Halloween

 

HALLOWEEN

Author : ADVIK SINHA

 

Hello readers!!

Just watching the movie Annabelle creation “Spooky right?”. Thinking about spooky did you know what is special about October 31st? It’s Halloween!!! YAAAY!

In this blog I will tell you about what Halloween is and why and how it is celebrated,

The word Halloween basically comes from the word "hallowed" and "eve", hallowed eve as in holy eve. Halloween was first celebrated by the Celtic people who lived in Ireland 2000 years ago. They believed that the spirits of the dead roamed the towns and villages on the night of October 31st before their new year 1st November. The Celts feared that these spirits could create chaos by damaging crops, creating sickness, and even possessing over the bodies of the people. To protect them from these dangers, the Celts made huge bonfires and dressed in animal hides to frighten away the evil spirits. They also carved faces on turnips and throwed them in a way that they followed them to their houses for the good spirits. Afterwards the Americans changed it from turnips to pumpkins.



 

These carved lanterns are known as Jack o’-Lanterns. There is a very interesting story behind the name “Jack-o’-Lanterns.

Once there was a man named Stingy Jack he was a miser and a selfish guy. He loved to play tricks on people and one evening he called the devil himself to have dinner with him. Being a miser he refused to pay for the dinner after they were done eating, so he somehow tricked the devil into turning into a coin to pay for the dinner, when the devil transformed he decided not to pay the coin and instead kept it in his pocket along with a holy cross which prevented the devil into transforming back. When he eventually released the devil he made him promise to not bother him for a whole year.

The next year when the devil came back Jack again convinced him to climb the tree to retrieve a fruit instead he carved the cross on the tree to prevent the devil from coming back down. This time when he released him Jack made the devil promise to him that he would not disturb him for 10 years and he would not claim him after his death.

Soon after Jack died but the Gods denied his entry into heaven and the devil had promised not to claim him into hell. The devil left Jack with a piece of coal to light his way. Jack put the burning piece of coal in a carved turnip lantern and roamed around the land.

Since then those carved turnips which later became pumpkins were known as “Jack of the lantern” or simply “Jack o’-Lanterns”.

Isn’t it an amazing story. Now, I will start preparing for my virtual Halloween party and you should to!.

#Stay Home #Stay Safe


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