Memory Game Halloween/SamhainOnline version Exposición ingles by Fernanda M Valenzuela the days were getting shorter and the nights longer." Celebrants believe that the barriers between "This festivity marked the time when... Ireland, England, Scotland and France." the physical world and the spirit world break down during Samhain The etymological meaning of "Samhain" "The Celts inhabited various regions of... "Samhain is a ... Activities of halloween Halloween is an international celebration that takes place on October 31, the eve of the Western Christian holiday of All Saints' Day. great ceremony to commemorate "the end of the harvest". " "The ancient Celtic peoples used to perform a... October 31 to November 1 For them it meant the end of death or the initiation of a new life." God of the sun is "the end of summer". include trick-or-treating (or related costume and soul), attending Halloween costume parties, carving pumpkins into jack-o'-lanterns What is Halloween? "The Celts, believed that on Samhain the spirits of the dead... to help the souls of the dead find their way to light and rest with Lugh. "The Celtic year ended on October 31, in autumn, for them... What do candles work for? Lugh is the... pagan religious festival originating from an ancient Celtic spiritual tradition." Samhain is usually celebrated from... returned to visit the mortal world."