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Yeah. That's right. Halloween (All Hallows Eve) will soon
be upon us. Two traditions are worth mentioning here. Samhain is the Celtic festival on the evening of October 31st. I understand that some of it was meant to celebrate the harvest and to honor the dead. The belief is that the boundary between the living and the dead at this time of year became blurred. The belief was also that the ghosts of the dead wandered the earth, sometimes causing trouble or damaging crops. Their presence was said made it easier for the Druids to make predictions about the future. The
Druids built huge sacred bonfires. The people would gather there to
burn crops and animals as sacrifices to their deities. The Celts
would often wear costumes made of animal heads and skins. |
