Halloween

TEACHER: ROCIO
ENGLISH CLA
Date: 31 de Octubre 2012

INTRODUCTION

This paper we will present a brief history of what we now know as Halloween or Halloween, its origins in the Celtic peopleswho inhabited parts of Ireland, England, Scotland and France. How did this celebration to the United States, Canada, Ireland, the UK and Anglo-Saxon countries such as Mexico and Colombia on the nightof October 31.

We will know the meaning typical Halloween activities, like the famous trick or treating and costume parties, plus bonfires, visiting haunted houses, jokes, reading scary stories andwatching horror movies, etc.

FIDINGS
HISTORY OF HALLOWEEN
The word "Halloween" is a contraction of the phrase "All Hallows Eve". Literally, it means "All Hallows Eve". Apparently then, thismacabre and humorous celebration Anglo would be linked to a sacred and considered by strict observance of the Catholic Church: On November, the feast of All Saints. But this is not entirely true.
What arethe origins of Halloween? The true origin of this festival is ancient Anglo-Saxon origin and varied. Halloween has Celtic roots and other Roman. The Romans called Feralia party dedicated to rest andpeace of the dead, making sacrifices and prayers to their raising various pagan gods. The Romans also a festival dedicated to Pomona, the goddess of grain and fruit, whose symbol is a block-note thatone of the traditional Halloween games is the game to bite the apple (bobbing for apples) -. But previously, and the Celtic peoples of Ireland, Wales, Scotland and northern France, celebrated thefestival called Samhain. Or La Samon Samhain was a festival that occurred between late October and early November, a rite in celebrating the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter. Druids,Celtic priests or shamans authentic, believed that in a given night, October 31, the witches had greater vitality, Druids themselves were given the gift of divining the future, the boundaries...