European immigrants took their habits with
them when they left for America. Because of the Protestant religion,
characterized by a profound rigidity, Halloween was not celebrated with
fast in those colonial times. Instead, people in Maryland and the
southern colonies used to celebrate Halloween.
Ethnic beliefs and customs of Europeans, American Indians and those of the merged and formed a distinct American version of Halloween. This consists of public events where people sing and dance to celebrate the harvest gathered to share their stories with scary ghosts and dead or to one another and predict the future. Also, participants made their holidays each other sorts of wickedness, which is due to amused.
By the middle of the ninth century, annual autumn festivities even if it is found in several regions, Halloween was still a holiday observed throughout the country.
Towards the end of the century, America became a new wave of immigrants, especially Irish, who helped popularize Halloween. Thus, Americans began to take habits, to costumes and go from house to house for food or coins. So was born the famous "trick or treat" today. At the same time, young women began to devise various tricks involving apple peel and mirrors to find the name of future husband.
Celebration has evolved until it became an opportunity for community gathering, rather than host of pranks, witches and ghosts stories before.
Legend underpinning this celebration is called "Jack's lantern." Formerly, the Irish Jack tricked the Devil to climb into an apple. To prevent revenge, and thus take his soul, drew on the tree trunk cross. Let him down after he obtained the promise that it will not tempt. Jack's death, it was not received in heaven because of evil nature, but no promises because the Devil in Hell. Therefore it came to wander through the world with a lantern made from a hollowed turnip that was holding a firebrand, to light the path. Hence the most famous of Halloween traditions.
Fundamental tradition of Halloween is "Trick or treat", a custom practiced by the children during Halloween. They go from house to house and ask various goodies the question, "Trick or treat?". The custom originated in England, All Saints Day where poor people pies offered in exchange for promises that they would pray for the souls of the dead family. Custom greeting is like our "Trick or does not give us", except that in this case, if the homeowner does not give anything, the children do various tricks.
Another source of Irish tradition this is usually from 1 November. This day, when considered on the first day of winter, spirits of the dead came to earth, thus threatening to take over the bodies of the living. So Good fairies disguised as poor people and went from house to house to ask for help people. Fairies II reward those generous, but not avenge those who wanted to help them.
Halloween is a holiday whose symbol we are increasingly clear imprint in the mind of one year to another. If you know, you have the opportunity to learn more about them, if not, it's time to find out!
Pumpkin is the best known symbol of Halloween. Although North America is associated with, the habit of making lanterns from vegetables has its origins in Britain and Ireland, where used in this Gulia or beet in order to ward off evil spirits from households. This custom came to the United States with the Irish who have emigrated there. Gradually it was associated with harvest time, but in time became the symbol of Halloween.
Witches came to be associated with Halloween because they believe that tonight is a big load of supernatural powers. Or ghosts, spirits and witches are the best known symbols of the idea. As for witches, legends say that they fooling people into retreat in the mountains spells, where it remains trapped forever.
Bats are associated with Halloween because they are nocturnal animals that live in abandoned places, thus being considered evil. Even witches turn into bats to fly and to move more easily at night.
The cat has always been considered an animal with supernatural powers, in many civilizations revered and regarded as having the ability to feel positive and negative energies. Black cat and have been associated more power, considering that even people can be reincarnated spirits in cats. From here, and to consider a symbol of occult black cat was not much, and by association has become a symbol of Halloween.
Masks and costumes are almost always vampires, ghosts and witches. In recent years, however, began to use and kept or masks representing various public figures or cartoon characters. The custom started with the desire of people to protect themselves from evil spirits and demons, ogres and other demonic creatures. In the '50s he began selling these suits in the United States.
The Moon was often associated with spirits and death due to its cycles. Mythology speaks about the moon as the place where souls are withdrawn and the full moon nights are associated with horror stories, the werewolves transform. Thus, it joins the other symbols of Halloween evil substrate.
The symbols are associated certain colors, they always found in representations of this holiday:
White: associated with night, witches, black cats, vampires, bats;
orange: associated with pumpkins, fall;
Purple: associated with night, mystic, supernatural;
red: blood and associated with evil.
Ethnic beliefs and customs of Europeans, American Indians and those of the merged and formed a distinct American version of Halloween. This consists of public events where people sing and dance to celebrate the harvest gathered to share their stories with scary ghosts and dead or to one another and predict the future. Also, participants made their holidays each other sorts of wickedness, which is due to amused.
By the middle of the ninth century, annual autumn festivities even if it is found in several regions, Halloween was still a holiday observed throughout the country.
Towards the end of the century, America became a new wave of immigrants, especially Irish, who helped popularize Halloween. Thus, Americans began to take habits, to costumes and go from house to house for food or coins. So was born the famous "trick or treat" today. At the same time, young women began to devise various tricks involving apple peel and mirrors to find the name of future husband.
Celebration has evolved until it became an opportunity for community gathering, rather than host of pranks, witches and ghosts stories before.
Legend underpinning this celebration is called "Jack's lantern." Formerly, the Irish Jack tricked the Devil to climb into an apple. To prevent revenge, and thus take his soul, drew on the tree trunk cross. Let him down after he obtained the promise that it will not tempt. Jack's death, it was not received in heaven because of evil nature, but no promises because the Devil in Hell. Therefore it came to wander through the world with a lantern made from a hollowed turnip that was holding a firebrand, to light the path. Hence the most famous of Halloween traditions.
Fundamental tradition of Halloween is "Trick or treat", a custom practiced by the children during Halloween. They go from house to house and ask various goodies the question, "Trick or treat?". The custom originated in England, All Saints Day where poor people pies offered in exchange for promises that they would pray for the souls of the dead family. Custom greeting is like our "Trick or does not give us", except that in this case, if the homeowner does not give anything, the children do various tricks.
Another source of Irish tradition this is usually from 1 November. This day, when considered on the first day of winter, spirits of the dead came to earth, thus threatening to take over the bodies of the living. So Good fairies disguised as poor people and went from house to house to ask for help people. Fairies II reward those generous, but not avenge those who wanted to help them.
Halloween is a holiday whose symbol we are increasingly clear imprint in the mind of one year to another. If you know, you have the opportunity to learn more about them, if not, it's time to find out!
Pumpkin is the best known symbol of Halloween. Although North America is associated with, the habit of making lanterns from vegetables has its origins in Britain and Ireland, where used in this Gulia or beet in order to ward off evil spirits from households. This custom came to the United States with the Irish who have emigrated there. Gradually it was associated with harvest time, but in time became the symbol of Halloween.
Witches came to be associated with Halloween because they believe that tonight is a big load of supernatural powers. Or ghosts, spirits and witches are the best known symbols of the idea. As for witches, legends say that they fooling people into retreat in the mountains spells, where it remains trapped forever.
Bats are associated with Halloween because they are nocturnal animals that live in abandoned places, thus being considered evil. Even witches turn into bats to fly and to move more easily at night.
The cat has always been considered an animal with supernatural powers, in many civilizations revered and regarded as having the ability to feel positive and negative energies. Black cat and have been associated more power, considering that even people can be reincarnated spirits in cats. From here, and to consider a symbol of occult black cat was not much, and by association has become a symbol of Halloween.
Masks and costumes are almost always vampires, ghosts and witches. In recent years, however, began to use and kept or masks representing various public figures or cartoon characters. The custom started with the desire of people to protect themselves from evil spirits and demons, ogres and other demonic creatures. In the '50s he began selling these suits in the United States.
The Moon was often associated with spirits and death due to its cycles. Mythology speaks about the moon as the place where souls are withdrawn and the full moon nights are associated with horror stories, the werewolves transform. Thus, it joins the other symbols of Halloween evil substrate.
The symbols are associated certain colors, they always found in representations of this holiday:
White: associated with night, witches, black cats, vampires, bats;
orange: associated with pumpkins, fall;
Purple: associated with night, mystic, supernatural;
red: blood and associated with evil.
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