I read up on it more than a year ago. It seems to have religious origins
2007-09-05 05:35:35 · 8 answers · asked by Mary T 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Halloween
krgr_1428
I agree with you. Now I could be wrong but for starters I thought the concept of halloween was for regular people to dress up in costume so the evil spirits could not identify them ... i forgot the rest of the details
2007-09-05 21:42:10 · update #1
http://www.carm.net/questions/halloween.htm
Nobody who knew what they were talking about wanted to go into much detail I think
2007-09-05 21:44:51 · update #2
day of the dead
2007-09-08 17:21:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I do. Halloween, or Hallow's Even, preceded "All Hallow's Day" or "All Saints Day," was instituted by the Christian missionaries who encountered Celtic cultures, who celebrated their New Year, or Samhain, on October 31. The Christians noised it about that on October 31, demons and the like wandered abroad.
2007-09-05 05:43:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's short for "all hallows eve", November 1st was "All Hallows Day" and was a major holy day. The night before people would pretend to be bad spirits having their last bit of action before the holy day drove them off.
It's also derived from one or mare "pagan" holidays that occurred at the same time.
2007-09-05 05:42:06 · answer #3 · answered by Pirate AM™ 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It comes from an ancient pagan celebration called Samhain.
2007-09-05 05:41:23 · answer #4 · answered by Lillith 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All Hallo's Eve day of the dead a I think mexican holiday. It is really the day of Nov 1.
2007-09-05 05:42:14 · answer #5 · answered by Lynnemarie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i do! i used to check out this halloween book from the library over and over and over when i was in elementary school. i learned about the pagans, all hallows eve, the first jack o'lanterns and all that stuff! now i am starting to teach my daughter about it since it's right around the corner...
2007-09-05 05:40:34 · answer #6 · answered by saveit 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Reading some of these answers, I think some of these folks probably should google it. They might learn something.
2007-09-05 14:40:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
uk isn't it occurring? inhabitants can the two pass up or down in a year- there is your fee actually, it is no longer a cost, the words that must be used is "inhabitants boost"
2016-10-19 22:31:16 · answer #8 · answered by dudderar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋