Halloween Around the World

Families welcome back the souls of their deceased relatives for a brief reunion that includes food, drink and celebration.

• Halloween

• Day of the Dead

• Samhain

• Ognissant

People began preparing for winter, bringing their herds back from their summer pastures and slaughtering livestock. As summer dissolved into winter, it was believed that the border between the world of the living and the world of the dead dissolved as well.

• Samhain

• Ognissanti

• Day of the Dead

• Kawasaki Halloween parade

Halloween celebrations are more for adults. There's no trick-or-treating, but there's plenty of cosplay and plenty of parties

• Day of the Dead

• Samhain

• Ognissanti

• Kawasaki Halloween parade

Translates to “All Saint’s Day,”

• Samhain

• Ognissanti

• Guy Fawkes Day

• Dia de los Muertos

Where did Halloween originate?

• Italy

• Ireland

• England

• Mexico

In this country, a tradition is to build altars to honour the spirits using marigolds, foods, and beverages

• Italy

• Ireland

• Mexico

• Japan

BarmBrack, a fruitcake, is an Irish Halloween tradition. This cake contains...

• a ghost

• chili and different spices

• objects baked into the bread used as a fortune teller game

• gold coins for luck

Traditionally, lanterns are hung in front of houses to guide the ancestors' spirits, dances are performed, graves are visited and food offerings are made at house altars.

• Samhain

• Guy Fawkes Day

• Obon

• Ognissanti

On the evening of November 5, bonfires are lit throughout the country. Effigies are burned and fireworks are set off

• Obon

• Guy Fawkes Day

• Day of the Dead

• Samhain

Colcannon (mashed potatoes mixed with kale or cabbage) and barmbrack (sweet bread with dried fruits) are the traditional foods for this Halloween celebration

• Samhain

• Obon

• Guy Fawkes Day

• Ognissanti