A haunting tradition.Halloween wasn't always about kids dressing up as ghosts and goblins. The holiday began as a pagan Pagan (pəgän`), ruined city, Mandalay div., central Myanmar, on the Ayeyarwady River. Covering an area c.40 sq mi (100 sq km), it is one of the great archaeological treasures of Southeast Asia and a holy place of pilgrimage. Founded c. (not religious) festival more than 2,000 years ago. Celtic people in what are now the United Kingdom, Ireland, and northwestern France celebrated Samhain (SOW-en). The festival, whose name means summer s end, took place around November 1. It marked the beginning of the dark winter months. In the 800s, Christians created a different holiday for the same time of year. They called it All Saints' Day All Saints' Day, feast of the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches, and day on which churches glorify God for all God's saints, known and unknown. It is celebrated on Nov. 1 in the West, since Pope Gregory IV ordered its church-wide observance in 837. or All Hallows' Day. The evening before that November 1 feast day came to be known as All Hallows' Eve--which eventually was shortened to Halloween. As for trick-or-treating, it probably began with the Celtic custom of leaving out food for witches and evil spirits believed to be roaming The ability to use a communications device such as a cellphone or PDA and be able to move from one cell or access point to another without losing the connection. among the living. Now that's scary scar·y adj. scar·i·er, scar·i·est 1. Causing fright or alarm. 2. Easily scared; very timid. scar ! |
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