Napisal/-a T`rdeča Če okt 14, 2004 8:27 am
Halloween Day
31st October is marked as Halloween Day. It is a day when the witches roam the skies on broomsticks and black cats lurk in alleys, when ghosts and spirits haunt the street. In India, Halloweed resembles Kali chaudas. Halloween means ‘Holy Evenining’ and it takes place before All Saint’s Day. This is a day of magic and superstitions. It is believed that the Halloween Ghosts and spirits haunted the earth and black cats, who were rally human beings punished for evil deeds, stalked on the streets. It is the time for harmless pranks, for tricks and treats and wearing masks and having fun. A witch is seen as a flying
monster in the sky on the broomstick.
A Celebration!
Halloween is celebrated on October 31 in most parts of the US, UK and Northern Europe. It marks the beginning of winter, the 'dark' season. A multicultural festival, it incorporates the ancient Celtic New Year festival and festival of the dead (Samhain), pre-thanksgiving harvest celebrations and All Saints' and All Souls' Days. Nov 1 as All Saints' Day was called Allhallow-mass and the evening before All Saints' Day came to be known as All Hallow's Eve, or All Halloween. It is also the Roman Day of the apple or Pomona Day. Children masquerading as ghosts and witches, going door-to-door, shouting 'Trick or treat', demanding to be either treated to goodies or threatened to subject the householder to 'tricks'. The Druids, the Celtic priests, would oversee the extinguishing of all home cooking fires on October 31 once the crops were harvested and stored for the long winter. Meeting in the dark in oak forests, the Druids would light new fires and dance around them offering sacrifices of grain and livestock. At daybreak, new cooking fires would start and ward off evil spirits. Jack-o'-lantern pumpkins, scarecrows made of corn stalks and hay, handcrafted ghosts, skeletons and witches and giant spiders adorn the homes as children enjoy frightening adults and one another with the scary masks and costumes; only to reveal their smiling faces.
SORCHY, NI SE MI LUBL PREVAJAT NA KRATK, ČE KEJ NE VEŠ KR VPRAŠ!
"...nikoli u T`rdečo, boš s pendrekom dobil,
naredu boš nesrečo, če boš u T`rdečo ril..."
