Day of the Dead and Halloween?
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I don't agree with James.  Here are some links to help you:\nhttp://www.mexonline.com/daydead.htm\nhttp://www.holidays.net/halloween/muertos.htm\nhttp://www.public.iastate.edu/%7Erjsalvad/scmfaq/muertos.html\nhttp://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/feature/daydeadindex.html\n\nEl Día de los Muertos is also celebrated in Central and South America, but it's not as big as it is in Mexico.\nIn one city in Guatemala, they fly homemade kites to let the spirits know where to go.
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What underlies holidays in memory of the “spirits of the dead”?\n\nThe 1910 edition of The Encyclopædia Britannica states: “All Souls’ Day . . . the day set apart in the Roman Catholic Church for the commemoration of the faithful departed. The celebration is based on the doctrine that the souls of the faithful which at death have not been cleansed from venial sins, or have not atoned for past transgressions, cannot attain the Beatific Vision, and that they may be helped to do so by prayer and by the sacrifice of the mass. . . . Certain popular beliefs connected with All Souls’ Day are of pagan origin and immemorial antiquity. Thus the dead are believed by the peasantry of many Catholic countries to return to their former homes on All Souls’ night and partake of the food of the living.”—Vol. I, p. 709.\n\nThe Encyclopedia Americana says: “Elements of the customs connected with Halloween can be traced to a Druid ceremony in pre-Christian times. The Celts had festivals for two major gods—a sun god and a god of the dead (called Samhain), whose festival was held on November 1, the beginning of the Celtic New Year. The festival of the dead was gradually incorporated into Christian ritual.”—(1977), Vol. 13, p. 725.\n\nThe book The Worship of the Dead points to this origin: “The mythologies of all the ancient nations are interwoven with the events of the Deluge . . . The force of this argument is illustrated by the fact of the observance of a great festival of the dead in commemoration of the event, not only by nations more or less in communication with each other, but by others widely separated, both by the ocean and by centuries of time. This festival is, moreover, held by all on or about the very day on which, according to the Mosaic account, the Deluge took place, viz., the seventeenth day of the second month—the month nearly corresponding with our November.” (London, 1904, Colonel J. Garnier, p. 4) Thus these celebrations actually began with an honoring of people whom God had destroyed because of their badness in Noah’s day.—Gen. 6:5-7; 7:11.\n\nSuch holidays honoring “spirits of the dead” as if they were alive in another realm are contrary to the Bible’s description of death as a state of complete unconsciousness.—Eccl. 9:5, 10; Ps. 146:4.
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This web page should give you all the details :\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween\nIncidentally, Yahoo! is also celebrating Halloween :\nhttp://events.yahoo.com/halloween06/\nEnjoy !
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off the street, no\nbut dont we all on halloween? lol
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Hello, dia de los muertos is in spanish saying day of the dead celebrated in MEXICO where the people of MEXICO go to the graves and party and drink for all the past relatives. It can get real grusome when some people get to invovled and start bringing the dead out physically, the phlilipines have a similar celebration.bye
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That's not a question. If this is about it being pagan then stop worrying since Halloween is just as much inspired by All Saints Day Eve, a Christian holiday, as it is by Samhein. No that's not coincedence it's the same story as Yule and Christmas, Christianity's attempt to overshadow other religion's holidays. I celebrate both since it's basically multiple religions that try to out do each other until only secularity overcomes both.
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Sounds like "Halloween"
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halloween didnt originate in holland its only been a recent thing there.  They have special festivals on Dec 5th, Queens Day and several others.  check out this web site below.
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good to plan ahead.\nYou could contact "the most haunted hotel in America" THe Myrtles and see if they do weddings.\nSalem Massachusettes is a great destination Halloween wedding site.\nIf you are doing it at home, you have time to decide if you are having a Renaissance style bonfire and night ceremony or maybe a favorite scary movie theme like children olf the corn and be married in a corn field.
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Halloween is my favorite holiday. I decorate the house and the yard. I have a party. I get to dress unlike myself. I look forward to it coming and have already started shopping for this year's decorations (gotta get started early since everything good and cheap goes fast).
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Cinco de Mayo, or maybe about Dia de los Muertos.  If it doesn't have to be on a theme related to the class, though, you could try doing it on something that really interests you, or that you know alot about.
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ur lucky your going to see the omen! nothing special about this date i guess. same as any other day..however what was very strange, my friend told me that a little after midnight last night her dog began barking uncontrollably at something in the rooom..quite scary...
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Halloween is , in concept, descended from the Celtic calendar's Samhain, which was the day that marked the turn of the season into the long dark of winter. Being an in-between time, it was also a portal for the dead to revisit the earth. The ancient tradition of the Mummer's Dance also goes back to this, as people put on masks and went from door to door "in place of the spirits". It is an entirely Pagan holy day, and also was the time that the Seelie Court turned over rule to their dark counterparts, the Unseelie.
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OOOHHH!!! Halloween!!\nI love to decorate my yard like a cemetary with spooky things. and I love lights so i use the orange and black ones for my house.
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All the old "cross quarter" festivals like Imbolc (Brigit's Day, 1st Feb), Beltaine (Whit Sunday), Lunasa (8th Aug) and Samhain (Halloween) have pagan roots, also the Midsummer fires as well as wakes and there is no "might" about it. They most definitely do.
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In the way longa ago it was considered celtic or even satanic.  Today it is just a time for children of all ages to dress up and have some fun.  Others participate in giving candy to children that come to the door in a costume.  I personally love to see the children all dressed up and smiling. In Mexico and maybe some other spanish countries They refer to it as the Day of the Dead. They believe the spirits are more apt to walk the earth and they even leave food out for them and light candles.\n\nI hope that helps you understand more
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I don't agree with any of it, it is another pointless day that is exploited by companies to get more money off parents. Halloween is not for kids anymore cause the kids in my local town are too scared to go out cause of thugs who go out and ruin everyones life and get away with it. I was up until after 1.00am (I had work at 6.00am this morning) last night listening to bangers going off, not nice enjoyable to watch -  fireworks but loud noisy bangers. It is not fair on anybody especially not animals mine were cowering in corners all evening, and in my local town the bus drivers had to stop work at 6.00pm in the evening cause thugs were firing fireworks, eggs and more worryingly rocks at the windows. I am so glad that it is gone for another year, however if i had my way i would ban it.