Activity 1: Halloween’s history
Ans.1. The celebration of Halloween is thought to come from the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced sow in)
Ans.2. Ireland, United Kingdom, and northern France .
Ans.3. The Celt celebrated ‘Samhain’ on the night of 31st October as they used to believed that the ghost of the dead come to earth.
Ans.4. Crops
Ans.5.The Druids built huge scared bonfires, where the people gathered to burn crops and animals as sacrifices to the Celtic deties.
Ans.6. The costumes they wore typically consisting of animal heads and skins.
Ans.7. Hearths fires.
Ans.8. The Roman Empire.
Ans.9. Feralia and a day to honour Ponoma, the Roman goddess of fruit and trees.
Ans.10.All Souls Day on November 2 was created by the church
Ans.11.All Souls Day and Samhain are similar as both of them were celebrated big bonfires, parades, and dressing up in costumes as saints, angels and devils.
Ans.12. All-hallowmas or All-hallows
Ans.13. All-hallows eve , and, eventually, Halloween.
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