see you next month Time to Get Spooky! As one of the world’s oldest holidays, Halloween is a celebration observed in a number of countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows’ Day. It is dedicated to remembering the dead,...
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see you next month Time to Get Spooky! As one of the world’s oldest holidays, Halloween is a celebration observed in a number of countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows’ Day. It is dedicated to remembering the dead, including saints (hallows), martyrs, and all the souls of the faithful departed. In modern times, Halloween has become an annual celebration where toothy pumpkins, creative costumes, creepy masks, and scary makeup reign. The tradition of dressing in costumes for Halloween has both European and Celtic roots. On Halloween, when it was believed that ghosts came back to the earthly world, people thought that they would encounter ghosts if they left their homes. To avoid being recognized by these ghosts, people would wear masks when they left their homes after dark so that the ghosts would mistake them for fellow spirits. Although not a major celebration in Malaysia compared to Western countries, the recent years have shown an increase in c
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