Halloween: What's it all about?

Halloween celebrations have spread in Spain for the last three decades or so, sometimes at the expense of local traditions. Many children and youngsters nowadays, for instance, have not even heard of buñuelos de viento, or huesos de santo or have never tasted roasted chestnuts, although other traditions, like eating panellets, are still observed.

But who knows why children wear costumes and go trick-or-treating? Why many people decorate their houses with spooky bats and Jack-o-lanters, everything black and orange?

Let's find out! 

Click on the picture below to hear what the National Geographic says about the origins of Halloween.

And now you can read about it, and also about the so called Jack-o-lantern.

There are many other European traditions that stem from ancient cultures, mainly from the Celts.

And now that we have a general picture of Halloween and other traditions that celebrate how the living and the dead are mingled, let's look at some facts about Halloween.

 

I hope you have enjoyed this post. Have a very creepy, skin-crawling Halloween.