INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO SUPERIOR DE

COMALCALCO

English 5

Teacher:
Karen Esther Olive Franyutty

team members
Moisés Courtois Zunun
Miguel Edoardo Naranjo Pérez
Rodolfo De Jesús Domínguez Cambara
Omar Montiel Herrera
José Fernando Murillo
Halloween
 Introduction
•
Halloween is a holiday celebrated each year on October 31, and
Halloween 2021 will occur on Sunday, October 31. The tradition
originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, when people would
light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off ghosts. In the eighth
century, Pope Gregory III designated November 1 as a time to honor all
saints. Soon, All Saints Day incorporated some of the traditions of
Samhain.
 Ancient Origins of Halloween
• Halloween’s origins date back to the
ancient Celtic festival of
Samhain(pronounced sow-in).
• The Celts, who lived 2,000 years ago,
mostly in the area that is now Ireland, the
United Kingdom and northern France,
celebrated their new year on November 1.
 All Saints' Day
• On May 13, 609 A.D., Pope Boniface IV
dedicated the Pantheon in Rome in honor of
all Christian martyrs, and the Catholic feast of
All Martyrs Day was established in the
Western church. Pope Gregory III later
expanded the festival to include all saints as
well as all martyrs, and moved the
observance from May 13 to November 1.
 Pumpkins
• The Celts carved faces into vegetables
like turnips, potatoes and squash (a
pumpkin is a kind of squash) to scare
the ghosts and other spirits and make
them go away. It was sometimes called
a jack-o’-lantern because of an Irish
story about a man, Jack.
 Jack-o'-lantern

• Jack-o'-lanterns carved from

pumpkins are a yearly
Halloween tradition that
developed in the United
States when Irish
immigrants brought their
root vegetable carving
tradition with them.
 Fancy dress
• The Celts were afraid of the ghosts that
came on Samhain. If they went outside
after dark, they covered their faces with
masks. They hoped any ghosts they met
would think they were ghosts too and
would leave them alone. In early
America, the Native Americans and the
first Europeans celebrated the end of
the harvest, but not Halloween
 Trick or treat
• This is another tradition that began in
Europe, this time in England. When the
church introduced All Souls Day, rich
people gave poor people ‘soul cakes’, a
small cake made with spices and raisins. It
replaced the Celtic tradition of leaving food
outside houses for the ghosts. ‘Going a-
souling’ was popular in England for
hundreds of years until about the 1930s.
 The rest of the world
• Halloween has become the United States’
second-biggest commercial festival after
Christmas. Halloween is also celebrated in other
countries, but it’s not as big as in the United
States, even in the countries where the traditions
began. Mexico celebrates the Day of the Dead
from 31 October to 2 November and some of its
traditions, like giving gifts of sugar skulls, are
starting to mix with Halloween
 Conclusion
• Halloween is a holiday celebrated each year on October 31. The tradition
originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, when people would
light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off ghosts. In the eighth
century, Pope Gregory III designated November 1 as a time to honor all
saints. Soon, All Saints Day incorporated some of the traditions of
Samhain.
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