Halloween Celebration

Halloween Celebration
10/28/14

We Romanians are known worldwide as the most partiers people. Whether we are easy or difficult we have fun on any occasion, be it holiday or as we do to be celebration. We come to the end of October, so we come Halloween. But what we know about this celebration? How comes you mean? We know this event as one American, but in America was brought by the wave of immigrants who arrived on the continent in the 1840s This celebration dates back to the days of the ancient Celts. Halloween has its origins in the Catholic Church and is celebrated on November 1st. On this day Catholics celebrate "All Saints Day". But the days of the ancient Celtic celebration takes place on the night of October 31 to November 1. Celts believed that on this night the spirits of the dead are back among the living. And how the living did not want to be possessed dressed in scary costumes as they walked the streets to ward spiretele. From here you shoot and pumpkin carving tradition and putting a candle inside. Pumpkins and they must be scary to drive away evil spritele. How do we celebrate Halloween? In Romania this event is known as the "Day of the Dead" and takes place on November 1st. At the end of the last century celebration grew and was taken by many more countries. Today Halloween enjoys great popularity and is celebrated with great pomp. On this occasion organized real carnivals, masked parties with costumes and scary masks, made ​​with great care and style. Manufacture of Halloween costumes is an art, because each person wants to be as original as the costume is done manually and give attention even to the smallest detail. At such a party meet witches, zombies, vampires, mummies, ghosts and unforgettable lantern carved pumpkin with candle inside and has the mouth, nose and eyes. A similar celebration and to orthodox meet, namely St. Andrew. Soon I will write about the significance of the Orthodox Christian holiday "St. Andrei "which is approaching with rapid strides. So Halloween is a holiday known internationally. A more popular version of St. Andrew, as is the February 14 "Valentine's Day" on February 24th when we celebrate immediately Romanian version of this holiday "Dragobetele". And as I said we like to celebrate, so do not miss any opportunity.

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