Happy Halloween Carnival 2023: Origin And Activities

In particular, All Saints’ Day is solemnly celebrated on November 1 every year in Western Christianity, right after the Halloween Carnival.

Halloween Carnival is dedicated to remembering the dead, including saints, martyrs, and all faithful departed believers. Popular activities at this scary carnival are costumes, pumpkin carving, bonfires, etc.

Halloween Carnival origin

The name Halloween Carnival (also known as Hallowe’en) has Christian roots dating back to 1745. Halloween stands for “All-Hallow-even” (All Hallows’ Eve), which in Scottish means It is the evening of the Feast of All Saints.

In addition, many Halloween customs are strongly influenced by Celtic folklore, including the festival of Samhain (Old Irish for “end of summer”). Samhain celebrates the harvest and marks the change of seasons.

In the past, Halloween was an annual festival in Western countries and mainly in the United States, where there were immigrant communities from Great Britain, Canada, Great Britain, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Puerto Rico, Australia, and New Zealand…

Meaning of Halloween Carnival symbols

– Black cat: According to the pre-medieval period, many elderly women living alone were accused of witchcraft and their pet cats were believed to be demonic, servant animals.

– Jack-O’-Lanterns: The Celts believed that placing pumpkin lanterns outside would help lost souls find their way back. Originally, lamps were carved with radishes, with scary faces to ward off evil spirits. Then, pumpkin is used instead.

– Bats: According to legend, if a bat flies into your house during Halloween, it is a sign that your house is haunted.

– Spider: Many people believe that spiders are also related to witches because if a spider falls on a burning candle, there is a witch nearby.

– Witch: Originally, witches were seen as symbols of wisdom, change, and seasons. But over time, their image has turned into crazy, cruel old women.

– Witch’s broom: According to ancient beliefs, witches are often old and poor, cannot afford to buy horses, and have to walk with the support of a walking stick. Over time, the stick was replaced by a broom and became a popular decoration on Halloween.

– Dress up and ask for candy: In the US, dressing up to beg for candy has been a Halloween tradition since the late 1950s. Legend has it that dressing up as the devil will make the spirits believe you’re one of them and won’t hurt you. harm you.

– Colors of Halloween: The two traditional colors of this festival are orange and black, symbolizing autumn and harvest season. In it, orange represents the crops and leaves changing color, while black symbolizes the departure of summer and the change of seasons.

Activities revolving around the legend of Halloween

In the 18th and 19th centuries, the Irish brought Halloween with their legends and traditions to the US. After a long time of mixing, adapting, and spreading, this festival has become a special Halloween Carnival with famous games.

1. The game “Trick or Treat”

“Trick or treat” (meaning: If you want us to not play badly, treat us to something) With the game of “trick or treat”, the participants in the game, usually children, will dress up. into demonic shapes, holding a pumpkin lantern, going to knocking on neighbors’ doors, and saying “trick or treat”.

To avoid being tricked by children’s tricks, neighbors often treat them with candy, fruit, and sometimes even small coins.

2. The “apple bobbing” game

For the “apple bobbing” game, where apples are floated in a bathtub or large basin of water, participants must use their teeth to pick the apples out of the basin… Whoever gets more apples will win and receive a reward.

3. Lantern Festival (Jack-O’-Lantern)

The Lantern Festival also originates from the legend of Stingy Jack in the above story. Accordingly, to avoid encountering Jack, the people of Ireland made lamps out of turnips and placed them outside the door during the Halloween season.

That’s why children in Ireland at that time, often played the game of cutting potatoes and squashes on Halloween. But when they migrated to the US, people discovered that pumpkins were brighter than squash, so later, lanterns in America were decorated with pumpkins with embers inside on Halloween.

4. Masquerade Day

When receiving the question of what day Halloween is, people will immediately think that it is a carnival. This is understandable because the act of dressing up as your favorite character has become a feature of this festival.

Dressing up in a strange shape originated with the original meaning of warding off evil spirits. But over thousands of years of development, people have gradually forgotten this meaning; instead, they prefer to see Halloween as a more eye-catching and impressive fashion show. On this Halloween carnival, everyone can enjoy dressing up as their favorite models, maybe cartoon characters or the main actor in a certain movie, have a fun and bustling parade on the street, and start enjoying this haunted carnival in 2023.

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Conclusion

Halloween is a particularly important festival season in the Americas because of its scale, methodical investment, and strong reception. Therefore, Halloween has been introduced in almost all countries around the world. Together Happyinktee Welcome to the upcoming Halloween season.