival of Pitru Paksha, during which Hindus pay homage to and perform a ceremony «to keep the souls of their ancestors at rest». It is celebrated in the Hindu month of Bhadrapada, usually in mid-September.[277] The celebration of the Hindu festival Diwali sometimes conflicts with the date of Halloween; but some Hindus choose to participate in the popular customs of Halloween.[278] Other Hindus, such as Soumya Dasgupta, have opposed the celebration on the grounds that Western holidays like Halloween have «begun to adversely affect our indigenous festivals».[279]
Neopaganism
There is no consistent rule or view on Halloween amongst those who describe themselves as Neopagans or Wiccans. Some Neopagans do not observe Halloween, but instead observe Samhain on 1 November,[280] some neopagans do enjoy Halloween festivities, stating that one can observe both «the solemnity of Samhain in addition to the fun of Halloween». Some neopagans are opposed to the celebration of Hallowe’en, stating that it «trivializes Samhain»,[281] and «avoid Halloween, because of the interruptions from trick or treaters».[282] The Manitoban writes that «Wiccans don’t officially celebrate Halloween, despite the fact that 31 Oct. will still have a star beside it in any good Wiccan’s day planner. Starting at sundown, Wiccans celebrate a holiday known as Samhain. Samhain actually comes from old Celtic traditions and is not exclusive to Neopagan religions like Wicca. While the traditions of this holiday originate in Celtic countries, modern day Wiccans don’t try to historically replicate Samhain celebrations. Some traditional Samhain rituals are still practised, but at its core, the period is treated as a time to celebrate darkness and the dead – a possible reason why Samhain can be confused with Halloween celebrations.»[280]
Geography
Halloween display in Kobe, Japan
The traditions and importance of Halloween vary greatly among countries that observe it. In Scotland and Ireland, traditional Halloween customs include children dressing up in costume going «guising», holding parties, while other practices in Ireland include lighting bonfires, and having firework displays.[172][283][284] In Brittany children would play practical jokes by setting candles inside skulls in graveyards to frighten visitors.[285] Mass transatlantic immigration in the 19th century popularized Halloween in North America, and celebration in the United States and Canada has had a significant impact on how the event is observed in other nations.[172] This larger North American influence, particularly in iconic and commercial elements, has extended to places such as Brazil, Ecuador, Chile,[286] Australia,[287] New Zealand,[288] (most) continental Europe, Finland,[289] Japan, and other parts of East Asia.[25]
See also
- Campfire story
- Devil’s Night
- Dziady
- Ghost Festival
- Naraka Chaturdashi
- Kekri
- List of fiction works about Halloween
- List of films set around Halloween
- List of Halloween television specials
- Martinisingen
- Neewollah
- St. John’s Eve
- Walpurgis Night
- Will-o’-the-wisp
- English festivals
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It is widely believed that many Hallowe’en traditions have evolved from an ancient Celtic festival called Samhain which was Christianised by the early Church…. All Hallows’ Eve falls on 31st October each year, and is the day before All Hallows’ Day, also known as All Saints’ Day in the Christian calendar. The Church traditionally held a vigil on All Hallows’ Eve when worshippers would prepare themselves with prayers and fasting prior to the feast day itself. The name derives from the Old English ‘hallowed’ meaning holy or sanctified and is now usually contracted to the more familiar word Hallowe’en. …However, there are supporters of the view that Hallowe’en, as the eve of All Saints’ Day, originated entirely independently of Samhain …
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This service may be used on the evening of October 31, known as All Hallows’ Eve. Suitable festivities and entertainments may take place before or after this service, and a visit may be made to a cemetery or burial place.
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Time out of time’, when the barriers between this world and the next were down, the dead returned from the grave, and gods and strangers from the underworld walked abroad was a twice- yearly reality, on dates Christianised as All Hallows’ Eve and All Hallows’ Day.
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Hutton (1996, 363) identifies Rhys as a key figure who, along with another Oxbridge academic, James Frazer, romanticised the notion of Samhain and exaggerated its influence on Halloween. Hutton argues that Rhys had no substantiated documentary evidence for claiming that Halloween was the Celtic new year, but inferred it from contemporary folklore in Wales and Ireland. Moreover, he argues that Rhys: «thought that [he] was vindicated when he paid a subsequent visit to the Isle of Man and found its people sometimes called 31 October New Year’s Night (Hog-unnaa) and practised customs which were usually associated with 31 December. In fact the flimsy nature of all this evidence ought to have been apparent from the start. The divinatory and purificatory rituals on 31 October could be explained by a connection to the most eerie of Christian feasts (All Saints) or by the fact that they ushered in the most dreaded of seasons. The many «Hog-unnaa» customs were also widely practised on the conventional New Year’s Eve, and Rhys was uncomfortably aware that they might simply have been transferred, in recent years, from then Hallowe’en, to increase merriment and fundraising on the latter. He got round this problem by asserting that in his opinion (based upon no evidence at all) the transfer had been the other way round.» … Hutton points out that Rhy’s unsubstantiated notions were further popularised by Frazer who used them to support an idea of his own, that Samhain, as well as being the origin of Halloween, had also been a pagan Celtic feast of the dead—a notion used to account for the element of ghosts, witches and other unworldly spirits commonly featured within Halloween. … Halloween’s preoccupation with the netherworld and with the supernatural owes more to the Christian festival of All Saints or All Souls, rather than vice versa.
- ^ Barr, Beth Allison (28 October 2016). «Guess what? Halloween is more Christian than Pagan». The Washington Post. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
It is the medieval Christian festivals of All Saints’ and All Souls’ that provide our firmest foundation for Halloween. From emphasizing dead souls (both good and evil), to decorating skeletons, lighting candles for processions, building bonfires to ward off evil spirits, organizing community feasts, and even encouraging carnival practices like costumes, the medieval and early modern traditions of «Hallowtide» fit well with our modern holiday. So what does this all mean? It means that when we celebrate Halloween, we are definitely participating in a tradition with deep historical roots. But, while those roots are firmly situated in the medieval Christian past, their historical connection to «paganism» is rather more tenuous.
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- Moser, Stefan (29 October 2010). «Kein ‘Trick or Treat’ bei Salzburgs Kelten» (in German). Salzburger Nachrichten. Archived from the original on 17 March 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
Die Kelten haben gar nichts mit Halloween zu tun», entkräftet Stefan Moser, Direktor des Keltenmuseums Hallein, einen weit verbreiteten Mythos. Moser sieht die Ursprünge von Halloween insgesamt in einem christlichen Brauch, nicht in einem keltischen.
- Döring, Alois; Bolinius, Erich (31 October 2006), Samhain – Halloween – Allerheiligen (in German), FDP Emden,
Die lückenhaften religionsgeschichtlichen Überlieferungen, die auf die Neuzeit begrenzte historische Dimension der Halloween-Kultausprägung, vor allem auch die Halloween-Metaphorik legen nahe, daß wir umdenken müssen: Halloween geht nicht auf das heidnische Samhain zurück, sondern steht in Bezug zum christlichen Totengedenkfest Allerheiligen/ Allerseelen.
- Hörandner, Editha (2005). Halloween in der Steiermark und anderswo (in German). LIT Verlag Münster. pp. 8, 12, 30. ISBN 978-3-8258-8889-3.
Der Wunsch nach einer Tradition, deren Anfänge sich in grauer Vorzeit verlieren, ist bei Dachleuten wie laien gleichmäßig verbreitet. … Abgesehen von Irrtümern wie die Herleitung des Fests in ungebrochener Tradition («seit 2000 Jahren») ist eine mangelnde vertrautheit mit der heimischen Folklore festzustellen. Allerheiligen war lange vor der Halloween invasion ein wichtiger Brauchtermin und ist das ncoh heute. … So wie viele heimische Bräuche generell als fruchtbarkeitsbringend und dämonenaustreibend interpretiert werden, was trottz aller Aufklärungsarbeit nicht auszurotten ist, begegnet uns Halloween als …heidnisches Fest. Aber es wird nicht als solches inszeniert.
- Döring, Dr. Volkskundler Alois (2011). «Süßes, Saures – olle Kamellen? Ist Halloween schon wieder out?» (in German). Westdeutscher Rundfunk. Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
Dr. Alois Döring ist wissenschaftlicher Referent für Volkskunde beim LVR-Institut für Landeskunde und Regionalgeschichte Bonn. Er schrieb zahlreiche Bücher über Bräuche im Rheinland, darunter das Nachschlagewerk «Rheinische Bräuche durch das Jahr». Darin widerspricht Döring der These, Halloween sei ursprünglich ein keltisch-heidnisches Totenfest. Vielmehr stamme Halloween von den britischen Inseln, der Begriff leite sich ab von «All Hallows eve», Abend vor Allerheiligen. Irische Einwanderer hätten das Fest nach Amerika gebracht, so Döring, von wo aus es als «amerikanischer» Brauch nach Europa zurückkehrte.
- Moser, Stefan (29 October 2010). «Kein ‘Trick or Treat’ bei Salzburgs Kelten» (in German). Salzburger Nachrichten. Archived from the original on 17 March 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
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However, there are supporters of the view that Hallowe’en, as the eve of All Saints’ Day, originated entirely independently of Samhain and some question the existence of a specific pan-Celtic religious festival which took place on 31st October/1st November.
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Most funerals are Lutheran, and nearly 98 percent of all funerals take place in a church. It is customary to take pictures of funerals or even videotape them. To Finns, death is a part of the cycle of life, and a funeral is another special occasion worth remembering. In fact, during All Hallow’s Eve and Christmas Eve, cemeteries are known as valomeri, or seas of light. Finns visit cemeteries and light candles in remembrance of the deceased.
- ^ «All Hallows Eve Service» (PDF). Duke University. 31 October 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
About All Hallows Eve: Tonight is the eve of All Saints Day, the festival in the Church that recalls the faith and witness of the men and women who have come before us. The service celebrates our continuing communion with them, and memorializes the recently deceased. The early church followed the Jewish custom that a new day began at sundown; thus, feasts and festivals in the church were observed beginning the night before.
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Among the European nations the beautiful custom of lighting candles for the dead was always a part of the «All Hallow’s Eve» festival.
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In most of Europe, Halloween is strictly a religious event. Sometimes in North America the church’s traditions are lost or confused.
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By the early 20th century, Halloween, like Christmas, was commercialized. Pre-made costumes, decorations and special candy all became available. The Christian origins of the holiday were downplayed.
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Halloween, a holiday with religious origins but increasingly secularized as celebrated in America, came to assume major proportions as a children’s festivity.
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The vigil of the feast is Halloween, the night when charms and incantations were powerful, when people looked into the future, and when feasting and merriment were ordained. Up to recent time this was a day of abstinence, when according to church ruling no flesh meat was allowed. Colcannon, apple cake and barm brack, as well as apples and nuts were part of the festive fare.
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In Ireland, dishes based on potatoes and other vegetables were associated with Halloween, as meat was forbidden during the Catholic vigil and fast leading up to All Saint’s Day.
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Of the stated rustic festivals peculiar to Scotland the most important was Hallowe’en, a contraction for All-hallow Evening, or the evening of All-Saints Day, the annual return of which was a season for joy and festivity.
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The name «Halloween,» of course, is a contraction of «All Hallow’s Eve.» That’s the eve of All Saints Day, or All Hallows Day, as it was popularly known in Britain. As with Christmas Eve and the Easter vigil, the celebration of All Saints Day began with a service the night before, on All Hallow’s Eve. With All Souls Day on November 2, it formed the feast of Allhallowtide. All Saints Day began in fourth-century Rome as a festival honoring Christian martyrs. By the eighth century, it was expanded to all those remembered as saints, and the date of its observance was moved from May 13 to November 1. That move, of course, put it smack dab on top of Samhain in Britain. But the decision to move the date was not made in Britain; it was made in Rome, where there was no Samhain or anything like it. There is no evidence that any Samhain customs rubbed off on Halloween anywhere because there is no evidence of any Samhain customs at all.
- ^ Beth Allison Barr (28 October 2016). «Guess what? Halloween is more Christian than Pagan – The Washington Post». The Washington Post. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
It is the medieval Christian festivals of All Saints’ and All Souls’ that provide our firmest foundation for Halloween. From emphasizing dead souls (both good and evil), to decorating skeletons, lighting candles for processions, building bonfires to ward off evil spirits, organizing community feasts, and even encouraging carnival practices like costumes, the medieval and early modern traditions of «Hallowtide» fit well with our modern holiday.
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Vigils were kept at least till midnight before the feasts of martyrs, and those of Easter Eve and Christmas Eve were prolonged till cock-crow.
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‘Soul-cakes,’ which the rich gave to the poor at the Halloween season, in return for which the recipients prayed for the souls of the givers and their friends. And this custom became so favored in popular esteem that, for a long time, it was a regular observance in the country towns of England for small companies to go from parish to parish, begging soul-cakes by singing under the windows some such verse as this: ‘Soul, souls, for a soul-cake; Pray you good mistress, a soul-cake!’
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Trick-or-treating began as souling an English and Irish tradition in which the poor, wearing masks, would go door to door and beg for soul cakes in exchange for people’s dead relatives.
- ^ Cleene, Marcel. Compendium of Symbolic and Ritual Plants in Europe. Man & Culture, 2002. p. 108. Quote: «Soul cakes were small cakes baked as food for the deceased or offered for the salvation of their souls. They were therefore offered at funerals and feasts of the dead, laid on graves, or given to the poor as representatives of the dead. The baking of these soul cakes is a universal practice».
- ^ Levene, Alysa (2016). Cake: A Slice of History. Pegasus Books. p. 44. ISBN 978-1-68177-108-3.
Like the perennial favourites, hot cross buns; they were often marked with a cross to indicate that they were baked as alms.
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Since the 16th century, costumes have become a central part of Halloween traditions. Perhaps the most common traditional Halloween costume is that of the ghost. This is likely because … when Halloween customs began to be influenced by Catholicism, the incorporation of the themes of All Hallows’ and All Souls’ Day would have emphasized visitations from the spirit world over the motifs of spirits and fairies. … The baking and sharing of souls cakes was introduced around the 15th century: in some cultures, the poor would go door to door to collect them in exchange for praying for the dead (a practice called souling), often carrying lanterns made of hollowed-out turnips. Around the 16th century, the practice of going house to house in disguise (a practice called guising) to ask for food began and was often accompanied by recitation of traditional verses (a practice called mumming). Wearing costumes, another tradition, has many possible explanations, such as it was done to confuse the spirits or souls who visited the earth or who rose from local graveyards to engage in what was called a Danse Macabre, basically a large party among the dead.
- ^ a b Rogers, p. 57
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Halloween, incorporated into the Christian year as the eve of All Saints Day, marked the return of the souls of the departed and the release of devils who could move freely on that night. Fires lit on that night served to prevent the influence of such spirits and to provide omens for the future. Modern children go from house to house at Halloween with flashlights powered by electric batteries, while jack o’lanterns (perhaps with an actual candle, but often with a lightbulb) glow from windows and porches.
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According to most legends, the jack-o’-lantern is a wandering soul who has been denied entry into both heaven and hell. … In Ireland, children who are caught outdoors after dark are told to wear their jackets inside-out in order not to be lured astray by a jack-o’-lantern. In Sweden, the spirit is believed to be the soul of an unbaptized child, who tries to lead travelers to water in hopes of receiving baptism. … In American lore, the jack-o’-lantern is associated with withces and the Halloween custom of trick-or-treating. It is customary for trick-or-treaters to carry pumpkin jack-o’-lanterns to frighten away evil spirits.
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Villagers were also encouraged to masquerade on this day, not to frighten unwelcome spirits, but to honor Christian saints. On All Saints’ Day, churches throughout Europe and the British Isles displayed relics of their patron saints. Poor churches could not afford genuine relics and instead had processions in which parishioners dressed as saints, angels and devils. It served the new church by giving an acceptable Christian basis to the custom of dressing up on Halloween.
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Another contributor to the custom of dressing up at Halloween was the old Irish practice of marking All Hallows’ Day with religious pageants that recounted biblical events. These were common during the Middle Ages all across Europe. The featured players dressed as saints and angels, but there were also plenty of roles for demons who had more fun, capering, acting devilish, and playing to the crows. The pageant began inside the church, then moved by procession to the churchyard, where it continued long into the night.
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Christians in Europe envisioned a danse macabre, a hideous dance by the spirits of the dead who arose from the churchyards for a wild carnival each year. This dance, commonly depicted on the walls of cathedrals, monasteries and cemeteries, may well be the origin of the macabre costumes we don on Halloween.
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More subtly, images associated with the danse macabre persist in the form of skeletons and other scary regalia found on children’s Halloween costumes.
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Sometimes enacted as at village pageants, the danse macabre was also performed as court masques, the courtiers dressing up as corpses from various strata of society…both the name and the observance began liturgically as All Hallows’ Eve.
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In Protestant regions souling remained an important occasion for soliciting food and money from rich neighbors in preparation for the coming cold and dark months.
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Fires were indeed lit in England on All Saints’ Day, notably in Lancashire, and may well ultimately have descended from the same rites, but were essentially party of a Christian ceremony … families still assembled at the midnight before All Saints’ Day in the early nineteenth century. Each did so on a hill near its homestead, one person holding a large bunch of burning straw on the end of a fork. The rest in a circle around and prayed for the souls of relatives and friends until the flames burned out. The author who recorded this custom added that it gradually died out in the latter part of the century, but that before it had been very common and at nearby Whittingham such fires could be seen all around the horizon at Hallowe’en. He went on to say that the name ‘Purgatory Field’, found across northern Lancashire, testified to an even wider distribution and that the rite itself was called ‘Teen’lay’.
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There is proof that this shifting of customs from one day to another really took place. For until the end of the eighteenth century, children in some Derbyshire parishes, instead of lighting bonfires with the rest of England on November 5th, lit their furze fires called ‘tindles’ on All Souls night. And even then, the educated folk of the districts concerned, declared that these fires were a relic of papistical days when they were lit at night to guide the poor souls back to earth.
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In October 1832 Daniel Maclise attended a Halloween party in Blarney, Ireland and, the next summer, exhibited a painting at London’s Royal Academy of Arts, titled «Snap Apple Night, or All Hallow Eve.»
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They were both respected and feared. «Their backs towards us, their faces away from us, and may God and Mary save us from harm,» was a prayer spoken whenever one ventured near their dwellings.
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Scotland and Ireland started tricking: A few decades later a practice called ‘guising’ was in full swing in Scotland and Ireland. Short for ‘disguising’, children would go out from door to door dressed in costume and rather than pledging to pray, they would tell a joke, sing a song or perform another sort of «trick» in exchange for food or money. The expression trick or treat has only been used at front doors for the last 10 to 15 years. Before that «Help the Halloween Party» seems to have been the most popular phrase to holler.
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(in Scotland and N England) the practice or custom of disguising oneself in fancy dress, often with a mask, and visiting people’s houses, esp at Halloween
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All Hallows’ Eve. A time of spiritual unrest, when the souls of the dead, along with ghosts and evil spirits, were believed to walk the land. Church bells were run and fires lit to guide these souls on their way and deflect them from haunting honest Christian folk. Barns and homes were blessed to protect people and livestock from the effects of witches, who were believed to accompany the malignant spirits as they traveld the earth. Although a rare few continued to divine the future, cast spells, and tell ghost stories in rural communities, woe to anyone who was denounced to the church for engaging in such activities. These may seem like innocent fun today, but it was deadly serious stuff during the Middle Ages.
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Polish Catholics taught their children to pray out loud as they walked through the woods so that the souls of the dead could hear them and be comforted. Priests in tiny Spanish villages still ring their church bells to remind parishioners to honor the dead on All Hallows Eve.
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All Hallows’ Eve falls on 31st October each year, and is the day before All Hallows’ Day, also known as All Saints’ Day in the Christian calendar. The Church traditionally held a vigil on All Hallows’ Eve when worshippers would prepare themselves with prayers and fasting prior to the feast day itself.
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«The vigil of the hallows» refers to the prayer service the evening before the celebration of All Hallows or Saints Day. Or «Halloween» for short – a fixture on the liturgical calendar of the Christian West since the seventh century.
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The Vigil is based on the monastic office of Vigils (or Matins), when the monks would arise in the middle of the night to pray. On major feast days, they would have an extended service of readings (scriptural, patristic, and from lives of the saints) in addition to chanting the psalms. This all would be done in the dark, of course, and was an opportunity to listen carefully to the Word of God as well as the words of the Church Fathers and great saints. The Vigil of All Saints is an adaptation of this ancient practice, using the canonical office of Compline at the end.
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In its first year – 2000 AD – over 1000 people participated from several countries. This included special All Saints Vigil masses, extended periods of Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and parties for children. In our second year 10,000 participated. Since these modest beginnings, the Night of Light has been adopted in many countries around the world with vast numbers involved each year from a Cathedral in India to a convent in New Zealand; from Churches in the US and Europe to Africa; in Schools, churches, homes and church halls all ages have got involved. Although it began in the Catholic Church it has been taken up by other Christians who while keeping its essentials have adapted it to suit their own traditions.
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One that has grown over the past decade is the so-called Night of Light, on All Hallows’ Eve, October 31. It was invented in 2000, in leafy Chertsey, Surrey, when perhaps 1,000 people took part. Now it is a worldwide movement, popular in Africa and the United States.
The heart of the Night of Light is an all-night vigil of prayer, but there is room for children’s fun too: sweets, perhaps a bonfire and dressing up as St George or St Lucy. The minimum gesture is to put a lighted candle in the window, which is in itself too exciting for some proponents of health and safety. The inventor of the Night of Light is Damian Stayne, the founder of a year-round religious community called Cor et Lumen Christi – heart and light of Christ. This new movement is Catholic, orthodox and charismatic – emphasising the work of the Holy Spirit.
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My folks are Polish and they celebrate Halloween in a different way. It is time to remember your dead and visit the cemetery and graves of your loved ones.
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Further reading
- Diane C. Arkins, Halloween: Romantic Art and Customs of Yesteryear, Pelican Publishing Company (2000). 96 pages. ISBN 1-56554-712-8
- Diane C. Arkins, Halloween Merrymaking: An Illustrated Celebration Of Fun, Food, And Frolics From Halloweens Past, Pelican Publishing Company (2004). 112 pages. ISBN 1-58980-113-X
- Lesley Bannatyne, Halloween: An American Holiday, An American History, Facts on File (1990, Pelican Publishing Company, 1998). 180 pages. ISBN 1-56554-346-7
- Lesley Bannatyne, A Halloween Reader. Stories, Poems and Plays from Halloweens Past, Pelican Publishing Company (2004). 272 pages. ISBN 1-58980-176-8
- Phyllis Galembo, Dressed for Thrills: 100 Years of Halloween Costumes and Masquerade, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (2002). 128 pages. ISBN 0-8109-3291-1
- Editha Hörandner (ed.), Halloween in der Steiermark und anderswo, Volkskunde (Münster in Westfalen), LIT Verlag Münster (2005). 308 pages. ISBN 3-8258-8889-4
- Lisa Morton, Trick or Treat A history of Halloween, Reaktion Books (2012). 229 pages. ISBN 978-1-78023-187-7
- Lisa Morton, The Halloween Encyclopedia, McFarland & Company (2003). 240 pages. ISBN 0-7864-1524-X
- Nicholas Rogers, Halloween: From Pagan Ritual to Party Night, Oxford University Press, US (2002). ISBN 0-19-514691-3
- Jack Santino (ed.), Halloween and Other Festivals of Death and Life, University of Tennessee Press (1994). 280 pages. ISBN 0-87049-813-4
- David J. Skal, Death Makes a Holiday: A Cultural History of Halloween, Bloomsbury US (2003). 224 pages. ISBN 1-58234-305-5
- James Tipper, Gods of The Nowhere: A Novel of Halloween, Waxlight Press (2013). 294 pages. ISBN 978-0-9882433-1-6
External links
- Halloween at Curlie
- «A brief history of Halloween» by the BBC
- «All Hallows Eve (Halloween) in the Traditional, Pre-1955 Liturgical Books» by the Liturgical Arts Journal
- «The History of Halloween» by the History Channel
Halloween | |
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Carving a jack-o’-lantern is a common Halloween tradition |
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Also called |
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Observed by | Western Christians and many non-Christians around the world[1] |
Type | Christian |
Significance | First day of Allhallowtide |
Celebrations | Trick-or-treating, costume parties, making jack-o’-lanterns, lighting bonfires, divination, apple bobbing, visiting haunted attractions. |
Observances | Church services,[2] prayer,[3] fasting,[1] and vigil[4] |
Date | 31 October |
Related to | Samhain, Hop-tu-Naa, Calan Gaeaf, Allantide, Day of the Dead, Reformation Day, All Saints’ Day, Mischief Night (cf. vigil) |
Halloween or Hallowe’en (less commonly known as Allhalloween,[5] All Hallows’ Eve,[6] or All Saints’ Eve)[7] is a celebration observed in many countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Saints’ Day. It begins the observance of Allhallowtide,[8] the time in the liturgical year dedicated to remembering the dead, including saints (hallows), martyrs, and all the faithful departed.[9][10][11][12]
One theory holds that many Halloween traditions were influenced by Celtic harvest festivals, particularly the Gaelic festival Samhain, which are believed to have pagan roots.[13][14][15][16] Some go further and suggest that Samhain may have been Christianized as All Hallow’s Day, along with its eve, by the early Church.[17] Other academics believe Halloween began solely as a Christian holiday, being the vigil of All Hallow’s Day.[18][19][20][21] Celebrated in Ireland and Scotland for centuries, Irish and Scottish immigrants took many Halloween customs to North America in the 19th century,[22][23] and then through American influence Halloween had spread to other countries by the late 20th and early 21st century.[24][25]
Popular Halloween activities include trick-or-treating (or the related guising and souling), attending Halloween costume parties, carving pumpkins or turnips into jack-o’-lanterns, lighting bonfires, apple bobbing, divination games, playing pranks, visiting haunted attractions, telling scary stories, and watching horror or Halloween-themed films.[26] Some people practice the Christian religious observances of All Hallows’ Eve, including attending church services and lighting candles on the graves of the dead,[27][28][29] although it is a secular celebration for others.[30][31][32] Some Christians historically abstained from meat on All Hallows’ Eve, a tradition reflected in the eating of certain vegetarian foods on this vigil day, including apples, potato pancakes, and soul cakes.[33][34][35][36]
Etymology
The word Halloween or Hallowe’en («Saints’ evening»[37]) is of Christian origin;[38][39] a term equivalent to «All Hallows Eve» is attested in Old English.[40] The word hallowe[‘]en comes from the Scottish form of All Hallows’ Eve (the evening before All Hallows’ Day):[41] even is the Scots term for «eve» or «evening»,[42] and is contracted to e’en or een;[43] (All) Hallow(s) E(v)en became Hallowe’en.
History
Christian origins and historic customs
Halloween is thought to have influences from Christian beliefs and practices.[44][45] The English word ‘Halloween’ comes from «All Hallows’ Eve», being the evening before the Christian holy days of All Hallows’ Day (All Saints’ Day) on 1 November and All Souls’ Day on 2 November.[46] Since the time of the early Church,[47] major feasts in Christianity (such as Christmas, Easter and Pentecost) had vigils that began the night before, as did the feast of All Hallows’.[48][44] These three days are collectively called Allhallowtide and are a time when Western Christians honour all saints and pray for recently departed souls who have yet to reach Heaven. Commemorations of all saints and martyrs were held by several churches on various dates, mostly in springtime.[49] In 4th-century Roman Edessa it was held on 13 May, and on 13 May 609, Pope Boniface IV re-dedicated the Pantheon in Rome to «St Mary and all martyrs».[50] This was the date of Lemuria, an ancient Roman festival of the dead.[51]
In the 8th century, Pope Gregory III (731–741) founded an oratory in St Peter’s for the relics «of the holy apostles and of all saints, martyrs and confessors».[44][52] Some sources say it was dedicated on 1 November,[53] while others say it was on Palm Sunday in April 732.[54][55] By 800, there is evidence that churches in Ireland[56] and Northumbria were holding a feast commemorating all saints on 1 November.[57] Alcuin of Northumbria, a member of Charlemagne’s court, may then have introduced this 1 November date in the Frankish Empire.[58] In 835, it became the official date in the Frankish Empire.[57] Some suggest this was due to Celtic influence, while others suggest it was a Germanic idea,[57] although it is claimed that both Germanic and Celtic-speaking peoples commemorated the dead at the beginning of winter.[59] They may have seen it as the most fitting time to do so, as it is a time of ‘dying’ in nature.[57][59] It is also suggested the change was made on the «practical grounds that Rome in summer could not accommodate the great number of pilgrims who flocked to it», and perhaps because of public health concerns over Roman Fever, which claimed a number of lives during Rome’s sultry summers.[60][44]
On All Hallows’ Eve, Christians in some parts of the world visit cemeteries to pray and place flowers and candles on the graves of their loved ones.[61] Top: Christians in Bangladesh lighting candles on the headstone of a relative. Bottom: Lutheran Christians praying and lighting candles in front of the central crucifix of a graveyard.
By the end of the 12th century, the celebration had become known as the holy days of obligation in Western Christianity and involved such traditions as ringing church bells for souls in purgatory. It was also «customary for criers dressed in black to parade the streets, ringing a bell of mournful sound and calling on all good Christians to remember the poor souls».[62] The Allhallowtide custom of baking and sharing soul cakes for all christened souls,[63] has been suggested as the origin of trick-or-treating.[64] The custom dates back at least as far as the 15th century[65] and was found in parts of England, Wales, Flanders, Bavaria and Austria.[66] Groups of poor people, often children, would go door-to-door during Allhallowtide, collecting soul cakes, in exchange for praying for the dead, especially the souls of the givers’ friends and relatives. This was called «souling».[65][67][68] Soul cakes were also offered for the souls themselves to eat,[66] or the ‘soulers’ would act as their representatives.[69] As with the Lenten tradition of hot cross buns, soul cakes were often marked with a cross, indicating they were baked as alms.[70] Shakespeare mentions souling in his comedy The Two Gentlemen of Verona (1593).[71] While souling, Christians would carry «lanterns made of hollowed-out turnips», which could have originally represented souls of the dead;[72][73] jack-o’-lanterns were used to ward off evil spirits.[74][75] On All Saints’ and All Souls’ Day during the 19th century, candles were lit in homes in Ireland,[76] Flanders, Bavaria, and in Tyrol, where they were called «soul lights»,[77] that served «to guide the souls back to visit their earthly homes».[78] In many of these places, candles were also lit at graves on All Souls’ Day.[77] In Brittany, libations of milk were poured on the graves of kinfolk,[66] or food would be left overnight on the dinner table for the returning souls;[77] a custom also found in Tyrol and parts of Italy.[79][77]
Christian minister Prince Sorie Conteh linked the wearing of costumes to the belief in vengeful ghosts: «It was traditionally believed that the souls of the departed wandered the earth until All Saints’ Day, and All Hallows’ Eve provided one last chance for the dead to gain vengeance on their enemies before moving to the next world. In order to avoid being recognized by any soul that might be seeking such vengeance, people would don masks or costumes».[80] In the Middle Ages, churches in Europe that were too poor to display relics of martyred saints at Allhallowtide let parishioners dress up as saints instead.[81][82] Some Christians observe this custom at Halloween today.[83] Lesley Bannatyne believes this could have been a Christianization of an earlier pagan custom.[84] Many Christians in mainland Europe, especially in France, believed «that once a year, on Hallowe’en, the dead of the churchyards rose for one wild, hideous carnival» known as the danse macabre, which was often depicted in church decoration.[85] Christopher Allmand and Rosamond McKitterick write in The New Cambridge Medieval History that the danse macabre urged Christians «not to forget the end of all earthly things».[86] The danse macabre was sometimes enacted in European village pageants and court masques, with people «dressing up as corpses from various strata of society», and this may be the origin of Halloween costume parties.[87][88][89][72]
In Britain, these customs came under attack during the Reformation, as Protestants berated purgatory as a «popish» doctrine incompatible with the Calvinist doctrine of predestination. State-sanctioned ceremonies associated with the intercession of saints and prayer for souls in purgatory were abolished during the Elizabethan reform, though All Hallow’s Day remained in the English liturgical calendar to «commemorate saints as godly human beings».[90] For some Nonconformist Protestants, the theology of All Hallows’ Eve was redefined; «souls cannot be journeying from Purgatory on their way to Heaven, as Catholics frequently believe and assert. Instead, the so-called ghosts are thought to be in actuality evil spirits».[91] Other Protestants believed in an intermediate state known as Hades (Bosom of Abraham).[92] In some localities, Catholics and Protestants continued souling, candlelit processions, or ringing church bells for the dead;[46][93] the Anglican church eventually suppressed this bell-ringing.[94] Mark Donnelly, a professor of medieval archaeology, and historian Daniel Diehl write that «barns and homes were blessed to protect people and livestock from the effect of witches, who were believed to accompany the malignant spirits as they traveled the earth».[95] After 1605, Hallowtide was eclipsed in England by Guy Fawkes Night (5 November), which appropriated some of its customs.[96] In England, the ending of official ceremonies related to the intercession of saints led to the development of new, unofficial Hallowtide customs. In 18th–19th century rural Lancashire, Catholic families gathered on hills on the night of All Hallows’ Eve. One held a bunch of burning straw on a pitchfork while the rest knelt around him, praying for the souls of relatives and friends until the flames went out. This was known as teen’lay.[97] There was a similar custom in Hertfordshire, and the lighting of ‘tindle’ fires in Derbyshire.[98] Some suggested these ‘tindles’ were originally lit to «guide the poor souls back to earth».[99] In Scotland and Ireland, old Allhallowtide customs that were at odds with Reformed teaching were not suppressed as they «were important to the life cycle and rites of passage of local communities» and curbing them would have been difficult.[22]
In parts of Italy until the 15th century, families left a meal out for the ghosts of relatives, before leaving for church services.[79] In 19th-century Italy, churches staged «theatrical re-enactments of scenes from the lives of the saints» on All Hallow’s Day, with «participants represented by realistic wax figures».[79] In 1823, the graveyard of Holy Spirit Hospital in Rome presented a scene in which bodies of those who recently died were arrayed around a wax statue of an angel who pointed upward towards heaven.[79] In the same country, «parish priests went house-to-house, asking for small gifts of food which they shared among themselves throughout that night».[79] In Spain, they continue to bake special pastries called «bones of the holy» (Spanish: Huesos de Santo) and set them on graves.[100] At cemeteries in Spain and France, as well as in Latin America, priests lead Christian processions and services during Allhallowtide, after which people keep an all night vigil.[101] In 19th-century San Sebastián, there was a procession to the city cemetery at Allhallowtide, an event that drew beggars who «appeal[ed] to the tender recollectons of one’s deceased relations and friends» for sympathy.[102]
Gaelic folk influence
Today’s Halloween customs are thought to have been influenced by folk customs and beliefs from the Celtic-speaking countries, some of which are believed to have pagan roots.[103] Jack Santino, a folklorist, writes that «there was throughout Ireland an uneasy truce existing between customs and beliefs associated with Christianity and those associated with religions that were Irish before Christianity arrived».[104] The origins of Halloween customs are typically linked to the Gaelic festival Samhain.[105]
Samhain is one of the quarter days in the medieval Gaelic calendar and has been celebrated on 31 October – 1 November[106] in Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man.[107][108] A kindred festival has been held by the Brittonic Celts, called Calan Gaeaf in Wales, Kalan Gwav in Cornwall and Kalan Goañv in Brittany; a name meaning «first day of winter». For the Celts, the day ended and began at sunset; thus the festival begins the evening before 1 November by modern reckoning.[109] Samhain is mentioned in some of the earliest Irish literature. The names have been used by historians to refer to Celtic Halloween customs up until the 19th century,[110] and are still the Gaelic and Welsh names for Halloween.
Snap-Apple Night, painted by Daniel Maclise in 1833, shows people feasting and playing divination games on Halloween in Ireland.[111]
Samhain marked the end of the harvest season and beginning of winter or the ‘darker half’ of the year.[112][113] It was seen as a liminal time, when the boundary between this world and the Otherworld thinned. This meant the Aos Sí, the ‘spirits’ or ‘fairies’, could more easily come into this world and were particularly active.[114][115] Most scholars see them as «degraded versions of ancient gods […] whose power remained active in the people’s minds even after they had been officially replaced by later religious beliefs».[116] They were both respected and feared, with individuals often invoking the protection of God when approaching their dwellings.[117][118] At Samhain, the Aos Sí were appeased to ensure the people and livestock survived the winter. Offerings of food and drink, or portions of the crops, were left outside for them.[119][120][121] The souls of the dead were also said to revisit their homes seeking hospitality.[122] Places were set at the dinner table and by the fire to welcome them.[123] The belief that the souls of the dead return home on one night of the year and must be appeased seems to have ancient origins and is found in many cultures.[66] In 19th century Ireland, «candles would be lit and prayers formally offered for the souls of the dead. After this the eating, drinking, and games would begin».[124]
Throughout Ireland and Britain, especially in the Celtic-speaking regions, the household festivities included divination rituals and games intended to foretell one’s future, especially regarding death and marriage.[125] Apples and nuts were often used, and customs included apple bobbing, nut roasting, scrying or mirror-gazing, pouring molten lead or egg whites into water, dream interpretation, and others.[126] Special bonfires were lit and there were rituals involving them. Their flames, smoke, and ashes were deemed to have protective and cleansing powers.[112] In some places, torches lit from the bonfire were carried sunwise around homes and fields to protect them.[110] It is suggested the fires were a kind of imitative or sympathetic magic – they mimicked the Sun and held back the decay and darkness of winter.[123][127][128] They were also used for divination and to ward off evil spirits.[74] In Scotland, these bonfires and divination games were banned by the church elders in some parishes.[129] In Wales, bonfires were also lit to «prevent the souls of the dead from falling to earth».[130] Later, these bonfires «kept away the devil».[131]
A plaster cast of a traditional Irish Halloween turnip (rutabaga) lantern on display in the Museum of Country Life, Ireland[132]
From at least the 16th century,[133] the festival included mumming and guising in Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man and Wales.[134] This involved people going house-to-house in costume (or in disguise), usually reciting verses or songs in exchange for food. It may have originally been a tradition whereby people impersonated the Aos Sí, or the souls of the dead, and received offerings on their behalf, similar to ‘souling’. Impersonating these beings, or wearing a disguise, was also believed to protect oneself from them.[135] In parts of southern Ireland, the guisers included a hobby horse. A man dressed as a Láir Bhán (white mare) led youths house-to-house reciting verses – some of which had pagan overtones – in exchange for food. If the household donated food it could expect good fortune from the ‘Muck Olla’; not doing so would bring misfortune.[136] In Scotland, youths went house-to-house with masked, painted or blackened faces, often threatening to do mischief if they were not welcomed.[134] F. Marian McNeill suggests the ancient festival included people in costume representing the spirits, and that faces were marked or blackened with ashes from the sacred bonfire.[133] In parts of Wales, men went about dressed as fearsome beings called gwrachod.[134] In the late 19th and early 20th century, young people in Glamorgan and Orkney cross-dressed.[134]
Elsewhere in Europe, mumming was part of other festivals, but in the Celtic-speaking regions, it was «particularly appropriate to a night upon which supernatural beings were said to be abroad and could be imitated or warded off by human wanderers».[134] From at least the 18th century, «imitating malignant spirits» led to playing pranks in Ireland and the Scottish Highlands. Wearing costumes and playing pranks at Halloween did not spread to England until the 20th century.[134] Pranksters used hollowed-out turnips or mangel wurzels as lanterns, often carved with grotesque faces.[134] By those who made them, the lanterns were variously said to represent the spirits,[134] or used to ward off evil spirits.[137][138] They were common in parts of Ireland and the Scottish Highlands in the 19th century,[134] as well as in Somerset (see Punkie Night). In the 20th century they spread to other parts of Britain and became generally known as jack-o’-lanterns.[134]
Spread to North America
Lesley Bannatyne and Cindy Ott write that Anglican colonists in the southern United States and Catholic colonists in Maryland «recognized All Hallow’s Eve in their church calendars»,[140][141] although the Puritans of New England strongly opposed the holiday, along with other traditional celebrations of the established Church, including Christmas.[142] Almanacs of the late 18th and early 19th century give no indication that Halloween was widely celebrated in North America.[22]
It was not until after mass Irish and Scottish immigration in the 19th century that Halloween became a major holiday in America.[22] Most American Halloween traditions were inherited from the Irish and Scots,[23][143] though «In Cajun areas, a nocturnal Mass was said in cemeteries on Halloween night. Candles that had been blessed were placed on graves, and families sometimes spent the entire night at the graveside».[144] Originally confined to these immigrant communities, it was gradually assimilated into mainstream society and was celebrated coast to coast by people of all social, racial, and religious backgrounds by the early 20th century.[145] Then, through American influence, these Halloween traditions spread to many other countries by the late 20th and early 21st century, including to mainland Europe and some parts of the Far East.[24][25][146]
Symbols
Development of artifacts and symbols associated with Halloween formed over time. Jack-o’-lanterns are traditionally carried by guisers on All Hallows’ Eve in order to frighten evil spirits.[73][147] There is a popular Irish Christian folktale associated with the jack-o’-lantern,[148] which in folklore is said to represent a «soul who has been denied entry into both heaven and hell»:[149]
On route home after a night’s drinking, Jack encounters the Devil and tricks him into climbing a tree. A quick-thinking Jack etches the sign of the cross into the bark, thus trapping the Devil. Jack strikes a bargain that Satan can never claim his soul. After a life of sin, drink, and mendacity, Jack is refused entry to heaven when he dies. Keeping his promise, the Devil refuses to let Jack into hell and throws a live coal straight from the fires of hell at him. It was a cold night, so Jack places the coal in a hollowed out turnip to stop it from going out, since which time Jack and his lantern have been roaming looking for a place to rest.[150]
In Ireland and Scotland, the turnip has traditionally been carved during Halloween,[151][152] but immigrants to North America used the native pumpkin, which is both much softer and much larger, making it easier to carve than a turnip.[151] The American tradition of carving pumpkins is recorded in 1837[153] and was originally associated with harvest time in general, not becoming specifically associated with Halloween until the mid-to-late 19th century.[154]
The modern imagery of Halloween comes from many sources, including Christian eschatology, national customs, works of Gothic and horror literature (such as the novels Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus and Dracula) and classic horror films such as Frankenstein (1931) and The Mummy (1932).[155][156] Imagery of the skull, a reference to Golgotha in the Christian tradition, serves as «a reminder of death and the transitory quality of human life» and is consequently found in memento mori and vanitas compositions;[157] skulls have therefore been commonplace in Halloween, which touches on this theme.[158] Traditionally, the back walls of churches are «decorated with a depiction of the Last Judgment, complete with graves opening and the dead rising, with a heaven filled with angels and a hell filled with devils», a motif that has permeated the observance of this triduum.[159] One of the earliest works on the subject of Halloween is from Scottish poet John Mayne, who, in 1780, made note of pranks at Halloween; «What fearfu’ pranks ensue!», as well as the supernatural associated with the night, «bogles» (ghosts),[160] influencing Robert Burns’ «Halloween» (1785).[161] Elements of the autumn season, such as pumpkins, corn husks, and scarecrows, are also prevalent. Homes are often decorated with these types of symbols around Halloween. Halloween imagery includes themes of death, evil, and mythical monsters.[162] Black cats, which have been long associated with witches, are also a common symbol of Halloween. Black, orange, and sometimes purple are Halloween’s traditional colors.[163]
Trick-or-treating and guising
Trick-or-treaters in Sweden
Trick-or-treating is a customary celebration for children on Halloween. Children go in costume from house to house, asking for treats such as candy or sometimes money, with the question, «Trick or treat?» The word «trick» implies a «threat» to perform mischief on the homeowners or their property if no treat is given.[64] The practice is said to have roots in the medieval practice of mumming, which is closely related to souling.[164] John Pymm wrote that «many of the feast days associated with the presentation of mumming plays were celebrated by the Christian Church.»[165] These feast days included All Hallows’ Eve, Christmas, Twelfth Night and Shrove Tuesday.[166][167] Mumming practiced in Germany, Scandinavia and other parts of Europe,[168] involved masked persons in fancy dress who «paraded the streets and entered houses to dance or play dice in silence».[169]
Girl in a Halloween costume in 1928, Ontario, Canada, the same province where the Scottish Halloween custom of guising was first recorded in North America
In England, from the medieval period,[170] up until the 1930s,[171] people practiced the Christian custom of souling on Halloween, which involved groups of soulers, both Protestant and Catholic,[93] going from parish to parish, begging the rich for soul cakes, in exchange for praying for the souls of the givers and their friends.[67] In the Philippines, the practice of souling is called Pangangaluluwa and is practiced on All Hallow’s Eve among children in rural areas.[26] People drape themselves in white cloths to represent souls and then visit houses, where they sing in return for prayers and sweets.[26]
In Scotland and Ireland, guising – children disguised in costume going from door to door for food or coins – is a traditional Halloween custom.[172] It is recorded in Scotland at Halloween in 1895 where masqueraders in disguise carrying lanterns made out of scooped out turnips, visit homes to be rewarded with cakes, fruit, and money.[152][173] In Ireland, the most popular phrase for kids to shout (until the 2000s) was «Help the Halloween Party».[172] The practice of guising at Halloween in North America was first recorded in 1911, where a newspaper in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, reported children going «guising» around the neighborhood.[174]
American historian and author Ruth Edna Kelley of Massachusetts wrote the first book-length history of Halloween in the US; The Book of Hallowe’en (1919), and references souling in the chapter «Hallowe’en in America».[175] In her book, Kelley touches on customs that arrived from across the Atlantic; «Americans have fostered them, and are making this an occasion something like what it must have been in its best days overseas. All Halloween customs in the United States are borrowed directly or adapted from those of other countries».[176]
While the first reference to «guising» in North America occurs in 1911, another reference to ritual begging on Halloween appears, place unknown, in 1915, with a third reference in Chicago in 1920.[177] The earliest known use in print of the term «trick or treat» appears in 1927, in the Blackie Herald, of Alberta, Canada.[178]
The thousands of Halloween postcards produced between the turn of the 20th century and the 1920s commonly show children but not trick-or-treating.[179] Trick-or-treating does not seem to have become a widespread practice in North America until the 1930s, with the first US appearances of the term in 1934,[180] and the first use in a national publication occurring in 1939.[181]
A popular variant of trick-or-treating, known as trunk-or-treating (or Halloween tailgating), occurs when «children are offered treats from the trunks of cars parked in a church parking lot», or sometimes, a school parking lot.[100][182] In a trunk-or-treat event, the trunk (boot) of each automobile is decorated with a certain theme,[183] such as those of children’s literature, movies, scripture, and job roles.[184] Trunk-or-treating has grown in popularity due to its perception as being more safe than going door to door, a point that resonates well with parents, as well as the fact that it «solves the rural conundrum in which homes [are] built a half-mile apart».[185][186]
Costumes
Halloween costumes were traditionally modeled after figures such as vampires, ghosts, skeletons, scary looking witches, and devils.[64] Over time, the costume selection extended to include popular characters from fiction, celebrities, and generic archetypes such as ninjas and princesses.
Halloween shop in Derry, Northern Ireland, selling masks
Dressing up in costumes and going «guising» was prevalent in Scotland and Ireland at Halloween by the late 19th century.[152] A Scottish term, the tradition is called «guising» because of the disguises or costumes worn by the children.[173] In Ireland and Scotland, the masks are known as ‘false faces’,[38][187] a term recorded in Ayr, Scotland in 1890 by a Scot describing guisers: «I had mind it was Halloween . . . the wee callans were at it already, rinning aboot wi’ their fause-faces (false faces) on and their bits o’ turnip lanthrons (lanterns) in their haun (hand)».[38] Costuming became popular for Halloween parties in the US in the early 20th century, as often for adults as for children, and when trick-or-treating was becoming popular in Canada and the US in the 1920s and 1930s.[178][188]
Eddie J. Smith, in his book Halloween, Hallowed is Thy Name, offers a religious perspective to the wearing of costumes on All Hallows’ Eve, suggesting that by dressing up as creatures «who at one time caused us to fear and tremble», people are able to poke fun at Satan «whose kingdom has been plundered by our Saviour». Images of skeletons and the dead are traditional decorations used as memento mori.[189][190]
«Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF» is a fundraising program to support UNICEF,[64] a United Nations Programme that provides humanitarian aid to children in developing countries. Started as a local event in a Northeast Philadelphia neighborhood in 1950 and expanded nationally in 1952, the program involves the distribution of small boxes by schools (or in modern times, corporate sponsors like Hallmark, at their licensed stores) to trick-or-treaters, in which they can solicit small-change donations from the houses they visit. It is estimated that children have collected more than $118 million for UNICEF since its inception. In Canada, in 2006, UNICEF decided to discontinue their Halloween collection boxes, citing safety and administrative concerns; after consultation with schools, they instead redesigned the program.[191][192]
The yearly New York’s Village Halloween Parade was begun in 1974; it is the world’s largest Halloween parade and America’s only major nighttime parade, attracting more than 60,000 costumed participants, two million spectators, and a worldwide television audience.[193]
Since the late 2010s, ethnic stereotypes as costumes have increasingly come under scrutiny in the United States.[194] Such and other potentially offensive costumes have been met with increasing public disapproval.[195][196]
Pet costumes
According to a 2018 report from the National Retail Federation, 30 million Americans will spend an estimated $480 million on Halloween costumes for their pets in 2018. This is up from an estimated $200 million in 2010. The most popular costumes for pets are the pumpkin, followed by the hot dog, and the bumblebee in third place.[197]
Games and other activities
In this 1904 Halloween greeting card, divination is depicted: the young woman looking into a mirror in a darkened room hopes to catch a glimpse of her future husband.
There are several games traditionally associated with Halloween. Some of these games originated as divination rituals or ways of foretelling one’s future, especially regarding death, marriage and children. During the Middle Ages, these rituals were done by a «rare few» in rural communities as they were considered to be «deadly serious» practices.[198] In recent centuries, these divination games have been «a common feature of the household festivities» in Ireland and Britain.[125] They often involve apples and hazelnuts. In Celtic mythology, apples were strongly associated with the Otherworld and immortality, while hazelnuts were associated with divine wisdom.[199] Some also suggest that they derive from Roman practices in celebration of Pomona.[64]
Children bobbing for apples at Hallowe’en
The following activities were a common feature of Halloween in Ireland and Britain during the 17th–20th centuries. Some have become more widespread and continue to be popular today.
One common game is apple bobbing or dunking (which may be called «dooking» in Scotland)[200] in which apples float in a tub or a large basin of water and the participants must use only their teeth to remove an apple from the basin. A variant of dunking involves kneeling on a chair, holding a fork between the teeth and trying to drive the fork into an apple. Another common game involves hanging up treacle or syrup-coated scones by strings; these must be eaten without using hands while they remain attached to the string, an activity that inevitably leads to a sticky face. Another once-popular game involves hanging a small wooden rod from the ceiling at head height, with a lit candle on one end and an apple hanging from the other. The rod is spun round and everyone takes turns to try to catch the apple with their teeth.[201]
Image from the Book of Hallowe’en (1919) showing several Halloween activities, such as nut roasting
Several of the traditional activities from Ireland and Britain involve foretelling one’s future partner or spouse. An apple would be peeled in one long strip, then the peel tossed over the shoulder. The peel is believed to land in the shape of the first letter of the future spouse’s name.[202][203] Two hazelnuts would be roasted near a fire; one named for the person roasting them and the other for the person they desire. If the nuts jump away from the heat, it is a bad sign, but if the nuts roast quietly it foretells a good match.[204][205] A salty oatmeal bannock would be baked; the person would eat it in three bites and then go to bed in silence without anything to drink. This is said to result in a dream in which their future spouse offers them a drink to quench their thirst.[206] Unmarried women were told that if they sat in a darkened room and gazed into a mirror on Halloween night, the face of their future husband would appear in the mirror.[207] The custom was widespread enough to be commemorated on greeting cards[208] from the late 19th century and early 20th century.
Another popular Irish game was known as púicíní («blindfolds»); a person would be blindfolded and then would choose between several saucers. The item in the saucer would provide a hint as to their future: a ring would mean that they would marry soon; clay, that they would die soon, perhaps within the year; water, that they would emigrate; rosary beads, that they would take Holy Orders (become a nun, priest, monk, etc.); a coin, that they would become rich; a bean, that they would be poor.[209][210][211][212] The game features prominently in the James Joyce short story «Clay» (1914).[213][214][215]
In Ireland and Scotland, items would be hidden in food – usually a cake, barmbrack, cranachan, champ or colcannon – and portions of it served out at random. A person’s future would be foretold by the item they happened to find; for example, a ring meant marriage and a coin meant wealth.[216]
Up until the 19th century, the Halloween bonfires were also used for divination in parts of Scotland, Wales and Brittany. When the fire died down, a ring of stones would be laid in the ashes, one for each person. In the morning, if any stone was mislaid it was said that the person it represented would not live out the year.[110]
Telling ghost stories, listening to Halloween-themed songs and watching horror films are common fixtures of Halloween parties. Episodes of television series and Halloween-themed specials (with the specials usually aimed at children) are commonly aired on or before Halloween, while new horror films are often released before Halloween to take advantage of the holiday.
Haunted attractions
Humorous tombstones in front of a house in California
Haunted attractions are entertainment venues designed to thrill and scare patrons. Most attractions are seasonal Halloween businesses that may include haunted houses, corn mazes, and hayrides,[217] and the level of sophistication of the effects has risen as the industry has grown.
The first recorded purpose-built haunted attraction was the Orton and Spooner Ghost House, which opened in 1915 in Liphook, England. This attraction actually most closely resembles a carnival fun house, powered by steam.[218][219] The House still exists, in the Hollycombe Steam Collection.
It was during the 1930s, about the same time as trick-or-treating, that Halloween-themed haunted houses first began to appear in America. It was in the late 1950s that haunted houses as a major attraction began to appear, focusing first on California. Sponsored by the Children’s Health Home Junior Auxiliary, the San Mateo Haunted House opened in 1957. The San Bernardino Assistance League Haunted House opened in 1958. Home haunts began appearing across the country during 1962 and 1963. In 1964, the San Manteo Haunted House opened, as well as the Children’s Museum Haunted House in Indianapolis.[220]
The haunted house as an American cultural icon can be attributed to the opening of the Haunted Mansion in Disneyland on 12 August 1969.[221] Knott’s Berry Farm began hosting its own Halloween night attraction, Knott’s Scary Farm, which opened in 1973.[222] Evangelical Christians adopted a form of these attractions by opening one of the first «hell houses» in 1972.[223]
The first Halloween haunted house run by a nonprofit organization was produced in 1970 by the Sycamore-Deer Park Jaycees in Clifton, Ohio. It was cosponsored by WSAI, an AM radio station broadcasting out of Cincinnati, Ohio. It was last produced in 1982.[224] Other Jaycees followed suit with their own versions after the success of the Ohio house. The March of Dimes copyrighted a «Mini haunted house for the March of Dimes» in 1976 and began fundraising through their local chapters by conducting haunted houses soon after. Although they apparently quit supporting this type of event nationally sometime in the 1980s, some March of Dimes haunted houses have persisted until today.[225]
On the evening of 11 May 1984, in Jackson Township, New Jersey, the Haunted Castle (Six Flags Great Adventure) caught fire. As a result of the fire, eight teenagers perished.[226] The backlash to the tragedy was a tightening of regulations relating to safety, building codes and the frequency of inspections of attractions nationwide. The smaller venues, especially the nonprofit attractions, were unable to compete financially, and the better funded commercial enterprises filled the vacuum.[227][228] Facilities that were once able to avoid regulation because they were considered to be temporary installations now had to adhere to the stricter codes required of permanent attractions.[229][230][231]
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, theme parks entered the business seriously. Six Flags Fright Fest began in 1986 and Universal Studios Florida began Halloween Horror Nights in 1991. Knott’s Scary Farm experienced a surge in attendance in the 1990s as a result of America’s obsession with Halloween as a cultural event. Theme parks have played a major role in globalizing the holiday. Universal Studios Singapore and Universal Studios Japan both participate, while Disney now mounts Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party events at its parks in Paris, Hong Kong and Tokyo, as well as in the United States.[232] The theme park haunts are by far the largest, both in scale and attendance.[233]
Food
Pumpkins for sale during Halloween
On All Hallows’ Eve, many Western Christian denominations encourage abstinence from meat, giving rise to a variety of vegetarian foods associated with this day.[234]
Because in the Northern Hemisphere Halloween comes in the wake of the yearly apple harvest, candy apples (known as toffee apples outside North America), caramel apples or taffy apples are common Halloween treats made by rolling whole apples in a sticky sugar syrup, sometimes followed by rolling them in nuts.
At one time, candy apples were commonly given to trick-or-treating children, but the practice rapidly waned in the wake of widespread rumors that some individuals were embedding items like pins and razor blades in the apples in the United States.[235] While there is evidence of such incidents,[236] relative to the degree of reporting of such cases, actual cases involving malicious acts are extremely rare and have never resulted in serious injury. Nonetheless, many parents assumed that such heinous practices were rampant because of the mass media. At the peak of the hysteria, some hospitals offered free X-rays of children’s Halloween hauls in order to find evidence of tampering. Virtually all of the few known candy poisoning incidents involved parents who poisoned their own children’s candy.[237]
One custom that persists in modern-day Ireland is the baking (or more often nowadays, the purchase) of a barmbrack (Irish: báirín breac), which is a light fruitcake, into which a plain ring, a coin, and other charms are placed before baking.[238] It is considered fortunate to be the lucky one who finds it.[238] It has also been said that those who get a ring will find their true love in the ensuing year. This is similar to the tradition of king cake at the festival of Epiphany.
List of foods associated with Halloween:
- Barmbrack (Ireland)
- Bonfire toffee (Great Britain)
- Candy apples/toffee apples (Great Britain and Ireland)
- Candy apples, candy corn, candy pumpkins (North America)
- Chocolate
- Monkey nuts (peanuts in their shells) (Ireland and Scotland)
- Caramel apples
- Caramel corn
- Colcannon (Ireland; see below)
- Halloween cake
- Sweets/candy
- Novelty candy shaped like skulls, pumpkins, bats, worms, etc.
- Roasted pumpkin seeds
- Roasted sweet corn
- Soul cakes
- Pumpkin Pie
Christian religious observances
The Vigil of All Hallows’ is being celebrated at an Episcopal Christian church on Hallowe’en
On Hallowe’en (All Hallows’ Eve), in Poland, believers were once taught to pray out loud as they walk through the forests in order that the souls of the dead might find comfort; in Spain, Christian priests in tiny villages toll their church bells in order to remind their congregants to remember the dead on All Hallows’ Eve.[239] In Ireland, and among immigrants in Canada, a custom includes the Christian practice of abstinence, keeping All Hallows’ Eve as a meat-free day and serving pancakes or colcannon instead.[240] In Mexico children make an altar to invite the return of the spirits of dead children (angelitos).[241]
The Christian Church traditionally observed Hallowe’en through a vigil. Worshippers prepared themselves for feasting on the following All Saints’ Day with prayers and fasting.[242] This church service is known as the Vigil of All Hallows or the Vigil of All Saints;[243][244] an initiative known as Night of Light seeks to further spread the Vigil of All Hallows throughout Christendom.[245][246] After the service, «suitable festivities and entertainments» often follow, as well as a visit to the graveyard or cemetery, where flowers and candles are often placed in preparation for All Hallows’ Day.[247][248] In Finland, because so many people visit the cemeteries on All Hallows’ Eve to light votive candles there, they «are known as valomeri, or seas of light».[249]
Today, Christian attitudes towards Halloween are diverse. In the Anglican Church, some dioceses have chosen to emphasize the Christian traditions associated with All Hallow’s Eve.[250][251] Some of these practices include praying, fasting and attending worship services.[1][2][3]
O LORD our God, increase, we pray thee, and multiply upon us the gifts of thy grace: that we, who do prevent the glorious festival of all thy Saints, may of thee be enabled joyfully to follow them in all virtuous and godly living. Through Jesus Christ, Our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen. —Collect of the Vigil of All Saints, The Anglican Breviary[252]
Votive candles in the Halloween section of Walmart
Other Protestant Christians also celebrate All Hallows’ Eve as Reformation Day, a day to remember the Protestant Reformation, alongside All Hallow’s Eve or independently from it.[253] This is because Martin Luther is said to have nailed his Ninety-five Theses to All Saints’ Church in Wittenberg on All Hallows’ Eve.[254] Often, «Harvest Festivals» or «Reformation Festivals» are held on All Hallows’ Eve, in which children dress up as Bible characters or Reformers.[255] In addition to distributing candy to children who are trick-or-treating on Hallowe’en, many Christians also provide gospel tracts to them. One organization, the American Tract Society, stated that around 3 million gospel tracts are ordered from them alone for Hallowe’en celebrations.[256] Others order Halloween-themed Scripture Candy to pass out to children on this day.[257][258]
Belizean children dressed up as Biblical figures and Christian saints
Some Christians feel concerned about the modern celebration of Halloween because they feel it trivializes – or celebrates – paganism, the occult, or other practices and cultural phenomena deemed incompatible with their beliefs.[259] Father Gabriele Amorth, an exorcist in Rome, has said, «if English and American children like to dress up as witches and devils on one night of the year that is not a problem. If it is just a game, there is no harm in that.»[260] In more recent years, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston has organized a «Saint Fest» on Halloween.[261] Similarly, many contemporary Protestant churches view Halloween as a fun event for children, holding events in their churches where children and their parents can dress up, play games, and get candy for free. To these Christians, Halloween holds no threat to the spiritual lives of children: being taught about death and mortality, and the ways of the Celtic ancestors actually being a valuable life lesson and a part of many of their parishioners’ heritage.[262] Christian minister Sam Portaro wrote that Halloween is about using «humor and ridicule to confront the power of death».[263]
In the Roman Catholic Church, Halloween’s Christian connection is acknowledged, and Halloween celebrations are common in many Catholic parochial schools in the United States.[264][265] Many fundamentalist and evangelical churches use «Hell houses» and comic-style tracts in order to make use of Halloween’s popularity as an opportunity for evangelism.[266] Others consider Halloween to be completely incompatible with the Christian faith due to its putative origins in the Festival of the Dead celebration.[267] Indeed, even though Eastern Orthodox Christians observe All Hallows’ Day on the First Sunday after Pentecost, The Eastern Orthodox Church recommends the observance of Vespers or a Paraklesis on the Western observance of All Hallows’ Eve, out of the pastoral need to provide an alternative to popular celebrations.[268]
Analogous celebrations and perspectives
Judaism
According to Alfred J. Kolatch in the Second Jewish Book of Why, in Judaism, Halloween is not permitted by Jewish Halakha because it violates Leviticus 18:3, which forbids Jews from partaking in gentile customs. Many Jews observe Yizkor communally four times a year, which is vaguely similar to the observance of Allhallowtide in Christianity, in the sense that prayers are said for both «martyrs and for one’s own family».[269] Nevertheless, many American Jews celebrate Halloween, disconnected from its Christian origins.[270] Reform Rabbi Jeffrey Goldwasser has said that «There is no religious reason why contemporary Jews should not celebrate Halloween» while Orthodox Rabbi Michael Broyde has argued against Jews’ observing the holiday.[271] Purim has sometimes been compared to Halloween, in part due to some observants wearing costumes, especially of Biblical figures described in the Purim narrative.[272]
Islam
Sheikh Idris Palmer, author of A Brief Illustrated Guide to Understanding Islam, has ruled that Muslims should not participate in Halloween, stating that «participation in Halloween is worse than participation in Christmas, Easter, … it is more sinful than congratulating the Christians for their prostration to the crucifix».[273] It has also been ruled to be haram by the National Fatwa Council of Malaysia because of its alleged pagan roots stating «Halloween is celebrated using a humorous theme mixed with horror to entertain and resist the spirit of death that influence humans».[274][275] Dar Al-Ifta Al-Missriyyah disagrees provided the celebration is not referred to as an ‘eid’ and that behaviour remains in line with Islamic principles.[276]
Hinduism
Hindus remember the dead during the festival of Pitru Paksha, during which Hindus pay homage to and perform a ceremony «to keep the souls of their ancestors at rest». It is celebrated in the Hindu month of Bhadrapada, usually in mid-September.[277] The celebration of the Hindu festival Diwali sometimes conflicts with the date of Halloween; but some Hindus choose to participate in the popular customs of Halloween.[278] Other Hindus, such as Soumya Dasgupta, have opposed the celebration on the grounds that Western holidays like Halloween have «begun to adversely affect our indigenous festivals».[279]
Neopaganism
There is no consistent rule or view on Halloween amongst those who describe themselves as Neopagans or Wiccans. Some Neopagans do not observe Halloween, but instead observe Samhain on 1 November,[280] some neopagans do enjoy Halloween festivities, stating that one can observe both «the solemnity of Samhain in addition to the fun of Halloween». Some neopagans are opposed to the celebration of Hallowe’en, stating that it «trivializes Samhain»,[281] and «avoid Halloween, because of the interruptions from trick or treaters».[282] The Manitoban writes that «Wiccans don’t officially celebrate Halloween, despite the fact that 31 Oct. will still have a star beside it in any good Wiccan’s day planner. Starting at sundown, Wiccans celebrate a holiday known as Samhain. Samhain actually comes from old Celtic traditions and is not exclusive to Neopagan religions like Wicca. While the traditions of this holiday originate in Celtic countries, modern day Wiccans don’t try to historically replicate Samhain celebrations. Some traditional Samhain rituals are still practised, but at its core, the period is treated as a time to celebrate darkness and the dead – a possible reason why Samhain can be confused with Halloween celebrations.»[280]
Geography
Halloween display in Kobe, Japan
The traditions and importance of Halloween vary greatly among countries that observe it. In Scotland and Ireland, traditional Halloween customs include children dressing up in costume going «guising», holding parties, while other practices in Ireland include lighting bonfires, and having firework displays.[172][283][284] In Brittany children would play practical jokes by setting candles inside skulls in graveyards to frighten visitors.[285] Mass transatlantic immigration in the 19th century popularized Halloween in North America, and celebration in the United States and Canada has had a significant impact on how the event is observed in other nations.[172] This larger North American influence, particularly in iconic and commercial elements, has extended to places such as Brazil, Ecuador, Chile,[286] Australia,[287] New Zealand,[288] (most) continental Europe, Finland,[289] Japan, and other parts of East Asia.[25]
See also
- Campfire story
- Devil’s Night
- Dziady
- Ghost Festival
- Naraka Chaturdashi
- Kekri
- List of fiction works about Halloween
- List of films set around Halloween
- List of Halloween television specials
- Martinisingen
- Neewollah
- St. John’s Eve
- Walpurgis Night
- Will-o’-the-wisp
- English festivals
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It is widely believed that many Hallowe’en traditions have evolved from an ancient Celtic festival called Samhain which was Christianised by the early Church…. All Hallows’ Eve falls on 31st October each year, and is the day before All Hallows’ Day, also known as All Saints’ Day in the Christian calendar. The Church traditionally held a vigil on All Hallows’ Eve when worshippers would prepare themselves with prayers and fasting prior to the feast day itself. The name derives from the Old English ‘hallowed’ meaning holy or sanctified and is now usually contracted to the more familiar word Hallowe’en. …However, there are supporters of the view that Hallowe’en, as the eve of All Saints’ Day, originated entirely independently of Samhain …
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This service may be used on the evening of October 31, known as All Hallows’ Eve. Suitable festivities and entertainments may take place before or after this service, and a visit may be made to a cemetery or burial place.
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All Hallow’s Eve, which later became known as Halloween, is celebrated on the night before All Saints’ Day, November 1. Use this simple prayer service in conjunction with Halloween festivities to mark the Christian roots of this festival.
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Rather than compete, liturgy planners would do well to consider ways of including children in the celebration of these vigil Masses. For example, children might be encouraged to wear Halloween costumes representing their patron saint or their favorite saint, clearly adding a new level of meaning to the Halloween celebrations and the celebration of All Saints’ Day.
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Halloween (All Hallows Eve). The name given to October 31, the eve of the Christian festival of All Saints Day (November 1).
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Originally celebrated as the night before All Saints’ Day, Christians chose November first to honor their many saints. The night before was called All Saints’ Eve or hallowed eve meaning holy evening.
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Hallowtide covers the three days – 31 October (All-Hallows Eve or Hallowe’en), 1 November (All Saints) and 2 November (All Souls).
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Halloween or Hallowe’en, is the yearly celebration on October 31st that signifies the first day of Allhallowtide, being the time to remember the dead, including martyrs, saints and all faithful departed Christians.
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The pre-Christian observance obviously influenced the Christian celebration of All Hallows’ Eve, just as the Taoist festival affected the newer Buddhist Ullambana festival. Although the Christian version of All Saints’ and All Souls’ Days came to emphasize prayers for the dead, visits to graves, and the role of the living assuring the safe passage to heaven of their departed loved ones, older notions never disappeared.
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Halloween and the Day of the Dead share a common origin in the Christian commemoration of the dead on All Saints’ and All Souls’ Day. But both are thought to embody strong pre-Christian beliefs. In the case of Halloween, the Celtic celebration of Samhain is critical to its pagan legacy, a claim that has been foregrounded in recent years by both new-age enthusiasts and the evangelical Right.
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The feasts of Hallowe’en, or All Hallows Eve and the devotions to the dead on All Saints’ and All Souls’ Day are both mixtures of old Celtic, Druid and other pagan customs intertwined with Christian practice.
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Halloween, also called All Hallows’ Eve, holy or hallowed evening observed on October 31, the eve of All Saints’ Day. The Irish pre-Christian observances influenced the Christian festival of All Hallows’ Eve, celebrated on the same date.
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Time out of time’, when the barriers between this world and the next were down, the dead returned from the grave, and gods and strangers from the underworld walked abroad was a twice- yearly reality, on dates Christianised as All Hallows’ Eve and All Hallows’ Day.
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Hutton (1996, 363) identifies Rhys as a key figure who, along with another Oxbridge academic, James Frazer, romanticised the notion of Samhain and exaggerated its influence on Halloween. Hutton argues that Rhys had no substantiated documentary evidence for claiming that Halloween was the Celtic new year, but inferred it from contemporary folklore in Wales and Ireland. Moreover, he argues that Rhys: «thought that [he] was vindicated when he paid a subsequent visit to the Isle of Man and found its people sometimes called 31 October New Year’s Night (Hog-unnaa) and practised customs which were usually associated with 31 December. In fact the flimsy nature of all this evidence ought to have been apparent from the start. The divinatory and purificatory rituals on 31 October could be explained by a connection to the most eerie of Christian feasts (All Saints) or by the fact that they ushered in the most dreaded of seasons. The many «Hog-unnaa» customs were also widely practised on the conventional New Year’s Eve, and Rhys was uncomfortably aware that they might simply have been transferred, in recent years, from then Hallowe’en, to increase merriment and fundraising on the latter. He got round this problem by asserting that in his opinion (based upon no evidence at all) the transfer had been the other way round.» … Hutton points out that Rhy’s unsubstantiated notions were further popularised by Frazer who used them to support an idea of his own, that Samhain, as well as being the origin of Halloween, had also been a pagan Celtic feast of the dead—a notion used to account for the element of ghosts, witches and other unworldly spirits commonly featured within Halloween. … Halloween’s preoccupation with the netherworld and with the supernatural owes more to the Christian festival of All Saints or All Souls, rather than vice versa.
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It is the medieval Christian festivals of All Saints’ and All Souls’ that provide our firmest foundation for Halloween. From emphasizing dead souls (both good and evil), to decorating skeletons, lighting candles for processions, building bonfires to ward off evil spirits, organizing community feasts, and even encouraging carnival practices like costumes, the medieval and early modern traditions of «Hallowtide» fit well with our modern holiday. So what does this all mean? It means that when we celebrate Halloween, we are definitely participating in a tradition with deep historical roots. But, while those roots are firmly situated in the medieval Christian past, their historical connection to «paganism» is rather more tenuous.
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Die Kelten haben gar nichts mit Halloween zu tun», entkräftet Stefan Moser, Direktor des Keltenmuseums Hallein, einen weit verbreiteten Mythos. Moser sieht die Ursprünge von Halloween insgesamt in einem christlichen Brauch, nicht in einem keltischen.
- Döring, Alois; Bolinius, Erich (31 October 2006), Samhain – Halloween – Allerheiligen (in German), FDP Emden,
Die lückenhaften religionsgeschichtlichen Überlieferungen, die auf die Neuzeit begrenzte historische Dimension der Halloween-Kultausprägung, vor allem auch die Halloween-Metaphorik legen nahe, daß wir umdenken müssen: Halloween geht nicht auf das heidnische Samhain zurück, sondern steht in Bezug zum christlichen Totengedenkfest Allerheiligen/ Allerseelen.
- Hörandner, Editha (2005). Halloween in der Steiermark und anderswo (in German). LIT Verlag Münster. pp. 8, 12, 30. ISBN 978-3-8258-8889-3.
Der Wunsch nach einer Tradition, deren Anfänge sich in grauer Vorzeit verlieren, ist bei Dachleuten wie laien gleichmäßig verbreitet. … Abgesehen von Irrtümern wie die Herleitung des Fests in ungebrochener Tradition («seit 2000 Jahren») ist eine mangelnde vertrautheit mit der heimischen Folklore festzustellen. Allerheiligen war lange vor der Halloween invasion ein wichtiger Brauchtermin und ist das ncoh heute. … So wie viele heimische Bräuche generell als fruchtbarkeitsbringend und dämonenaustreibend interpretiert werden, was trottz aller Aufklärungsarbeit nicht auszurotten ist, begegnet uns Halloween als …heidnisches Fest. Aber es wird nicht als solches inszeniert.
- Döring, Dr. Volkskundler Alois (2011). «Süßes, Saures – olle Kamellen? Ist Halloween schon wieder out?» (in German). Westdeutscher Rundfunk. Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
Dr. Alois Döring ist wissenschaftlicher Referent für Volkskunde beim LVR-Institut für Landeskunde und Regionalgeschichte Bonn. Er schrieb zahlreiche Bücher über Bräuche im Rheinland, darunter das Nachschlagewerk «Rheinische Bräuche durch das Jahr». Darin widerspricht Döring der These, Halloween sei ursprünglich ein keltisch-heidnisches Totenfest. Vielmehr stamme Halloween von den britischen Inseln, der Begriff leite sich ab von «All Hallows eve», Abend vor Allerheiligen. Irische Einwanderer hätten das Fest nach Amerika gebracht, so Döring, von wo aus es als «amerikanischer» Brauch nach Europa zurückkehrte.
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However, there are supporters of the view that Hallowe’en, as the eve of All Saints’ Day, originated entirely independently of Samhain and some question the existence of a specific pan-Celtic religious festival which took place on 31st October/1st November.
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Most funerals are Lutheran, and nearly 98 percent of all funerals take place in a church. It is customary to take pictures of funerals or even videotape them. To Finns, death is a part of the cycle of life, and a funeral is another special occasion worth remembering. In fact, during All Hallow’s Eve and Christmas Eve, cemeteries are known as valomeri, or seas of light. Finns visit cemeteries and light candles in remembrance of the deceased.
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About All Hallows Eve: Tonight is the eve of All Saints Day, the festival in the Church that recalls the faith and witness of the men and women who have come before us. The service celebrates our continuing communion with them, and memorializes the recently deceased. The early church followed the Jewish custom that a new day began at sundown; thus, feasts and festivals in the church were observed beginning the night before.
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Among the European nations the beautiful custom of lighting candles for the dead was always a part of the «All Hallow’s Eve» festival.
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In most of Europe, Halloween is strictly a religious event. Sometimes in North America the church’s traditions are lost or confused.
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By the early 20th century, Halloween, like Christmas, was commercialized. Pre-made costumes, decorations and special candy all became available. The Christian origins of the holiday were downplayed.
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Halloween, a holiday with religious origins but increasingly secularized as celebrated in America, came to assume major proportions as a children’s festivity.
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The vigil of the feast is Halloween, the night when charms and incantations were powerful, when people looked into the future, and when feasting and merriment were ordained. Up to recent time this was a day of abstinence, when according to church ruling no flesh meat was allowed. Colcannon, apple cake and barm brack, as well as apples and nuts were part of the festive fare.
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In Ireland, dishes based on potatoes and other vegetables were associated with Halloween, as meat was forbidden during the Catholic vigil and fast leading up to All Saint’s Day.
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Of the stated rustic festivals peculiar to Scotland the most important was Hallowe’en, a contraction for All-hallow Evening, or the evening of All-Saints Day, the annual return of which was a season for joy and festivity.
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The name «Halloween,» of course, is a contraction of «All Hallow’s Eve.» That’s the eve of All Saints Day, or All Hallows Day, as it was popularly known in Britain. As with Christmas Eve and the Easter vigil, the celebration of All Saints Day began with a service the night before, on All Hallow’s Eve. With All Souls Day on November 2, it formed the feast of Allhallowtide. All Saints Day began in fourth-century Rome as a festival honoring Christian martyrs. By the eighth century, it was expanded to all those remembered as saints, and the date of its observance was moved from May 13 to November 1. That move, of course, put it smack dab on top of Samhain in Britain. But the decision to move the date was not made in Britain; it was made in Rome, where there was no Samhain or anything like it. There is no evidence that any Samhain customs rubbed off on Halloween anywhere because there is no evidence of any Samhain customs at all.
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It is the medieval Christian festivals of All Saints’ and All Souls’ that provide our firmest foundation for Halloween. From emphasizing dead souls (both good and evil), to decorating skeletons, lighting candles for processions, building bonfires to ward off evil spirits, organizing community feasts, and even encouraging carnival practices like costumes, the medieval and early modern traditions of «Hallowtide» fit well with our modern holiday.
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Vigils were kept at least till midnight before the feasts of martyrs, and those of Easter Eve and Christmas Eve were prolonged till cock-crow.
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- ^ McClendon, Charles. «Old Saint Peter’s and the Iconoclastic Controversy», in Old Saint Peter’s, Rome. Cambridge University Press, 2013. pp. 215–216. Quote: «Soon after his election in 731, Gregory III summoned a synod to gather on 1 November in the basilica of Saint Peter’s in order to respond to the policy of iconoclasm that he believed was being promoted by the Byzantine Emperor […] Six months later, in April of the following year, 732, the pope assembled another synod in the basilica to consecrate a new oratory dedicated to the Saviour, the Virgin Mary, and all the saints».
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‘Soul-cakes,’ which the rich gave to the poor at the Halloween season, in return for which the recipients prayed for the souls of the givers and their friends. And this custom became so favored in popular esteem that, for a long time, it was a regular observance in the country towns of England for small companies to go from parish to parish, begging soul-cakes by singing under the windows some such verse as this: ‘Soul, souls, for a soul-cake; Pray you good mistress, a soul-cake!’
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Trick-or-treating began as souling an English and Irish tradition in which the poor, wearing masks, would go door to door and beg for soul cakes in exchange for people’s dead relatives.
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Like the perennial favourites, hot cross buns; they were often marked with a cross to indicate that they were baked as alms.
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Since the 16th century, costumes have become a central part of Halloween traditions. Perhaps the most common traditional Halloween costume is that of the ghost. This is likely because … when Halloween customs began to be influenced by Catholicism, the incorporation of the themes of All Hallows’ and All Souls’ Day would have emphasized visitations from the spirit world over the motifs of spirits and fairies. … The baking and sharing of souls cakes was introduced around the 15th century: in some cultures, the poor would go door to door to collect them in exchange for praying for the dead (a practice called souling), often carrying lanterns made of hollowed-out turnips. Around the 16th century, the practice of going house to house in disguise (a practice called guising) to ask for food began and was often accompanied by recitation of traditional verses (a practice called mumming). Wearing costumes, another tradition, has many possible explanations, such as it was done to confuse the spirits or souls who visited the earth or who rose from local graveyards to engage in what was called a Danse Macabre, basically a large party among the dead.
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Halloween, incorporated into the Christian year as the eve of All Saints Day, marked the return of the souls of the departed and the release of devils who could move freely on that night. Fires lit on that night served to prevent the influence of such spirits and to provide omens for the future. Modern children go from house to house at Halloween with flashlights powered by electric batteries, while jack o’lanterns (perhaps with an actual candle, but often with a lightbulb) glow from windows and porches.
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According to most legends, the jack-o’-lantern is a wandering soul who has been denied entry into both heaven and hell. … In Ireland, children who are caught outdoors after dark are told to wear their jackets inside-out in order not to be lured astray by a jack-o’-lantern. In Sweden, the spirit is believed to be the soul of an unbaptized child, who tries to lead travelers to water in hopes of receiving baptism. … In American lore, the jack-o’-lantern is associated with withces and the Halloween custom of trick-or-treating. It is customary for trick-or-treaters to carry pumpkin jack-o’-lanterns to frighten away evil spirits.
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Villagers were also encouraged to masquerade on this day, not to frighten unwelcome spirits, but to honor Christian saints. On All Saints’ Day, churches throughout Europe and the British Isles displayed relics of their patron saints. Poor churches could not afford genuine relics and instead had processions in which parishioners dressed as saints, angels and devils. It served the new church by giving an acceptable Christian basis to the custom of dressing up on Halloween.
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Another contributor to the custom of dressing up at Halloween was the old Irish practice of marking All Hallows’ Day with religious pageants that recounted biblical events. These were common during the Middle Ages all across Europe. The featured players dressed as saints and angels, but there were also plenty of roles for demons who had more fun, capering, acting devilish, and playing to the crows. The pageant began inside the church, then moved by procession to the churchyard, where it continued long into the night.
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Christians in Europe envisioned a danse macabre, a hideous dance by the spirits of the dead who arose from the churchyards for a wild carnival each year. This dance, commonly depicted on the walls of cathedrals, monasteries and cemeteries, may well be the origin of the macabre costumes we don on Halloween.
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More subtly, images associated with the danse macabre persist in the form of skeletons and other scary regalia found on children’s Halloween costumes.
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Sometimes enacted as at village pageants, the danse macabre was also performed as court masques, the courtiers dressing up as corpses from various strata of society…both the name and the observance began liturgically as All Hallows’ Eve.
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In Protestant regions souling remained an important occasion for soliciting food and money from rich neighbors in preparation for the coming cold and dark months.
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Fires were indeed lit in England on All Saints’ Day, notably in Lancashire, and may well ultimately have descended from the same rites, but were essentially party of a Christian ceremony … families still assembled at the midnight before All Saints’ Day in the early nineteenth century. Each did so on a hill near its homestead, one person holding a large bunch of burning straw on the end of a fork. The rest in a circle around and prayed for the souls of relatives and friends until the flames burned out. The author who recorded this custom added that it gradually died out in the latter part of the century, but that before it had been very common and at nearby Whittingham such fires could be seen all around the horizon at Hallowe’en. He went on to say that the name ‘Purgatory Field’, found across northern Lancashire, testified to an even wider distribution and that the rite itself was called ‘Teen’lay’.
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There is proof that this shifting of customs from one day to another really took place. For until the end of the eighteenth century, children in some Derbyshire parishes, instead of lighting bonfires with the rest of England on November 5th, lit their furze fires called ‘tindles’ on All Souls night. And even then, the educated folk of the districts concerned, declared that these fires were a relic of papistical days when they were lit at night to guide the poor souls back to earth.
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In October 1832 Daniel Maclise attended a Halloween party in Blarney, Ireland and, the next summer, exhibited a painting at London’s Royal Academy of Arts, titled «Snap Apple Night, or All Hallow Eve.»
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They were both respected and feared. «Their backs towards us, their faces away from us, and may God and Mary save us from harm,» was a prayer spoken whenever one ventured near their dwellings.
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Christian leaders made old Celtic and Roman customs into new Christian ones. Bonfires were once lighted against evil spirits. Now, they kept away the devil.
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The practice of dressing up and going door to door for treats dates back to the middle ages and the practice of souling.
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The tradition continued in some areas of northern England as late as the 1930s, with children going from door to door «souling» for cakes or money by singing a song.
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Scotland and Ireland started tricking: A few decades later a practice called ‘guising’ was in full swing in Scotland and Ireland. Short for ‘disguising’, children would go out from door to door dressed in costume and rather than pledging to pray, they would tell a joke, sing a song or perform another sort of «trick» in exchange for food or money. The expression trick or treat has only been used at front doors for the last 10 to 15 years. Before that «Help the Halloween Party» seems to have been the most popular phrase to holler.
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(in Scotland and N England) the practice or custom of disguising oneself in fancy dress, often with a mask, and visiting people’s houses, esp at Halloween
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All Hallows’ Eve. A time of spiritual unrest, when the souls of the dead, along with ghosts and evil spirits, were believed to walk the land. Church bells were run and fires lit to guide these souls on their way and deflect them from haunting honest Christian folk. Barns and homes were blessed to protect people and livestock from the effects of witches, who were believed to accompany the malignant spirits as they traveld the earth. Although a rare few continued to divine the future, cast spells, and tell ghost stories in rural communities, woe to anyone who was denounced to the church for engaging in such activities. These may seem like innocent fun today, but it was deadly serious stuff during the Middle Ages.
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All Hallow’s Eve was a Western (Anglo) Christian holiday that revolved around commemorating the dead using humor to intimidate death itself. Like all holidays, All Hallow’s Eve involved traditional treats. The church encouraged an abstinence from meat, which created many vegetarian dishes.
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Polish Catholics taught their children to pray out loud as they walked through the woods so that the souls of the dead could hear them and be comforted. Priests in tiny Spanish villages still ring their church bells to remind parishioners to honor the dead on All Hallows Eve.
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All Hallows’ Eve falls on 31st October each year, and is the day before All Hallows’ Day, also known as All Saints’ Day in the Christian calendar. The Church traditionally held a vigil on All Hallows’ Eve when worshippers would prepare themselves with prayers and fasting prior to the feast day itself.
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«The vigil of the hallows» refers to the prayer service the evening before the celebration of All Hallows or Saints Day. Or «Halloween» for short – a fixture on the liturgical calendar of the Christian West since the seventh century.
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The Vigil is based on the monastic office of Vigils (or Matins), when the monks would arise in the middle of the night to pray. On major feast days, they would have an extended service of readings (scriptural, patristic, and from lives of the saints) in addition to chanting the psalms. This all would be done in the dark, of course, and was an opportunity to listen carefully to the Word of God as well as the words of the Church Fathers and great saints. The Vigil of All Saints is an adaptation of this ancient practice, using the canonical office of Compline at the end.
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In its first year – 2000 AD – over 1000 people participated from several countries. This included special All Saints Vigil masses, extended periods of Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and parties for children. In our second year 10,000 participated. Since these modest beginnings, the Night of Light has been adopted in many countries around the world with vast numbers involved each year from a Cathedral in India to a convent in New Zealand; from Churches in the US and Europe to Africa; in Schools, churches, homes and church halls all ages have got involved. Although it began in the Catholic Church it has been taken up by other Christians who while keeping its essentials have adapted it to suit their own traditions.
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One that has grown over the past decade is the so-called Night of Light, on All Hallows’ Eve, October 31. It was invented in 2000, in leafy Chertsey, Surrey, when perhaps 1,000 people took part. Now it is a worldwide movement, popular in Africa and the United States.
The heart of the Night of Light is an all-night vigil of prayer, but there is room for children’s fun too: sweets, perhaps a bonfire and dressing up as St George or St Lucy. The minimum gesture is to put a lighted candle in the window, which is in itself too exciting for some proponents of health and safety. The inventor of the Night of Light is Damian Stayne, the founder of a year-round religious community called Cor et Lumen Christi – heart and light of Christ. This new movement is Catholic, orthodox and charismatic – emphasising the work of the Holy Spirit.
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The BOS notes that «suitable festivities and entertainments» may precede of follow the service, and there may be a visit to a cemetery or burial place.
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My folks are Polish and they celebrate Halloween in a different way. It is time to remember your dead and visit the cemetery and graves of your loved ones.
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Christianity needs to make clear its positive message for young people. It’s high time we reclaimed the Christian aspects of Halloween,» says the Bishop, explaining the background to his letter.
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Other Christians will opt for Halloween alternatives called ‘Harvest Festivals’, ‘Hallelujah Night’ or ‘Reformation Festivals’ – the kids dress up as farmers, Bible characters, or Reformation heroes.
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Evangelicals have found opportunities with both Christmas and Easter to use Christian candy to re-inject religion into these traditionally Christian holidays and boldly reclaim them as their own. They have increasingly begun to use Halloween, the most candy-centric holiday, as an opportunity for evangelism. Contained in small packages featuring Bible verses, Scripture Candy’s «Harvest Seeds» – candy corn in everything but name – are among many candies created for this purpose.
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All Saints’ Day is the centerpiece of an autumn triduum. In the carnival celebrations of All Hallows’ Eve our ancestors used the most powerful weapon in the human arsenal, the power of humor and ridicule to confront the power of death. The following day, in the commemoration of All Saints, we gave witness to the victory of incarnate goodness embodied in remarkable deeds and doers triumphing over the misanthropy of darkness and devils. And in the commemoration of All Souls we proclaimed the hope of common mortality expressed in our aspirations and expectations of a shared eternity.
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Further reading
- Diane C. Arkins, Halloween: Romantic Art and Customs of Yesteryear, Pelican Publishing Company (2000). 96 pages. ISBN 1-56554-712-8
- Diane C. Arkins, Halloween Merrymaking: An Illustrated Celebration Of Fun, Food, And Frolics From Halloweens Past, Pelican Publishing Company (2004). 112 pages. ISBN 1-58980-113-X
- Lesley Bannatyne, Halloween: An American Holiday, An American History, Facts on File (1990, Pelican Publishing Company, 1998). 180 pages. ISBN 1-56554-346-7
- Lesley Bannatyne, A Halloween Reader. Stories, Poems and Plays from Halloweens Past, Pelican Publishing Company (2004). 272 pages. ISBN 1-58980-176-8
- Phyllis Galembo, Dressed for Thrills: 100 Years of Halloween Costumes and Masquerade, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (2002). 128 pages. ISBN 0-8109-3291-1
- Editha Hörandner (ed.), Halloween in der Steiermark und anderswo, Volkskunde (Münster in Westfalen), LIT Verlag Münster (2005). 308 pages. ISBN 3-8258-8889-4
- Lisa Morton, Trick or Treat A history of Halloween, Reaktion Books (2012). 229 pages. ISBN 978-1-78023-187-7
- Lisa Morton, The Halloween Encyclopedia, McFarland & Company (2003). 240 pages. ISBN 0-7864-1524-X
- Nicholas Rogers, Halloween: From Pagan Ritual to Party Night, Oxford University Press, US (2002). ISBN 0-19-514691-3
- Jack Santino (ed.), Halloween and Other Festivals of Death and Life, University of Tennessee Press (1994). 280 pages. ISBN 0-87049-813-4
- David J. Skal, Death Makes a Holiday: A Cultural History of Halloween, Bloomsbury US (2003). 224 pages. ISBN 1-58234-305-5
- James Tipper, Gods of The Nowhere: A Novel of Halloween, Waxlight Press (2013). 294 pages. ISBN 978-0-9882433-1-6
External links
- Halloween at Curlie
- «A brief history of Halloween» by the BBC
- «All Hallows Eve (Halloween) in the Traditional, Pre-1955 Liturgical Books» by the Liturgical Arts Journal
- «The History of Halloween» by the History Channel
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24 октября 2022, 12:59
Традиции Хэллоуина имеют языческие истоки. История праздника уходит своими корнями в древние времена. Как празднуют Хэллоуин в мире, в чем оригинальность и самобытность этого праздника в разных странах, объяснили исследователи традиций Хизер Томас и Бен Джонсон.
В чем суть праздника и его история
Какая история праздника Хэллоуин? Историю появления Хэллоуина связывают с кельтским праздником Самайн — Днем всех святых (Днем поминовения усопших), который отмечали еще в IV веке до н. э. в Ирландии и Шотландии. Его всегда праздновали в последний день октября — символическое время встречи осени с зимой, перехода от светлого времени года к темному, пишет Хизер Томас в статье «Истоки традиций Хэллоуина».
Люди верили в то, что во время Самайна на землю возвращаются злые духи и бродят в поисках заблудшей души. Считалось, что за ночь они успокоятся и вернутся к утру в свой мир.
Отмечая Самайн, древние кельты разжигали костры, приносили жертву богам, переодевались в ритуальные костюмы, изображая злых духов. Это связано с желанием запутать нечистую силу, ведь человека в маске привидения могут принять за своего и не причинят ему вреда. Ряженые ходили по улицам, стучались в дома и требовали угощений. Популярным занятием были вечерние гадания на суженого и на смену места жительства.
Что означает праздник Хэллоуин? Христианская церковь в VIII веке объединила языческий День поминания всех усопших (31 октября) с Днем всех святых (1 ноября). Название праздника Хэллоуин происходит от староанглийской версии «All hallow ees» — ‘месса всех святых’. За много веков эта фраза изменилась, превратившись сначала в All Hallow’s Eve — канун Дня всех святых, а затем в сокращенную форму Halloween — Хэллоуин.
Когда ночь Хэллоуина? Ночь Хэллоуина празднуют с 31 октября на 1 ноября. Участвовать в ночных гуляниях могут только взрослые. Дети в карнавальных костюмах ходят по домам соседей и требуют конфеты или монеты вечером. При этом произносят угрожающие фразы: «Сладость или гадость?» («Trick or treat?»), «Шалость или сладость?».
Празднование Хэллоуина ассоциируется с тыквой и появлением на улицах ряженых. Фонарь Джека, сделанный из тыквы, имеет свою легенду. Ирландский фермер Джек отдал душу дьяволу, поэтому его не пустили в рай. Однако в ад его тоже не приняли, поскольку он обманул самого дьявола. Джеку пришлось скитаться по свету с проклятой душой до дня Страшного суда, а путь ему освещал фонарь, вырезанный из репы. В современной американской версии фонарь Джека делают из тыквы.
Участники Хэллоуина по традиции готовят к празднику устрашающие костюмы — переодеваются ведьмами, чертями и вурдалаками. Стало модным создавать образы известных киногероев.
Как празднуют Хэллоуин в разных странах мира
Древнее торжество празднуют люди в разных странах. Хэллоуин имеет национальные традиции и особенности.
США
Хэллоуин в США — неофициальный праздник. Американцы начинают готовиться к празднованию в середине октября. В ресторанах и кафе появляется тематическое меню с блюдами из тыквы и атрибуты праздника (паутина, тематические декорации, устрашающие иллюстрации, маски на дверях).
Вечером 31 октября все желающие отпраздновать Хэллоуин выходят на парад, который начинается в 7–8 вечера. Люди приходят в невероятных костюмах с гримом на лицах. Многие отправляются на просмотр фильмов ужасов и посещают дома с привидениями, как сообщает Аmerican Еnglish.
В Нью-Йорке в парке Томпкинс-сквер каждый год проходит собачий Хэллоуин. Владельцы собак приводят питомцев в тематических костюмах. Здесь проходит фотосессия и конкурс на лучший костюм, который переходит в парад.
Великобритания
В Великобритании у Хэллоуина глубокие исторические корни, но он так и не получил статус государственного. В этот день все британцы заняты своими делами, но старательно готовятся к праздничной ночи.
Чтобы отпугнуть злых духов, англичане украшают свои дома и палисадники фонарями Джека. Из тыквы в это время готовят тыквенный суп и карри. На праздник жители Британии наряжаются чаще в костюмы любимых героев, фантастических персонажей из фильмов, диковинных животных. Бен Джонсон пишет, что на Хэллоуин любимым занятием детей стала ловля яблок в бассейне, а также страшные рассказы о привидениях.
Молодежь посещает различные вечеринки или организовывает их у себя дома. Самая популярная вечеринка под названием «Ночь страха» проходит в Шеффилде на севере Англии. Ежегодно ее посещает около 40 тыс. человек.
Ирландия
В Ирландии, которая считается прародительницей Хэллоуина, празднование имеет свои особенности. В сельской местности зажигают костры, а в городах устраивают грандиозные костюмированные вечеринки. Любимой игрой на празднике стала игра «Snap Apple». Игрокам предлагают укусить яблоко, висящее на веревке на дверном косяке или на дереве.
Ирландцы также играют в карточную игру. Они выкладывают карты рубашкой кверху, подкладывают под них конфеты или монеты. Когда ребенок выбирает карту, получает приз, который находится под ней.
Традиционно на Хэллоуин готовят угощение — кексы (barmbrack). Внутри выпечки прячут «сюрприз» с предсказанием будущего. Это может быть кольцо, соломинка и другие мелкие вещицы, обернутые муслином. Дети придумывают необычный розыгрыш для соседей. Они стучат в дверь и убегают раньше, чем дверь откроется.
У Хэллоуина есть противники, которые считают его праздником мракобесия, но сторонников этого торжества каждый год становится все больше. Тысячи людей в разных странах мира участвуют в костюмированных представлениях, радуются жизни и победе света над тьмой.
Оригинал статьи: https://www.nur.kz/leisure/holidays/1824435-hellouin-istoria-i-tradicii-prazdnika/
Что такое Хэллоуин?
Хэллоуин (на английском — Halloween) — старейший праздник англоязычного мира, уступающий по популярности только Рождеству. Миллионы людей отмечают канун Дня всех святых, не зная истоков этого праздника. Обращение к истокам истории Хэллоуина, связанных с ним мифов и легенд делает этот жутковато-веселый праздник еще интереснее.
Отношение населения к ежегодному событию неоднозначно. Часть людей считает его прекрасным способом развлечься и повеселиться, а потому и празднуют с удовольствием. Некоторые же воспринимают его как время суеверий и всяческой чертовщины.
Какого числа отмечают Хэллоуин?
Точная дата, когда празднуют Хэллоуин, — 31 октября или последний день кельтского календаря. Изначально это был языческий праздник — день почитания умерших. Хэллоуин называли All Hallows Eve (канун Дня всех святых), и корни его уходили вглубь веков, ни много ни мало — к началу нашей эры.
Другое название праздника — Канун Дня всех святых. Его появление связано с тем, что 1 ноября (День всех святых или All Saints Day) христиане возносили благодарность своим святым покровителям и обращали язычников в свою веру.
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Почему люди начали праздновать Хэллоуин
По одной из версий, авторство праздника приписывают друидам — кельтской народности, проживавшей в Ирландии, Британии и Северной Европе. Прародителем Хэллоуина был праздник Samhain (Самайн), который отмечали в первых числах октября. Самайн означал конец лета: а этот день благодарили за урожай, жгли священные костры, провожая старый год и встречая новый.
Кельты верили, что в этот день души умерших бродят среди живых. Чтобы духи предков способствовали хорошему урожаю в будущем году, их пытались задобрить угощениями и дарами. Именно этот обычай трансформировался в trick-or-treating, «гадость или сладость» — детскую хэллоуинскую традицию ходить по домам, выпрашивая конфеты.
Многие считают, что Хэллоуин в некотором роде христианский праздник, ведь отмечается он накануне даты Дня всех святых.
Мифы и символы Хэллоуина
Сложно не вспомнить обязательные аксессуары Halloween, с которыми так весело его праздновать. Это необычные наряды и мешок для конфет, черные кошки и ведьмы, пауки, летучие мыши и котел для зелья. А обязательная традиция зажечь «фонарь Джека»? Да, да, угадали, та самая, ярко-оранжевая тыква со смешно или страшной резной физиономией, внутри которой пылает одинокий огонек свечи. Итак, подробнее о каждом символе Хэллоуина.
Ведьмы
Наряд ведьмы — самый популярный женский костюм на Хэллоуин, а силуэт ведьмы на метле на фоне полной луны — один из типичных символов праздника. Считается, что в ночь на первое ноября сила ведьм увеличивается многократно. Образ старухи-ведьмы (witch) в остроконечной шляпе (pointy hat), помешивающей свое варево в огромном котле (cauldron), трансформировался из языческого образа богини, известной как Мать-Земля или Старуха, и символизирующей мудрость и смену сезонов.
Witch — ведьма
Jack-o’-Lantern или «Фонарь Джека»
Согласно кельтскому фольклору, жил-был на свете хитроумный ирландский фермер по имени Джек, который пытался обмануть как бога, так и дьявола. В результате, он не попал ни в ад (hell), ни в рай (paradise), и с тех пор он был вынужден скитаться во тьме чистилища (purgatory). Чтобы не бродить в полной темноте, Джек сделал фонарь из репы, вставив в него уголек, брошенный ему дьяволом из ада.
Таким образом, jack-o’-lantern (а именно так называется фонарь из тыквы с вырезанной на нем зловещей физиономией) был создан для того, чтобы вести заблудшие души. Древние кельты выставляли jack-o’-lantern на порог своего дома, чтобы привлечь духи предков к родному очагу. Отсюда и пошла традиция вырезать жуткие рожицы на тыквах в праздник.
Черные кошки
Извечный символ несчастья, черная кошка (black cat) — популярнейший образ Хэллоуина. Репутация черных кошек была подмочена еще во времена охоты на ведьм: тогда пушистых спутников ведьм считали воплощением демонических сущностей. А многие верили, что иногда образ черной кошки принимал сам Сатана.
Черная кошка, символ Хэллоуина
Летучие мыши
По некоторым средневековым поверьям, летучие мыши (bats), как и черные кошки, были воплощением темных сил. Многие верили, что если летучая мышь трижды облетит твой дом в канун Дня всех святых, в него придет смерть (death). Еще один холодящий душу миф: если в дом на Хэллоуин влетит летучая мышь, он населен призраками (haunted).
Пауки
Пауков (spiders) боятся все: отличный символ самого страшного праздника в году! По старинному поверью, если паук упадет на свечу (candle) и сгорит в ее пламени (flames) — рядом находится ведьма. А еще один, печальный, но романтический миф гласит: если в Хэллоуин вам на глаза попадется паук — вас охраняет дух (spirit) умершего возлюбленного или возлюбленной…
Ведьмин котел
По верованиям язычников-кельтов, после смерти душа человека попадала в котел (cauldron) Матери-Земли, в котором души ожидали последующей реинкарнации.
«Гадость или сладость»
По поверьям, на Хэллоуин мертвые ходят среди живых, и если вы откажете в угощении любому, кто постучит в вашу дверь, вы ненароком можете обидеть душу умершего (что чревато страшными последствиями). Поэтому детская традиция trick-or-treating так популярна: в какой бы дом ты ни постучал в праздник, никто не оставит тебя без сладкого подарка.
Trick or treat? Гадость или сладость?
Кукурузные початки и снопы пшеницы
Хэллоуин считается концом сезона урожая и начала зимы, поэтому спелая пшеница (wheat) и кукуруза (corn) также являются символами этого праздника (к сожалению, совсем не страшными).
Привидения
В ночь Хэллоуина, по поверьям, духи (ghosts [gəʊsts]) умерших предков бродят среди живых. Поэтому привидения — один из типичных символов Хэллоуина.
Современные и старинные факты о Хэллоуине
Halloween — это не просто веселая ночь, когда дети получают много конфет, могут насладиться общением со сверстниками и одеть необычные наряды. Некоторые наблюдения и события, связанные с празднованием Хэллоуина, которые вызывают разные эмоции и вопросы у обывателей по сей день.
Факт первый. Хэллоуин приносит магазинам прибыль, уступающую по величине только прибыли от рождественских продаж
Праздник, который когда-то не требовал особой подготовки, в современном англоязычном мире отмечают с большим размахом, предполагающим солидные траты. Декоративные гирлянды, украшения для лужайки перед домом, сложные дорогие костюмы, тонны конфет — все это влетает в копеечку (то есть в пенни)!
Факт второй. Известно, что 31 октября 1926 года умер Гарри Гудини (известный иллюзионист)
Знаменитый фокусник умер в канун Дня всех святых, после того, как неделей ранее его ударили в живот при выполнении трюка. Удар привел к перитониту, а к врачу Гудини так и не обратился, что и стало причиной столь печального конца.
Факт третий. Хэллоуин-фобия
Samhainophobia (самайнофобия) — сильный страх перед Хэллоуином, вызывающий панические атаки. Другие фобии этого времени года: wiccaphobia (боязнь ведьм), phasmophobia (боязнь привидений), coimetrophobia (боязнь кладбищ).
Факт четвертый. Первые «фонари Джека» были сделаны не из тыквы
Изначально jack-o’-lanterns делали из выскобленной репы, и раньше на репе вырезали не жуткие рожицы, а лица умерших родственников.
Jack-o-lantern — фонарь Джека
Факт пятый. Четверть всего объема конфет, продаваемых в США за год, приходится на Хэллоуин
Несмотря на то, что Рождество и День благодарения считаются в США главными праздниками чревоугодия, Хэллоуин уверенно держит пальму первенства в области всяческих конфет, леденцов и шоколадок. Дети, будьте бдительны: 90% родителей признаются, что съедают конфеты из корзинки с собранными сластями. И наибольшей популярностью,— как у взрослых, так и у детей,— уже много лет пользуется… батончик Сникерс!
Английские идиомы о Halloween
А теперь приступим к изучению английского языка. Помогут в этом идиомы о Хэллоуине.
- witch-hunt — охота на ведьм. Преследование людей по надуманным причинам. Выражение уходит корнями в Средневековье, когда тысячи молодых женщин в Европе были уничтожены по подозрению в колдовстве.
- He was the victim of a witch-hunt and was fired because of his radical ideas for developing the company
- Он стал жертвой охоты на ведьм и был уволен за свои радикальные идеи развития компании
- witching hour — глухая ночь. «Ведьмин час» — глухая ночь, тот самый час, когда, как полагают, на шабаш собираются ведьмы, призраки и другая нечисть.
- I would never leave the house at witching hour on Halloween!
- Я бы никогда не вышел из дома в глухую ночь на Хэллоуин!
Ghost — призрак, привидение
- skeleton in the cupboard — страшная тайна. Выражение «скелет в шкафу» уже вошло в русский язык, и означает оно старую и страшную тайну.
- Mrs Mills has a skeleton in the cupboard: in 2002 she was caught stealing stationery from her employer
- У миссис Миллз есть страшная тайна: в 2002 году ее поймали на воровстве канцелярских принадлежностей у работодателя
- skeleton staff — костяк (фирмы, коллектива). Наименьшее количество людей, необходимых для выполнения работы.
- My firm only has a skeleton staff on weekends
- В моей фирме по выходным присутствует только основной состав
- a ghost town — город-призрак. Покинутый город, в котором никто больше не живет.
- All the young people have left our village and it’s like a ghost town now
- Вся молодежь покинула нашу деревню и теперь она похожа на город-призрак
- spirited away — таинственно похищенный. Буквально, «унесенный призраками» — бесследно и необъяснимо исчезнувший.
- According to legend, she was spirited away by witches in the middle of the night
- Согласно легенде, ее похитили ведьмы в полночь
- to chill the blood — пугать. Также to make the blood run cold — страшить, пугать, букв. «холодить кровь».
- The screams from the haunted house made my blood run cold
- От криков из дома с привидениями кровь застыла в моих жилах
Halloween Holiday
- in cold blood — хладнокровно. Действовать хладнокровно или безжалостно.
- They killed their former friend in cold blood
- Они хладнокровно убили своего бывшего соседа
- to make one’s blood boil — приводить в ярость. Буквально, «заставлять кровь закипать» — приводить в крайнюю степень ярости, бешенства.
- It makes my blood boil to think that he was promoted to Manager before I was
- Как подумаю, что его повысили до менеджера раньше меня — кровь в жилах закипает
- out for one’s blood / after one’s blood — жаждать мести. Букв. «жаждать крови» (часто выражение используется в юмористическом контексте).
- We beat them at football, and now they are after our blood
- Мы победили их в футбол и теперь они жаждут мщения
- to put / stick the knife in — совершить нечто подлое, неприятное. Буквально, «вонзить нож».
- He really put the knife in when he told her that nobody at work liked her
- Он буквально вонзил нож ей в спину, когда сказал ей, что никто на работе ее не любит
- to look daggers at — «смотреть волком» на кого-либо. Буквально, «смотреть на кого-л. кинжалами»: бросать злобные взгляды, «метать молнии».
- Her husband’s ex-wife looked daggers at her
- Бывшая жена ее мужа сверлила ее взглядом
- to stab in the back — предать. Буквально, «ударить в спину».
- We let him stay in our home, but he stabbed us in the back by telling lies about us to everyone
- Мы разрешили ему остаться в нашем доме, но он вонзил нам нож в спину, распространяя о нас лживые слухи
Happy Halloween!
- bats in the belfry — «не все дома». Если у кого-то завелись «летучие мыши в колокольне», это значит, что этот человек эксцентричен либо немного не в себе.
- I think my neighbour has bats in the belfry: his house is full of thousands of old newspapers and magazines
- Я думаю, мой сосед немного «того»: в его доме тысячи старых газет и журналов
- a night owl — «сова» (темперамент). Буквально, «ночная сова» — человек, который более активен ночью, чем днем.
- I’m a night owl: I do my best work in the evenings and at night
- Я «сова»: мне лучше работается по вечерам и ночью
- to smell a rat — чуять подвох, буквально, «чуять крысу»: чувствовать подвох, подозревать обман.
- Her new boyfriend said he is a doctor, but I smell a rat: I think he’s lying
- Ее новый бойфренд сказал, что он доктор, но я подозреваю обман: думаю, он лжет
- a rat — предатель, буквально, «крыса» (ведь они первыми бегут с тонущего корабля).
- He’s a rat. He sold our plans for the new business to a rival company
- Он предатель. Он продал наши планы относительно нового предприятия компании-конкуренту
- not a cat in hell’s chance — ни малейшего шанса. Изначально выражение звучало так: «No more chance than a cat in hell without claws» («Не больше шансов, чем у кота без когтей в аду»). Полное отсутствие шансов, безнадежная ситуация.
- We hadn’t a cat in hell’s chance of rescuing our possessions from the fire
- У нас не было ни малейшего шанса спасти наше имущество из пожара
Английский праздник Halloween
- to be scared stiff — окаменеть от страха. Быть напуганным до состояния полной неподвижности.
- I was scared stiff when I saw the ghostly face at my window
- Когда я увидел в окне лицо призрака, страх сковал меня
- to scare the pants off someone — сильно напугать кого-либо. Напугать до потери сознания, до чертиков, до смерти (а буквально — «до падения штанов»).
- Halloween scares the pants off me!
- Хэллоуин пугает меня до чертиков!
Тыква, символ Хэллоуина
- a Jekyll and Hyde personality — двойственная личность. Выражение, отсылающее к доктору Джекиллу — мистеру Хайду, персонажу Р. Л. Стивенсона («Странная история доктора Джекилла и мистера Хайда»). Личность, сочетающая в себе противоположные черты характера, положительные и отрицательные.
- Everybody thinks he is a lovely old man, but he can be very cruel and heartless: he has a Jeckyll and Hyde personality
- Все думают, что он очаровательный старикан, но он очень жесток и бессердечен: двойственная личность
- as mad as a hatter — не в своем уме. Если кто-то «безумен как шляпник», он абсолютно безумен. На возникновение этого выражения, как полагают, повлиял тот факт, что шляпники использовали в работе ртуть и это вызывало у них нервные расстройства, что делало их похожими на сумасшедших.
- Be careful when you talk to him, he’s as mad as a hatter
- Будь осторожен при разговоре с ним, он абсолютно безумен
- bedlam — полная неразбериха, беспорядок. Слово произошло от названия Bethlem Royal Hospital (Бетлемской королевской больницы, больницы Св. Марии Вифлеемской) — лондонской больницы для душевнобольных.
- It’s the school holidays and it’s bedlam in our house
- Сейчас школьные каникулы и в нашем доме царит бедлам
Дети обожают переодеваться в страшные костюмы на Хэллоуин
- to be driven out of one’s mind — «сходить с ума». Испытывать сильнейшее волнение или страх.
- I was driven out of my mind with worry when I lost my job and had no money to pay the bills
- Я просто с ума сходил от волнения, когда потерял работу и не имел денег для оплаты счетов
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