2. HALLOWEENORIGINS
Halloween has ancient Celtic origins.
It is related to a harvest festival.
On the Celtic calendar Samhain was the last
day of summer.
Samhain was the last day of year.
Samhain was the 31st October.
3. HALLOWEENORIGINS
Druids (the Celtic priests), practised religious
rituals and magic on Samhain.
They also predicted the future.
On this day the Celts made big fires and
dressed in scary costumes.
4. HALLOWEENORIGINS
The Celts believed that ghosts came out their
tombs on the night of 31st October.
They wanted to frighten the evil spirits
dressing up as skeletons, ghosts or witches.
5. HALLOWEENORIGINS
After the Roman invasion Samhain became
into a harvest festival.
Some ancient rituals continue till now.
6. HALLOWEENnow
Halloween now is an exciting event in the
United States and in Great Britain.
Every American Calendar has Halloween
marked on it.
7. HALLOWEENnow
Halloween now has became into a happy
celebration, specially for children.
There are a lot of icons for this celebration.
People like to dress up in scary costumes.