HALLOWEEN万圣节英语PPT

• Halloween is the western goast festival ,maybe you will enjoy it this year ,thank you all.
History traces Halloween back to the ancient religion of the Celtics(凯 尔特人). .
• On the 1st of November, • Old Celtic peoples celebrated the festival of Samhain, which marked the beginning of winter and the Celtic New Year（just like our Spring Festival）.
• They made a big ruckus around the neighborhood hoping that the ghosts would leave in peace before midnight of the new year
• Some would also go from house to house, begging for "soul cakes". • In return they promised to pray for dead members of the donors' families. That's the origin of trick or treat.
HALLOWEEN
Halloween means Hallows' Evening , It is the evening before All Hallows' Day (now called All Saints' Day) a Christian holiday, celebrated on the 1st of November.
• on October 31st, the spirits of the died would come back and move freess
• Afraid of evil spirits, the living dressed up in freaky, scary costumes
Pumpkin lanterns is necessary too. (another name is Jack-o'-lantern )
• eventually the belief in the spirit world died down and dressing up like witches and ghoulish figures became more of a ceremony