Already for anybody not a secret, that celebrating Halloween for a long time has fallen outside the limits the English-speaking countries and is celebrated all over the world with extraordinary scope. Since October, 31st for November, 1st people dress night in carnival suits, mainly in demons and vampires, put on a table pumpkin heads with candles inside and go on visitors, eliciting sweets with a phrase " Treat or you will regret! ". Certainly, all this enchantling spectacle could not be born presently, too the spirit of sorcery and magic, spirit of pagans is felt in it.
celtic legends
The history of this holiday totals millenia, beginning from celtics festival Samhain. Samhain it was celebrated on November, 1st, at this particular time, in opinion celtic, there came winter. According to ancient calibrate, in night opens a door in other the world, and inhabitants of a hell get on the ground. At this time all non-realized hopes and plans died again come back to the ground, and their souls go down to the native centers. The truth is a little horrible? But in this just and sense of a holiday. Before Halloween celtic should live fairly and justly that this night has delivered to it of less problems and efforts in relations with other the world.
Traditions
Celebrating of Day of All Sacred, certainly, is connected with the certain traditions. One of the most known traditions goes back to the Irish folklore. On a legend, the avaricious and artful Irish smith by name Jack has deceived feature of the whole two times and has compelled him to swear to cause never to Jack of harm. After death the sly fellow has found out, that the place to him in paradise is not reserved completely not, and in a hell do not start up owing to above-stated the oath promise. And Jack again has appeared on the ground - only instead of eyes it had heated coals for intimidation of a devil (under other versions, he has been doomed to eternal wanderings in darkness and that the darkness was not darkness, specially trained piece of coal which he has put in empty turnip that burned longer has been welcome to him). As you have already understood, here it is a question of a pumpkin which clean from within and put there candles. So the pumpkin head carrying the name Jack-lantern turns out.
It is not necessary to forget about tradition which love both children, and adults. "Trick-or-treating" is one of the cores Halloweens customs. The people dressed in "terrible" suits and masks, go on neighbours and ask tasty. Thus they loudly shout: " Trick-or-treat!!! ", that in a free translation means: " Treat or you will regret! ". Custom to extort thus a delicacy as well as the majority of other traditions modern Halloween, it is connected with ancient holiday Samhain when, on beliefs celtics, spirits and fairies got access about the world alive and created in him that wanted. Fairies, in particular, liked to pretend to beggars and to go from the house to the house, asking a handout. Those who treated them, they renumerated, and given up to comply made different feasible mucks.
Guessings
It is impossible to manage this day guessings. Ancient celtics girls put chestnuts in a fire and observed, how they will lead themselves. Worst of all, if they, burning down, were unrolled in the different sides: it promised contentions in private life. Very often for this purpose used (and continue to use) apples and mirrors. For example, that who wishes to see groom, it is necessary to cut an apple across and to eat him at candles before a mirror. After that groom should appear in a mirror, behind a shoulder fortunetellers. The some people advise thus also to brush the hair. To one of the most popular Halloween guessings remains " bobbing for apples " (" catching of apples ") - entertainment for unmarried and unmarried. For this purpose the big basin with water where throw some the average size of apples on which names or any predictions are written undertakes. Guessing connect hands and suggest to catch the attracted fruit a mouth. Sometimes apples do not put in water, and suspend on cords, that does not do make a problem easier. Such way practised still ancient celtic for which the apple was a symbol of fertility. Was considered, that the girl who has caught an apple, will very soon marry.
And now, we shall pass from the theory to practice. You have already reflected how to celebrate coming Halloween? We shall assist you!
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