Halloween

CELEBRATION´S DIFINITION AND LATE
also known as All Hallows' Eve, is a yearly holiday observed around the world on October 31, the eve before the Western Christian feast of All Hallows.
The wordHalloween was first used in the 16th century and represents a Scottish variant of the fuller All-Hallows'-Even ("evening"), that is, the night before All Hallows' Day.
IMPORTANT SYMBOLS
BATS: They eatmosquitoes and cause little harm, but these small nocturnal mammals have a bad reputation because of their infamous cousin, the vampire bat. The only mammal that feeds on blood, this native ofCentral and South America uses sharp incisor teeth to cut the holes needed to suck blood from its victim. No wonder bats have been linked to death, vampires and occult rituals in the West. But in the East,they often represent good luck.
BROOMSTICK: Now more exciting than ever because of Harry Potter and his high-flying Firebolt, it has been linked to witchcraft and magic for centuries.
BLACK CAT:This picture from a Sailor Moon comic book serves as a reminder of the universal blending of symbols. Like Japan, Western superstitions link the black cat to the world of "white" spells and magic as wellas to darker occultism. Notice the moon-shaped symbol of goddess spirituality on the forehead of Sailor Moon's popular talking cat.
GHOSTS: A universal symbol for departed spirits and occultvisitations. These cookies, like the ghost-shaped sweets served at Mexico's Day of the Dead celebrations, tend to minimize the reality of spiritual warfare in post-Christian America. The decorative ghostsmay be cute, but to the countless victims of demonic bondage and oppression, the spirit world is no joke.
ACTIVITIES ON THIS DATE
1. There are several games traditionally associated with Halloweenparties. One common game is dunking or apple bobbing, which may be called "dooking" in Scotland[46] in which apples float in a tub or a large basin of water and the participants must use their teeth...