Around the

world
 Japan

Konnichiwa. I’m Kiki and I’m from Tokyo in

Japan. In Japan we celebrate O-Bon festival
on 13th to 15th of July. This is our Halloween.
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Ancestors
my mother’s grandparents. lanterns

fruit cake grave

We remember our ancestors. On the first day of

O-Bon we put fruit, cakes and lanterns on the
graves of our dead family members
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O Bon vegetables Cucumber horses

On the second day, we eat vegetables and

cucumber horses.
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On the third day, hundreds of people do a very slow

dance at night with lanterns. O Bon is a happy
festival in Japan.
 The USA

Hi guys! I’m Joe and I’m from New York in the

USA. In my country Halloween is popular with
everyone! It’s on 31st October..
 The USA

vampire
werewolf
Witch’s costume
Ghost costume

I wear a different Halloween costume every year

because I love all the scary creatures of Halloween.
Last year I was a vampire. This year I’m going to
 The USA
Treat - chocolate
Trick – scary face
and scary noise

Trick-or-Treat
We visit our neighbours’ houses and ask for a trick
or a treat. It’s called trick-or-treating. We usually
get a treat but if we don’t, we scare our neighbours.
Halloween is scary and fun!
 Mexico

Hola. I’m Angel and I’m from Mexico City. In

Mexico we celebrate The Day of the Dead on 2nd
November.
 Mexico

grave picnic

We have picnic lunches on the graves of our dead

family members. It is is a day to remember our
family and we are happy and celebrate.
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make bread
skeleton

skull and candles

We make bread in the shape of a skull or a

skeleton and put them around the grave of our
dead family
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Can I have
some money
please?
bonfire

fireworks

The children ask for money. People have bonfires

and fireworks. The Day of the Dead isn’t scary– it
is happy and fun!.
 Ireland

Dia Dhuit. I’m Briana and I’m from Cork in Ireland.

Ireland was the first country to celebrate Halloween
2000 years ago
 Ireland
turnip
Halloween
costumes

bonfire
Jack o’Lantern
fireworks
We practice some of the ancient traditions. We
make a Jack o’lantern from a turnip and put a
candle in it. We also have a bonfire and fireworks.
We wear Halloween costumes and eat lots of
chocolate. We go trick or treating.
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Most of the traditions from England and America

are from Ireland because we celebrated Halloween
first. I love Halloween because it’s scary and
exciting! It’s part of our history and culture.