Halloween

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Halloween

What are you afraid of?

Halloween

Halloween

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Which group of people started with Halloween?

1. Transylvanians
2. The Celts
3. The Irish
4. Vikings

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Why did the Celts lit huge bonfires (kampvuren)?

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In which century did the church try to merge "Halloween" with their own new holiday?

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What were both holidays about?

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Who brought Halloween to America?

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What is the name of the game where children use vandalism?

Halloween: origin

• Comes from the Celtic name 'Samhain'
• Celebrated on 1 November
  
• Celebrates the end of autumn and the harvest
  
• Big bonfire

Samhain

• Celebrated on 1 November
  
  
• Celebrates the end of autumn and the harvest 
• Big bonfire

Samhain

• Commemorates the dead 
  
• People believed that spirits would return to the world
• the border between the world of the living and the dead was at its thinnest
  
• Good and evil spirits...
  

Samhain

• People woud dress up with masks and costumes to distract the ghosts. 
  

• People used lanterns with a candle. 
  

Samhain

People would visit each other to pick up food, fuel and offerings for the celebration.

So it already resembled Halloween as we know it today 

Drag the cultural elements towards the correct holiday.

Samhain

Halloween

Masks to protect you from ghosts

Masks to stay anonymous

Bonfire

Pumpkins

Trick or Treat

Lanterns

Halloween

Where does the name Halloween come from? 

As Celtic Samhain spread across the world...

Halloween

... Christians took over this ritual and adapted it to fit their own culture.

Christians already celebrated All Saint's Day on 1 November, and All Soul's Day the next day.

Halloween

Another word for All Saint's Day is: Hallowmas, 

the night before was:

All Hallow's Eve.

which later became:

Hallow's Eve

Halloween

Today, Halloween is celebrated by:

- dressing up

- trick-or-treating

- playing pranks

- parties

- scary movies

- ...