Vizat

Inspector de specialitate
Biletul nr. 1
Read the following text and answer the questions:
Samhain was the end of the Celtic year, and lie all good new!year"s!e#es, a good
excuse for a party. $owe#er, this was %ore than &ust a good ti%e together. It was of
%a&or i%portance to the Celts. 'a%hain %ared the end of su%%er and the start of the
cold, dar winter and was a day when the druidic priests of the Celts (elie#ed that the
dead could co%e (ac to the earth and cause trou(le for the li#ing. )o counter this, the
druids (uilt large, sacred fires to chase away the dead. It was also (elie#ed that if you lit a
new fire in your house, fro% the e%(ers of the sacred fire, no e#il could enter your house,
while the fire stayed lit. *hen the Ro%ans in#aded the British Isles, they added their own
custo%s and traditions to those of the Celts.
1+ *hat did 'a%hain %ar,
-+ *hat did the druids (elie#e,
.+ *hat did the druids (uild,
/+ *hat could the fire do,