Why Do People Celebrates Halloween, What Is The Story Behind It

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Halloween is a Pompously celebrated festival in western countries. Everyone Make preparations according to their own estimation and ideas for this festival. For children, It is a day to take chocolates from neighbors and relatives, while elder one Pray for the peace of the soul of their ancestors.

Usually, people dress beautiful clothes at the festival but this festival is different. On this day people make scary forms. Make-up like spirits and ghosts. Clothes are also selected according to this theme.

How did it start:

In Europe, the Celtic peoples believed that the souls of dead people come here and interview with human beings at this time. They thought that the soul of their ancestors would come to earth, by which crop harvesting would be easier for them. That's why they performed like ghost and witch, and dance around the bonfire wearing the animal's heads, skin, and their scary face. They believed that there is a specific supreme natural power. It considered 'All Saints-Day'-All Hallows (Holy) or Hallows Eve, which gradually became Halloween.

It is also added with the cultivation of pumpkin, in America. Pumpkins are abundant and large in this time and can be cut easily. On the front side, They cut the pumpkin in a scary way and put a burning candle in the middle of it. Which kept at the door of the house in the dark in the memory of the old century. This is called Jack-O-lanterns.

History of Burn The Lanterns:

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Burning the lanterns on Halloween Day is a popular tradition. Behind it is the Irish folktale of the stingy Jack and the Devil. Ireland-born stingy drunk Jack brought his devil friend to drink in their house, but he did not want to spend his own money. He persuaded his friend to give the pumpkin in exchange of liquor. He later retracted his point. Then his friend made a scary Lanterns of pumpkin and hung it on the tree outside the house, on which he carved his mouth and put some burning coal in it. Since then, the practice of jack-o-lanterns began on this day as a lesson for other people. It is a symbol of their ancestors' spirits showing the way and protecting them from evil spirits.