The night of October 31st is Halloween.
These days, many people celebrate the event, especially in the United States
and Canada every year. In the past, people believed the souls of dead people
appeared on Halloween. It is also said that the origin was the spiritual event to
celebrate the harvest in the fall and to turn out evil spirits. It took hold not
as a spiritual event but civil event. This time, I introduce three events in Halloween.
First, I’m going to write about Trick or
Treat. Children visit houses while saying ‘Trick or Treat’ and get snacks. Then,
they are dressed in costumes such as witches, ghosts, insects, princesses, characters
and other things. The origin of Trick or Treat is from the custom which was
called ‘souling’ and developed in Europe. It is similar to the custom of the
drinking party in the Christmas which was called ‘wassailing’. Cristian walked
from one village to other village while wanting to get soul cakes on November 2nd.
Then, people promised to pray to guide the souls of the dead relatives the way
to the heaven.
Second, I’m going to write about Jack-o'-Lantern.
Jack-o'-Lantern is made by cutting eyes, a nose, and a mouse in a pumpkin by
knife. Sometimes, people cut bats, witches, old castles or other scary things
in pumpkins. After that, people put a candle inside pumpkins to shine through
the holes. It is the most famous symbol of the Halloween. People make the pumpkins
which have scary faces and silly faces and put them on the doorstep to scare evil
spirits to get it out. It is the symbol of ‘will-o'-the-wisp’.
Finally, I’m going to write about dressing up.
They dress up costumes as traditional things such as ghosts, witches, bats,
black cats, goblins, zombies and devil and supernatural monsters which appear
on the novels such as Dracula, werewolf and Frankenstein. These days, many
children like to dress up as characters which appear on the movies and
animations such as Spider-Man and Batman, princesses and pirates. Women also wear costumes like maids, nurses
and police. People hold a Halloween costume party.
These events will be popular in Western and
this year people will also celebrate Halloween on a large scale. On the otherhands, in Japan, Halloween wasn't celebrated before. However, these days, it's
becoming popular year in and year out. This is my first Halloween in America
and I have not joined Halloween party until now. I’m looking forward to coming Halloween.
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