Question

1. What is Halloween and how is it known?
2. When is it celebrated?
3. What is the origin of Halloween?
4. What century was Halloween first introduced?
5. Halloween can be traced back to a Celtic holiday. What’s the name of that holiday?
6. How did the tradition of dressing up for Halloween start?
7. What “Soul cakes” were?
8. What is the symbol of Halloween and what is it for?
9. What does “Trick or treat” mean?
10. What is another name for Halloween, Oct. 31?
11. What is another name for the day after Halloween, Nov. 1?

Answer 1

Resposta:

1- It's a holiday

2- 31th of october

3- It's related to an ancient Celtic festival called Samhain

4- 8th century (VIII)

5- Samhain

6- In the ancient Samhain, the celts would dress up in rather "different" clothing to ward off and scare the ghosts.

7- A small round cake made for halloween

8- The carved pumpkins, because they fit the season in which halloween is, symbolising harvests and crops

9- It means "give us treats or we will play tricks on you". It's a practice where children wander in neighborhoods going from door to door asking for candy in halloween

10-All Hallows Eve

11- All Saints Day

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