Halloween

Halloween is the name of a popular celebration of pre-Christian origin, now typically American and Canadian, which is celebrated on the evening of October 31st . However, its ancient origins lie in the distant past of the European tradition.

CUSTOMS

Pumpkin It is customary to carve Halloween pumpkins with menacing faces and put a candle inside. It was a way to send devils and evils spirit out of the earth.

Witches The practice

also refers to the witches. It was thought that they wandered in the darkness to frighten . So the light of the candles was a weapon against them.

OwlsSpidersSkeletonCatsColoursBats

OTHER SYMBOLS:

OWLS Due to their status as wise

creatures, and their long-standing association to the spiritual side of life, it common sense to consider owls sacred during Halloween.

SPIDERS Spiders

are creatures considered to be endowed with supernatural qualities

Bats Bats are known as

symbols of bad luck or evil and associated with Halloween.Bats were thought to indicate the presence of spirits or ghosts. One superstition says that if a bat flies around a house three times on Halloween, death will be coming soon.

Cats In ancient religions,

black cats were considered to be able to foretell the future. During the Middle Ages it was believed that witches could turn themselves into black cats. Thus when such a cat was seen, it was considered to be a witch. That’s why many black cats were killed and thrown into the fire.

Jack-o'-lantern

The carved jack-o'-lantern, lit by a candle inside, is one of Halloween's most prominent symbols. Many families that celebrate Halloween carve a pumpkin into a frightening or comical face and place it on their home's doorstep after dark.

SKELETON

The skeleton is a symbolic (and physical) reminder of what remains of life.

Ghosts The ghosts are the spirits of the

dead, that during the night of Halloween, when the barriers between the world of the living and the world of the dead become thinner, stir to scare and make jokes.

Colours Colour Symbolism: Black : death, night, witches,

black cats, bats, vampires Orange: pumpkins, jack o'

lanterns, Autumn Purple:night, the supernatural,

mysticism Green :goblins, monsters Red: blood, evil

Children dress up as ghosts,witches or skeletons and call at houses playing “trick or treat ?“.

If the person opening the door gives them sweets or money (a treat) they go away; otherwise they play a trick.

Children sing :TRICK OR TREAT?SMELL MY FEETGIVE ME SOMETHINGGOOD TO EAT!

Trick or treat?

GAMES

GAMES

Match the pictures with the numbers

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