Halloween Origins

​Let's talk about Halloween

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Do you celebrate Halloween?

NO - Why?

Yep - What are your plans for that night?

• Celts celebrated the Samhain festival

• They honored sows and harvests.

• The church turned it on All Saints' Day.​

• Then they included "A​ll souls' day" on November 2nd

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​Hallow's Eve

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What is the best part of Halloween?

• Many cultures recognize and celebrate death.

• Most of them were about the same period.

• Sharing several traditions as offering food to dead people. ​

​Rituals in Different Cultures

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When you were a little child, did you play treat or trick?

Were you in disguise?

Which was the best one?

People worried about the pranks every October 31st​ night kids performed, adults decided to create activities that made kids avoid troubles such as customs parties.

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​First Disguises

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