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The British tradition of celebrating Halloween

Halloween Halloween - a holiday celebrated every year in the UK on October 31 . On this day, the British are going to merry mummers company. The most popular costumes are skeletons , ghosts , witches and other scary images . Most of all this holiday children are happy , because for them it is a great opportunity to dress up in unusual costumes and a crowd of friends walking home neighbors begging for sweets and candy.Wide celebration of Halloween has come to the UK from the US . Like many other modern traditions , the festival has become an occasion for more revenues from all kinds of unwanted goods at the usual time . However, it has become one of the most popular entertainment fun gloomy autumn . Give holiday joyful mood bright , orange pumpkins, lit from within, colorful costumes , fireworks exploding in the night sky

However , in fact, for a holiday it is a thousand-year history, which found its reflection in the traditional entertainment of the day. Here are some of them , which certainly need to adhere to , if you want to mark Halloween in English: However , in fact, for a holiday it is a thousand-year history, which found its reflection in the traditional entertainment of the day. Here are some of them , which certainly need to adhere to , if you want to mark Halloween in English:

Celtic Day of the Dead Some historians believe that the modern Halloween continuation Celtic holiday called Samhain Very little is known about this ancient pagan festival, but it is believed that it was dedicated to the harvest and worship of spirits predkov.Gran between the worlds of the living and the dead, was particularly thin at the time of the year , and the souls of dead relatives could return home to share a meal with living .

Celtic Day of the Dead As a result, many believe that it is October 31 ghosts and spirits are all around us and can allow yourself to see

Costumes The tradition of wearing costumes on Halloween existed in Celtic times , as an attempt to hide from the evil spirits. This tradition died with the ancient pagans , but suddenly revived in the twentieth century .

Costumes Carnival disguise favorite entertainment on Halloween.

Night pranks Jokes , funny pranks - that is the main concern of the British Halloween

Cut turnips Cut the pumpkin in the form of a person and a candle burning inside her - a classic Halloween. The idea is to scare away evil spirits from the house

Pies soul The predecessor of modern children's hikes for sweets , was the custom to treat on Halloween who went from door to door , and children beggars pies. It was believed that the one who took the cake will be the night to pray for the souls of the dead. It resurrects the ancient practice of the meal with the dead.

Pies soul In more recent times, people do not leave food on the doorstep for a gentle late granny , instead , prayed for her so that she could leave purgatory. Nowadays about poor granny forgotten entirely and just give Costumed children sweets and biscuits, formalized some scary ..

Stories about ghosts Halloween - a great time to talk or listen to the ominous stories about the terrible ghosts , ancestral curses , terrible dead people , hunting for the living.

Halloween To celebrate Halloween Brits are prepared in advance , gather friends, pick up interesting costumes , elaborate practical jokes , and finally , on the night of October 31, the feast goes on the streets of towns and cities of Great Britain . Also common to the entire country , some of them have special , unique to this area of Britain , customs and beliefs .

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