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BYJOHNRIGG- SPEAKER JUSTINRATCLlFFESTANDARD BRITISH ACCENT

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Es una fiesta cuyos orígenes se remontan a losceltas y que fue exportada a EE UU por los emigrantes irlandeses. Hoy otros países occidentales también celebran Halloween.
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Hallowe' en is big business in me United States: people spend around $7 billion each year on Hallowe' en products. Theme parks like Disneyland hold week-Iongfestivalsand many cities have parades. New York'sVillage Hallowe' en Parade attracts twomillion people who celebrate in the streets: many of them dress in srnnning3 costumes. The tradition is strongest in theUnited States, bUt interest is growing in Britain and Europe.

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In actual fact, Hallowe' en originated in Europe as a Celtic New Yearcelebration. In me Celtic calendar, October 31 st wasSarnhain, a pagan festival.The Celts believed that the dead returned to possess the living during that night and so they left food on meir doorsteps4for me good souls5and wore costumes to scare off evilones6.Their priests - me druids -led me people oUt into the forests, where they made bonfires7and sacrificesto their gods. Finally, each family took home an embera from me fire in turnip lanterns9, inorder to start new home fires. The fires warmed their houses throughout the cold winter and kept awayevil spirits. In the Middle Ages, the Roman Camolic church established November 1st asAll Saints'Day.There were parades and people gave food or 'soul cakes' to the poor. The name Hallowe' en comes from 'hallow', which is Old English for 'saint', and 'even', which, like the word 'eve', means 'me...