Know The Ireland’s Halloween Traditions

It is Halloween time and you are just mesmerized seeing festive activity all around you. Bonfires form an integral part of your celebration. That is the reason you have left no stone unturned to make sure you and your guest have a wonderful experience sitting around a bonfire. But, have you really ever wondered what the connection between bonfires and Halloween in Ireland is?

You will find some real interesting facts as you keep reading. In Northern Ireland, it was a customary rule for Druids who never used to shy away from performing necessary rituals, ceremonies and making sacrifices of various types just to pacify their gods. It was kind of a practice for most Celts to arrange sufficient wood and bring it and start their Samhain bonfire. This festival which was also called fire festival would generally take place in a hill top. According to historical records and Irish Halloween Traditions , these Celts would then throw bones of slaughtered cattle into the fierce flames.

It is this ‘bone fire’ which evolved over years to be known as “bon fire”.  Researchers who are a complete pro in delving into tiniest detail, also say, this practice of engaging into slaughtering and throwing the bones in to flames, were a deliberate attempt by Celts to ensure one crucial aspect. Those days’ human clothing was at an early stage of evolution of dresses and therefore ii mostly consisted of animal skins. As a result, most Celts had to bear freezing weather because of onslaught of winter.

Therefore, they believed bonfires and sacrifices would guarantee them sun god would appear more bright after the dreary and long winter comes to an end. You can get a glimpse of this tradition if you were to celebrate halloween customs Ireland.  You can easily witness a common site in this country during this festive celebration where hundreds of traditional bonfires come alive on Halloween Night.

The country has succeeded to preserve these traditions still alive which you can find during festive season of Halloween. The entire country seems to get into frenzy activity to welcome festival that is believed to be birth place of this event. If you are looking forward to fancy dress parties, fireworks, bonfires, festivals and all things spooky, you need to see it for yourself to believe the extravaganza.

Jack-o-lanterns, décor items, face painting or Halloween Food Names are few things which you have been yearning to see in Ireland. If that is the case, you can easily find décor items like Skull Mugs, Spider Webs, and Goblets, Cut off foot and hand . For face painting, you will be happy to see some spooky effects that are derived by fake blood, pale foundation and paint on scars. Finally, to test your apetite for Halloween Food Names, you will be happy to hear names like, Cooked Phantom Brains,  Bloody Intestines with Gallstones etc.