Halloween

The history of this commemorative day has more than 2500 years. Emerged among the Celtic people, who believed that the last day of summer (October 31), the spirits come out of cemeteries to take possession of the bodies of the living. To scare these ghosts, the Celts placed in homes, frightening objects, eg, skulls, bones decorated pumpkins adorned among others.

Being a pagan feast was ordered in Europe during the Middle Ages, when it came to be called Halloween. Those who celebrated this date were persecuted and condemned to the stake by the Inquisition.

Aiming to reduce the pagan influences in medieval Europe, the Church Christianized the party, creating the All Souls Day (November 2).

Bruno G. Carlotto