El Peregrino

Historia
What we now know as Halloween or Halloween is celebrated more than 3000 years made ​​by the Celts, a warlike people inhabiting areas in Ireland, England, Scotland and France. Precisely onOctober 31, the Celts celebrated the new year with Samhain, a pagan festival. With European immigration to the United States, mainly of Irish Catholics in 1846, came the tradition of Halloween toAmerica. When it comes to Halloween or Halloween you think of costumes, makeup, party, candy and children, but tradition says that his celebration was not always festive and cheerful, and that the riteswere practiced during the night had a character and religious cleansing. On October 31, a date associated with the dead, lost souls, witches and spells. These characteristics are due to its proximity tothe day of the dead, which led the Catholic Church and is commemorated on 1 November. As in other New Year festivals, the dead on this date were back among the living. The Celts sacrificed humans andanimals, in honor of the god Samhain, lord of death. This day marked the end of summer and the harvest and the beginning of the dark, cold winter, the time of year that was often associated withhuman death. The Celts believed that the border between the worlds of the living and the dead became uncertain in the night before the New Year. On the night of October 31 celebrated Samhain, when it wasbelieved that the spirits of the dead returned to earth. To ward off these evil spirits, the Celts wore animal heads and skins while the Druid priests performed sacrifices with fire to celebrate theday in a more Christian. It also held the "sabbath" or witches party. In it, the witches and warlocks gathered to offer sacrifices to Satan, lord of death, through rituals, sexual acts and death. Inthe Middle Ages, black cats were burned by friends believe them witches. While many think that this religious festival is done for the purpose of worshiping the devil or demons, the truth is that it...