2006-07-13 02:47:51 · 24 answers · asked by jessie 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Other - Holidays
I'm sure many probably have their equivalent to Halloween.
Although, it's by far MY favorite holiday!
2006-07-13 02:51:56 · answer #1 · answered by Nysa 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some countries don't. Like Asia, unless the person lived in the states etc. and celebrated halloween.
2006-07-13 09:51:50 · answer #2 · answered by SNIKT. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Halloween is celebrated here in Scotland. Children dress up in costumes and go 'guising' where they go around houses in the neighbourhood and tell a joke/sing a song to be rewarded with sweets. It's a tradition Scottish colonists took with them when they left for America in the 1600s and which eventually evolved into what Americans call 'trick or treating'.
2006-07-14 10:48:15 · answer #3 · answered by starchilde5 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here in the Philippines, we celebrate Halloween (Oct. 31, not Nov 1, which is All Saints day- we celebrate this like how Chichi explained it). It's just like American Halloween except some people in my neighborhood turn their houses into a walk-in haunted house, some give money, others put up or get someone to put up cotton candy, italian ice, popcorn and ice cream stalls. By the way, most kids (and their nannies) go from one house to the other in their cars driven by a chaffeur.
2006-07-13 10:06:38 · answer #4 · answered by REGINA 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The origins of Halloween come from other cultures and Faiths. It originally was a harvest celebration, where people held rituals and celebrations to thank the Great Gods for the bounty of the harvest, as well as a time to remember those who have died and to celebrate their lives.
So to answer your question, yes they do, but they call it by a different name, such as Samhain, All Saint's Day, All Hallows Eve, etc., and they don't all dress up in costumes and go trick or treating. (or the adult version, Trick or Beer)
2006-07-13 11:10:43 · answer #5 · answered by mystic_herbs 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Halloween celebrations as we know them here in the US have their origins in Scottish, German & Irish celebrations. As the influx of immigrants from these countries to the US increased, they all brought their traditions with them & it melded into what we celebrate today. The jack-o-lantern was Irish & the tradition of trick-or-treating was Scottish - shoot, now I forgot what the German part was! - but the way it is today with candy, decorations, costumes & such is totally American! It is based on the old Celtic celebration of Samhain. It's a fun & uniquely American holiday.
2006-07-13 10:24:28 · answer #6 · answered by pumpkin 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it depends on the country, like if there is a military post and they want to make money at the bars they have then they will keep with the holidays so the soldiers will go out and also other countries celebrate different holidays in different way like korea has their own holidays and also celebrate some of ours it just depends
2006-07-13 10:02:20 · answer #7 · answered by athena c 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well just a bit, but it's really new. They've just been selling ugly costumes and candies the last couple of years, but here in Italy there's not the whole Halloween Spirit, they don't even know what it is about actually...
2006-07-14 10:18:16 · answer #8 · answered by Sylvia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes At least in Mexico we did and I'm pretty sure they celebrate it in Canada in England and most of Western Europe but I do know that there are also some countries that don't celebrate it so to answer your question some do and some don't.
2006-07-13 09:50:58 · answer #9 · answered by loot 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think it depend on the country ...sometimes other country only celebrate by having costume party in someone's house between friends or in a discotheque
2006-07-13 11:41:00 · answer #10 · answered by LiN 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋