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Halloween 2023 Traditions: Touted as the spookiest festival of the year, Halloween is annually celebrated on October 31 across the globe. The festival is around the corner and people are immersed in the preparations to celebrate Halloween with great joy and fervour. It is observed on the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallow’s Day. In ancient times, Halloween marked the end of summer and commemorated the beginning of chilly winters. Also known as All Saints Eve or All Hallow’s Day, Halloween is dedicated to honour of the dead.

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Traditions Of Halloween

Jack-o-Lanterns

One significant tradition of Halloween includes lighting jack-o-lanterns to ward off evil spirits. It is usually made of pumpkins or any other root vegetable and is an Irish tradition brought to America. They are used as internal and external decoration items and are a significant part of Halloween celebrations.

Halloween Costumes

Most of us must be aware of the tradition of getting ready in the spookiest costumes to celebrate Halloween. Wearing costumes at Halloween is rooted in the belief that supernatural beings or dead roamed on Earth during this time of the year.

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Trick Or Treat

Borrowed from European traditions, people of America began to dress up in amusing attires and go house to house asking for food or money. This tradition is popularly known as trick or treat and is a major part of Halloween celebrations. It is also believed that young women at this festival would divine the name or appearance of their future husband by doing tricks with yarn, apple parings or mirrors.

Halloween Parties

Another highlight of Halloween celebrations is Halloween parties where everyone gathers in classic costumes, drinks are shared and people dance to music beats. According to ancient anecdotes, in the 1920s and 1930s, Halloween had become a secular but community-centred holiday, with parades and town-wide Halloween parties as the featured entertainment. Today, Americans spend an estimated 6 billion dollars annually on Halloween, making it the country’s second-largest commercial holiday after Christmas.

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