Halloween Costumes, Games, Recipes, Crafts - Halloween Ideas

In India people do not celebrate Halloween as we do in Europe and America. They believe and celebrate their own holiday, which is with similar meaning to Halloween.

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Halloween Apple Celebration is an old but in the same time funny and dangerous custom. On a hanging horizontally from the ceiling stick, people tied a string. On one side of the stick an apple was hung and on the other a lighted candle. Then they spinned around the stick and  than left it to untwist on its own. At the same time the people had to beat the apple without using their hands. Very often the candle flamed their faces but the people had lots of fun while playing.

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The western Halloween traditions and decorations in Japan have become more and more popular in Japan. In this country, the holiday is known as O-bon festival. Some people celebrate it from July 13-15, others from August 13-15.O-bon comes from the Sankrit word for “to hang upside down. The legend says that a Buddhist monk, when was deep in meditation was able to see his dead mother hanging upside down in the hell. She was punished. That was because she had eaten meat and had refused to regret. But eating meat for the Buddhist is forbidden. The monk could go to the hell and buy his mothers way to the Nirvana with his excess goodness.

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The most important symbol in Halloween is the Jack-o-Lanterns. For many people it is difficult to choose the right pumpkin to make the most beautifully carved Halloween pumpkin. We will try to help you, giving you few tips.

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In the United States Halloween is celebrated on October 31st.It is one of the favorite family celebrations. At this time adults and children dress in costumes, curve pumpkins and trick-or-treat around their neighbors. The neighbors have to expect and respond the kids by giving small treats.

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It is believed that the birthplace of Halloween is in Ireland and it is very popular holiday there. As in the days of Celts, in some areas people lit bone fires. The children choose costumes to spend the evening “trick-or-treating” in their neighborhoods. Many people attend parties with their friends. Usually they play games. The most popular is “snap-apple”. An apple is tied on a string to a tree and players attempt to bite it without using their hands. For the children parents arrange treasure hunts or arrange parties with sweets . The traditional food eaten on Halloween in Ireland is called “barnbrack.”. It is a type of fruit cake inside which is baked a muslin-wraped treat. It can foretell the future for the person who finds it.

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