HALLOWEEN
The Celts were people who lived in ancient Britain and Ireland
from about 1000 BC and they celebrated a festival called
'Samhain'. Samhain was celebrated on 1 November because that
was the end of summer and harvest time (which was
associated with food and life) and the beginning of winter
(which they associated with death). Have you ever wondered
why Halloween colours are orange and black? Orange is
related to harvests and black is related to death.
Samhain was the time for ghosts to return to earth for a day.
People lit a big fire, wore special clothes made of animal skin
and hoped to be safe from the ghosts and the winter.
In early America, the Native Americans and the first
Europeans celebrated the end of the harvest, but not
Halloween. When many Irish people went to live in America in
the 1800s, they brought their Halloween traditions with them
and Halloween became popular throughout the country.
The Celts were people who lived in ancient Britain and Ireland
from about 1000 BC and they celebrated a festival called
'Samhain'. Samhain was celebrated on 1 November because that
was the end of summer and harvest time (which was
associated with food and life) and the beginning of winter
(which they associated with death). Have you ever wondered
why Halloween colours are orange and black? Orange is
related to harvests and black is related to death.
Samhain was the time for ghosts to return to earth for a day.
People lit a big fire, wore special clothes made of animal skin
and hoped to be safe from the ghosts and the winter.
In early America, the Native Americans and the first
Europeans celebrated the end of the harvest, but not
Halloween. When many Irish people went to live in America in
the 1800s, they brought their Halloween traditions with them
and Halloween became popular throughout the country.
