Know About Halloween Traditions

Ever since you came to know about Halloween, you always appeared really curious to know more about it. That ignited germs of curiosity in you to explore more about Traditions of Halloween.

It is believed, in Celtic age, people thought this to be ideal time to take stock of their supplies since it was end of harvest season. So, this festival came to be known as Samhain festival that was mostly celebrated on October, 31. Some of these Celtic people believed this to be the ‘end of lighter days’  in a year and ‘beginning of darker days’ in a year.

If believers of yet another school of thought are to be believed, they were of the opinion halloween traditions around the world is celebrated because this is a day when boundary between living and dead dissolved. If this notion is to be believed, it can be better understood why there is talk of representing everything with a touch of ‘scariness’ mixed with it.

Halloween customs and traditions speak of manner in which it was celebrated by people by various ways. Be it, Bonfires, Costumes, Jack-O-Lanterns, Trick or Treating. The scenario of halloween traditions over time has also seen a mammoth change in the way it is often been celebrated worldwide. For instance, when it comes to costumes, painting faces is considered to be cheapest and easiest way in which you can create a Halloween costume for you. Now-a-days, people like to go for homemade face painting. So, depending upon texture of your face you may opt to give it some spooky effects simply by making use of fake blood, pale foundation and paint on scars. In recent times, it has been observed many people like outlandish colors such as purple or green on their face.

Talking of traditions, you will be surprised to know most people think of outdoor Halloween décor when they want to keep this age-old tradition in mind. This can often be characterized by presence of something that might just look scary to keep spirits of Halloween intact. All these factors have led to a spurt in finding a new market of such décor items which have tinge of traditional touch to it. For instance, Spider Webs, Skull Mugs and Goblets, Cut off foot and hand etc.

Similar is the case with Halloween Food Names. You will find names like, ‘bat wings’, ‘werewolf eyes’, etc. In their attempt to perfectly mix tradition to food, it is not surprising to see people calling weird names for these foods. For instance, for Cooked Cauliflower it becomes Cooked Phantom Brains, for Spaghetti & Meatballs it becomes Bloody Intestines with Gallstones, for Green jelly it becomes Boogie Slime, etc.