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HISTORIA DE HALLOWEEN

Lo que mucha gente no sabe es que Halloween es una


celebracin de origen celta que tiene unos 3.000 aos de
antigedad. Surgi en el norte de Europa, concretamente
en Irlanda, aunque tambin se celebraba en otros pases
como los actuales Inglaterra, Escocia, Francia o Espaa,
principalmente en Galicia.
Los habitantes de los diferentes pueblos de la cultura celta
celebraban una fiesta llamada Samhain, que significa el
final de la cosecha. La hacan el 31 de octubre, pues para
ellos, ese da comenzaba el invierno y tambin un nuevo
ao. Adems estaban convencidos de que esa noche los
espritus regresaban a sus antiguos hogares, por lo que esa
noche ponan velas en las ventanas y les dejaban comida
en la entrada de sus casas.
Cmo se convirti en una fiesta tan popular?
En el siglo XIX muchos irlandeses emigraron a Estados
Unidos y se llevaron con ellos esta tradicin, que gust
mucho al pueblo americano. A principios del siglo XX la
fiesta empez a extenderse por toda la nacin y
comenzaron a llamarla Halloween. En los ltimos aos, los
medios de comunicacin, las series de televisin etc., han
hecho que Halloween sea un da especial en el calendario
de muchos de nosotros.
Hoy en da esta fiesta gusta sobre todo a los nios, que
disfrutan vistindose de fantasmas, esqueletos, brujas y
otros muchos disfraces terrorficos. Las casas se decoran
con calabazas en las que se tallan caras grotescas y a
veces se vacan para introducir en ellas una vela que les
dan un aspecto an ms aterrador.
Adems de poder convertirse en monstruos por unas horas,
lo que ms gusta a los ms pequeos es ir llamando a las
puertas de sus vecinos diciendo Truco o trato y pidiendo
golosinas. El trato es que si les dan caramelos, cantan una
cancin, y si no, les asustan o les gastan una broma.

Tambin es muy tpico dedicar la noche de Halloween a


contar historias de miedo, ver pelis terrorficas y acudir a
fiestas donde la decoracin es a base de candelabros,
murcilagos y telaraas.

HALLOWEEN'S HISTORY
What many people do not know is that Halloween is a
celebration of Celtic origin which is about 3,000 years ago.
It emerged in northern Europe, particularly in Ireland, but
also held in other countries like the current England,
Scotland, France and Spain, especially in Galicia.
The people of the different peoples of Celtic culture
celebrated a festival called "Samhain", which means "the
end of the harvest". They made on October 31, because for
them, that day began the winter and a new year. They were
also convinced that that night the spirits returned to their
former homes, so that night put candles in the windows and
left them food at the entrance of their homes.
How it became such a popular party?
In the nineteenth century many Irish migrated to America
and took with them this tradition, which liked the American
people. In the early twentieth century the party began to
spread throughout the nation and began to call Halloween.
In recent years, media, television series etc., have made
Halloween is a special day on the calendar for many of us.
Today this festival like especially to children, who enjoy
dressing ghosts, skeletons, witches and many other scary
costumes. The houses are decorated with pumpkins in
which grotesque faces carved and sometimes emptied
them to introduce a candle that give them an even more
terrifying aspect.
In addition to becoming monsters for a few hours, what kids
like the most is to go knocking on the doors of their

neighbors saying "Trick or Treat" and asking for candy. The


deal is that if you give them candy, sing a song, and if not,
scare them or make them a joke. It is also very typical
spend Halloween night telling scary stories, watching scary
movies and going to parties where the decor is based
chandeliers, bats and cobwebs.

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