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The Halloween comes from a pagan, Celtic ritual All Hallow's Eve. It appeared in USA in XIX century, where it's still celebrated very loudly. On that day in Ireland there were fires lighted and prayers said.
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Originally it was connected with black magic and spell casting. The popular symbols of it are: ghosts, witches, black cats, goblins, demons, zombie, owls etc. The other recognizable sign is a hollow pumpkin with a candle inside.
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In United States the popular custom is to dress as a ghost, wampire, witch, demons. On than day dressed up children visit houses and collect candies. The equivalent of Halloween in Poland is Zaduszki holiday
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There are a lot of games related to Halloween. The most popular are bobbing for apples - fishing apples from water only with teeth. Other popular entertainment is to eat fruits and candies hanged on the strings without using hands. Another kind of Halloween games is fortune-telling like foretelling from the saucers. One with scarf on his eyes picks a saucer and the subject under it tell the next year's event.
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Halloween symbols are of course everything what's connected with life after life and horror so ghosts, zombies, phantoms, wampires, witches, demons, bones etc. The inherent symbol of Halloween is also a face-hollowed pumpkin with candle inside. It's easy to prepare - the top should be cut with a sharp knife, the inside hollwed, face shapes cut on the sides and ready.
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