https://padlet.com/albapfonseca/8bst32yd5zq99ymp Where does this festivity come from? How much do you know about it? en-us 2022-03-09 11:59:24 UTC 2025-10-20 21:11:53 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f9d9-2640.png albapfonseca https://padlet.com/albapfonseca/8bst32yd5zq99ymp/wish/2091751618 2022-03-12 16:45:53 UTC https://padlet.com/albapfonseca/8bst32yd5zq99ymp/wish/2091751618 albapfonseca https://padlet.com/albapfonseca/8bst32yd5zq99ymp/wish/2091761588 Samhain was a Celtic festival that was celebrated 2,000 years ago. It was their New Year's Eve, celebrated the 1st of November.]]> 2022-03-12 17:02:11 UTC https://padlet.com/albapfonseca/8bst32yd5zq99ymp/wish/2091761588 albapfonseca https://padlet.com/albapfonseca/8bst32yd5zq99ymp/wish/2091762425 2022-03-12 17:03:40 UTC https://padlet.com/albapfonseca/8bst32yd5zq99ymp/wish/2091762425 albapfonseca https://padlet.com/albapfonseca/8bst32yd5zq99ymp/wish/2091764206 Celtic people used to think ghost were walking around the city so they wore costumes so they would look like ghosts, to keep this spirits at ease.]]> 2022-03-12 17:06:34 UTC https://padlet.com/albapfonseca/8bst32yd5zq99ymp/wish/2091764206 albapfonseca https://padlet.com/albapfonseca/8bst32yd5zq99ymp/wish/2091782228 they left food for the ghosts to eat.]]> 2022-03-12 17:35:58 UTC https://padlet.com/albapfonseca/8bst32yd5zq99ymp/wish/2091782228 albapfonseca https://padlet.com/albapfonseca/8bst32yd5zq99ymp/wish/2091783761 The Catholic Church wanted to create a Christian festivity to replace the Celtic one, so they created All Saints' Eve or All Hallows' Eve.]]> 2022-03-12 17:38:43 UTC https://padlet.com/albapfonseca/8bst32yd5zq99ymp/wish/2091783761 albapfonseca https://padlet.com/albapfonseca/8bst32yd5zq99ymp/wish/2091788785 Halloween arrived to the colonies in America, but mostly to the Maryland and the southern colonies. Most of the others were Protestant and did not accept the festivity. People would dance, sing, dress up, tell stories about the dead...]]> 2022-03-12 17:46:29 UTC https://padlet.com/albapfonseca/8bst32yd5zq99ymp/wish/2091788785 albapfonseca https://padlet.com/albapfonseca/8bst32yd5zq99ymp/wish/2091791784 Young women thought they could play tricks and magic spells in order to discover their future husband.]]> 2022-03-12 17:51:21 UTC https://padlet.com/albapfonseca/8bst32yd5zq99ymp/wish/2091791784 albapfonseca https://padlet.com/albapfonseca/8bst32yd5zq99ymp/wish/2091820089 When Halloween arrived in America, new traditions were created such as Trick or Treat. They started to dress up and go around the houses asking for food or money.]]> 2022-03-12 18:42:54 UTC https://padlet.com/albapfonseca/8bst32yd5zq99ymp/wish/2091820089 albapfonseca https://padlet.com/albapfonseca/8bst32yd5zq99ymp/wish/2091822702 On the 2nd of November, poor people would go to family houses and ask for buns in return of praying for the dead relatives of that family.]]> 2022-03-12 18:48:12 UTC https://padlet.com/albapfonseca/8bst32yd5zq99ymp/wish/2091822702 albapfonseca https://padlet.com/albapfonseca/8bst32yd5zq99ymp/wish/2091836668 Symbols of Halloween like black cats emerged due to the superstitions and witchcraft practiced on that day. It was thought that witches turned into black cats to avoid being seen.]]> 2022-03-12 19:13:40 UTC https://padlet.com/albapfonseca/8bst32yd5zq99ymp/wish/2091836668 albapfonseca https://padlet.com/albapfonseca/8bst32yd5zq99ymp/wish/2091839515 Why do we crave them? Well, it all brings us back to the legend of Stingy Jack. We crave pumpkins, but at the beginning, we used to crave TURNIPS!]]> 2022-03-12 19:20:03 UTC https://padlet.com/albapfonseca/8bst32yd5zq99ymp/wish/2091839515 albapfonseca https://padlet.com/albapfonseca/8bst32yd5zq99ymp/wish/2091839687 2022-03-12 19:20:30 UTC https://padlet.com/albapfonseca/8bst32yd5zq99ymp/wish/2091839687 albapfonseca https://padlet.com/albapfonseca/8bst32yd5zq99ymp/wish/2091848792 Fires, like the ones inside the Jack O'Lanterns, were used to guide spirits back to their families. They would light the turnips and other fires in front of their doors so they wouldn't go in.

]]> 2022-03-12 19:37:32 UTC https://padlet.com/albapfonseca/8bst32yd5zq99ymp/wish/2091848792 albapfonseca https://padlet.com/albapfonseca/8bst32yd5zq99ymp/wish/2091850699 When this festivity arrived to America, turnips weren't as accessible there, so they started using a similar vegetable: pumpkins. They craved that instead to make Jack O'Lanterns.]]> 2022-03-12 19:41:31 UTC https://padlet.com/albapfonseca/8bst32yd5zq99ymp/wish/2091850699 albapfonseca https://padlet.com/albapfonseca/8bst32yd5zq99ymp/wish/2091851979 In 1780, John Mayne was the first author writing about the pranks and witchcraft practiced on that specific day.]]> 2022-03-12 19:44:08 UTC https://padlet.com/albapfonseca/8bst32yd5zq99ymp/wish/2091851979 albapfonseca https://padlet.com/albapfonseca/8bst32yd5zq99ymp/wish/2091854216

Mexican skull

Ghost

Witch

Mummy

Scary clown

]]> 2022-03-12 19:48:35 UTC https://padlet.com/albapfonseca/8bst32yd5zq99ymp/wish/2091854216 albapfonseca https://padlet.com/albapfonseca/8bst32yd5zq99ymp/wish/2091855982 When themed parks like Disneyland started to hold events on this day, Halloween began to be globalized and some topics like costumes and food lost their true roots.]]> 2022-03-12 19:52:28 UTC https://padlet.com/albapfonseca/8bst32yd5zq99ymp/wish/2091855982 albapfonseca https://padlet.com/albapfonseca/8bst32yd5zq99ymp/wish/2091856889 Songs like This is Halloween, started appearing in movies and were a true symbol for this festivity, being sung by kids throughout all history.]]> 2022-03-12 19:54:19 UTC https://padlet.com/albapfonseca/8bst32yd5zq99ymp/wish/2091856889 albapfonseca https://padlet.com/albapfonseca/8bst32yd5zq99ymp/wish/2091857982 El día de los muertos
Is a very similar tradition to Halloween, but celebrated in México. The main difference is that:
In Mexico they CELEBRATE the dead, they are not afraid of them.]]> 2022-03-12 19:56:41 UTC https://padlet.com/albapfonseca/8bst32yd5zq99ymp/wish/2091857982