This is a presentation to show some cultural aspects about Halloween to students from the 3rd Cycle of Primary Education or the 1st course of Secondary Education.

1. HALLOWEEN
THE NIGHT OF SPIRITS
Manuel Jesús Hermosín Mojeda

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.

8. HALLOWEENnow
WITCH SKELETON
GHOST
BLACK CAT
BAT WITCH HAT CAULDRON SPIDER
PUMPKINSWEETS
TRICK
OR
TREAT
POSTCARDS
SCARY
TALES

9. HALLOWEENnow
 Children trick or treating.

10. HALLOWEENnow

11. HALLOWEENnow
 Halloween party.

12. HALLOWEENnow
JACK O’LANTERN

13. HALLOWEENnow
 People in scary fancy dresses.

14. Esta presentación corresponde
a la Asignatura de Inglés / 6º EP
Huelva / Octubre MMX