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In Hispanic countries, the custom is part of the festival to celebrate families that have passed. It also has a religious meaning.
Would it surprise you to learn the custom actually goes back more than 2,000 years to the time of the Druids? And is an important part of the modern Wiccan followers.
Samhain is the day when the Celts believed that “the veil between the living and the dead” was the thinnest. It is a day that has always been closely associated with human death, and according to the History Channel it is supposedly a time when “the ghosts of the dead returned to earth”…
This day marked the end of summer and the harvest and the beginning of the dark, cold winter, a time of year that was often associated with human death. Celts believed that on the night before the new year, the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead became blurred. On the night of October 31 they celebrated Samhain, when it was believed that the ghosts of the dead returned to earth.
So it is definitely not a coincidence that people have always dressed up as ghosts on this day.
More @ Where Does The Tradition Of Wearing Halloween Costumes Come From?
And then this comes up – Trick or Treat
The History of Trick Or Treating Is Weirder Than You Thought @ The History of Trick Or Treating Is Weirder Than You Thought | Smart News | Smithsonian
