Happy Halloween DTV

Sun Oct 31, 2010 4:08 am » by **Septeloid**

It's almost 2 hours into Halloween here in Ireland and I thought I'd darken the mood by wishing you all a very Scary Halloween!
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Being Irish, we take the traditional of Hallowe'en quite seriously.

As most of you will know, Halloween’s origins date back to the ancient Celtic festival of 'Samhain' which marked the end of harvest and the beginning of winter, a time of year associated with death. The pagan Celts believed that on that night, the boundary between the worlds of the living and dead blurred, and the ghosts of the dead returned to the earth. It was a night for preternatural communication with the dead, various forms of divination and prophecy, and sexual rituals.

By the 800s, the influence of the Catholic Church entered into Celtic lands. In the seventh century, Pope Boniface IV had already designated November 1 All Saints' Day, a time to honor saints and martyrs. Later, the Church would make November 2 All Souls' Day, a day to honor the dead. The eve of All Saints', All Saints', and All Souls were celebrated with big bonfires, parades, and dressing up in costumes as saints, angels, and devils.

This was the wise way the missionary Church acted in face of this pagan feast that she transformed. She ordered the customs and habits that existed among a people to the Catholic Religion.

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