Halloween Day 2023: History, significance and celebration

Digital Desk: It's that time of year again when people of all ages celebrate Halloween, also known as All Hallows' Eve, which offers something for everyone and is an annual celebration of all things spooky and terrifying. People trick or treat and prefer to hang out with friends while sipping pumpkin-spiced drinks. Halloween is one of the few occasions when people are encouraged to fly their freak flag high, thus on this day, people of all ages utterly disregard the norms of polite society and revel in their more primal sides!

Halloween originated for an entirely different purpose during its medieval heyday. What gives Halloween its spooky associations? Let's explore its past to find the solution.

In the modern world, Halloween is observed by cosplaying, dressing up as fictional characters, and overindulging in candy and pumpkin pies. But this all goes back to the harvest feast of Samhain, an ancient Celtic celebration.

Some theories claim paganism is the origin of the Samhain feast. It was thought that Halloween would cause a blurring of the boundaries between the living and the dead, allowing ghosts to visit their loved ones.

In addition to cooking delectable meals and decorating their homes to welcome the spirits of their ancestors, some individuals try to fend off evil spirits by building bonfires and dressing up as witches and devils to avoid being noticed.

Children dress up and go door-to-door trick-or-treating on this particular day. In addition, they attend Halloween-themed parties with their friends, play dress up using pop culture allusions, and decorate their homes with a frightful theme. Making jack-o'-lanterns out of pumpkins is one of the festival's main attractions.

All across the world, Halloween is observed with great pomp and circumstance. Several customs and festivities accompany this celebration: kids dress up as jack-o'-lanterns and go door-to-door in their neighbourhood to exchange treats.

Trick or treating is a custom in which kids get dressed up as their favourite fictional characters from movies and novels and go door-to-door to get candy or get into harmless mischief. Additionally, Halloween is the annual occasion when individuals raise their freak flag proudly.

They attend parties dressed as fairies, demons, witches, and ghosts. Along with their pals, they also take pleasure in sipping pumpkin-flavored beverages.