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Japan

Konnichiwa. I’m Kiki and I’m from Tokyo in Japan. In Japan we celebrate O-Bon festival on 13th to 15th of July. This is our Halloween.

O Bon 13th to 15th July

We remember our ancestors. On the first day of O-Bon we put fruit, cakes and lanterns on the graves of our dead family members

fruit cake

lanterns

grave

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my mother’s grandparents.

On the second day, we eat vegetables and cucumber horses.

Cucumber horsesO Bon vegetables

Japan

On the third day, hundreds of people do a very slow dance at night with lanterns. O Bon is a happy festival in Japan.

Japan

Hi guys! I’m Joe and I’m from New York in the USA. In my country Halloween is popular with everyone! It’s on 31st October..

The USAHalloween

31st October

I wear a different Halloween costume every year because I love all the scary creatures of Halloween. Last year I was a vampire. This year I’m going to be a werewolf.

The USA

vampirewerewolf

Witch’s costumeGhost costume

We visit our neighbours’ houses and ask for a trick or a treat. It’s called trick-or-treating. We usually get a treat but if we don’t, we scare our neighbours. Halloween is scary and fun!

The USA

Trick-or-Treat

Treat - chocolateTrick – scary faceand scary noise

Hola. I’m Angel and I’m from Mexico City. In Mexico we celebrate The Day of the Dead on 2nd November.

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2nd November

We have picnic lunches on the graves of our dead family members. It is is a day to remember our family and we are happy and celebrate.

Mexico

grave picnic

We make bread in the shape of a skull or a skeleton and put them around the grave of our dead family

Mexico

make bread

skull and candles

skeleton

The children ask for money. People have bonfires and fireworks. The Day of the Dead isn’t scary– it is happy and fun!.

Mexico

Can I have some money please?

fireworks

bonfire

Dia Dhuit. I’m Briana and I’m from Cork in Ireland. Ireland was the first country to celebrate Halloween 2000 years ago

Ireland

Halloween31st October

We practice some of the ancient traditions. We make a Jack o’lantern from a turnip and put a candle in it. We also have a bonfire and fireworks. We wear Halloween costumes and eat lots of chocolate. We go trick or treating.

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fireworksJack o’Lantern

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Halloween costumes

Most of the traditions from England and America are from Ireland because we celebrated Halloween first. I love Halloween because it’s scary and exciting! It’s part of our history and culture.

Ireland