Halloween originally came from Middle ages english alholowmesse, which means All Saints Day. The night before alholowmesse was called all hallows evening, Which shortened into Hallowe’en. Then it was simplified into Halloween.halloweens origin is the ancient celtic festival known as samhain , a celebration to end the harvest season on the gaelic culture.The Celts, who lives 2000 years ago in the area now called the United …show more content…
Orange means strength and endurance , and is also the color of autumn the season in the north part of the earth during halloween.the funny fact, even the non four season countries and the down under also use the autumn colors to celebrate halloween
The costumes or masks during halloween comes from the celtic tradition. The tradition required young men to impersonate evil spirits by dressing up in the withe costumes with masks or blackened faces to calm down the spirits
Trick or treating also comes from the past practice. As that time the poor wore special costumes and went from the door to door begging for food or money in exchanges for prayers. Now children are the ones doing the trick or treating. They dress in costumes , walk door to door, and ask for treats, sweets or cookies , to homeowner. if no treat given, the children will play the trick on the homeowner on their property
Jack o’Lantern is a symbol of halloween, is a pumpkin that is carved to look like lantern with a face.but in the past , the celts used to use turnips instead. They hollowed out the turnip and carved out a face, then place a candle inside. We can say that using pumpkins is simpler since we dont have to hollow them