New Delhi: Halloween Day 2021: Halloween Night is a festival celebrated with pomp in western countries. Everyone celebrates this festival in their own way. For children, it is a day to take chocolates from neighbors and relatives, while elders pray for the peace of their ancestors’ souls on this day.
By the way, you must be feeling awkward hearing the name Halloween. Usually people dress up in beautiful clothes on the festival, but this festival is somewhat different. On this day people consider it a festival to scare. Full makeup is done like spirits and ghosts. The clothes are also chosen according to the Halloween theme. Halloween Night will be celebrated on 31 October.
How did Halloween begin?
In Europe, the people of the Celtic race believed that on this day the souls of the dead come and meet the people. They believe that the souls of their ancestors will come to earth, which will make it easier for them to harvest. That’s why they become Halloween and used to dance and sing around the fire wearing animal masks, their skin, their heads. They believed that there was a specific supreme natural force. It was celebrated as ‘All Saints-Day’-All Hallows (holy) or Hallows Eve, which gradually became Halloween
By the way, in America, it is also associated with the harvesting of pumpkin cultivation. At this time, pumpkins are very large and very big, which can be easily cut. On the front side of the house, after cutting its mouth in horror, they place a burning candle in the middle. Those who are kept on the doorstep of the house in the dark at night in remembrance of the old times. It is also called Jack-O-lanterns.
The story behind lighting the lantern
Lighting lanterns on Halloween Day is considered a popular tradition. The Irish folk tale of miser Jack and the devil is believed to be behind this. Irish-born miserly alcoholic Jack invited a wicked friend of his to drink at home, but he did not want to spend his money. He persuaded his own friend to give him a pumpkin ie Pumpkin in the house instead of alcohol. Later, he retracts from his word.
His friend angrily made Pumpkin’s terrifying lantern and hung it on a tree outside the house, carved his mouth and threw burning coals. Since then, as a lesson for other people, this day was celebrated as Jack-o-Lantern. It is also a symbol of showing the way to the souls of their ancestors and protecting them from evil spirits