Transcript Halloween In Foreign Countries

Halloween In Foreign
Countries
By Emmy Nutting
Austria
• On Halloween night, some people leave bread and water
• They left lamps and candles burning
• This was because they thought items like these would guide the souls
• They believed Halloween night was full of Cosmic Energy
Belgium
• On Halloween Night, Belgium families light candles in memory of
dead family members
Canada
• In Canada they carve Jack-o-Lanterns out of pumpkins
• Canadians throw parties
• They go Trick Or Treating
• People decorate their houses with
1. Corn Stalks
2. Pumpkins
China
• In China, Halloween is called Teng Chieh
• They place food and drink in front of pictures of the dead
• Bonfires and lanterns are lit to light the paths of spirits
• Buddhist worshipers make paper boats and burn them
VERY LARGE or
• These boats can be either
• They are created to bring “Pretas” to heaven
very small
• Pretas are spirits of the dead who died in an accident whose bodies never were buried
• They were believed to be very dangerous
• The Buddhist worshipers and monks carried out ceremonies including
1. Lighting lanterns
2. Reciting sacred verses
3. Supplying fruit
England: Traditions
• People living in England made “Punkies”
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Punkies were made out of beetroots
On Halloween night, children carried around their punkies
At each house the children asked for money
They ran through the streets singing the “Punkie Night” song*
*See the Punkie Night song on the next slide
England: Punkie Night Song
It's Punkie Night Tonight
It's Punkie Night Tonight
Give us a Candle, give us a light
It's Punkie Night Tonight
It's Punkie Night Tonight
It's Punkie Night Tonight
Adam and Eve won't believe
It's Punkie Night Tonight
It's Punkie Night Tonight
It's Punkie Night Tonight
Eee-i diddley-di
It's Punkie Night Tonight
France and Germany
• Was considered an American holiday and was not celebrated in
France until around 1996
• Germans put away all of their knives, in fear of the spirits
Hong Kong
• Halloween is known in Hong Kong as Yue Lan, or Festival of the
Hungry Ghosts
• It was believed that ghosts roamed the Earth for 24 hours
• Some people burn fruit and money to bring comfort to the ghosts
Ireland
• Ireland is believed to be the birthplace of Halloween
• They “Knock-a-Dolly” by ringing a doorbell and running away before its
opened
• Irish people dress up and Trick-or-Treat
• After Trick-or-Treating they go to parties
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They play Snap-Apple*
Parents arrange treasure hunts for the kids
The Irish play a card game where they draw a card and get what’s on it
They eat Barnbrack, which is a special fruitcake
• Occasionally they hide rings and straw in the cakes
• Ring= Finder will soon be married
• Straw= prosperous year approaching
*They hang an apple to a tree and try to bite it
Japan
• Japanese call Halloween Obon Festival, Matsuri, Urabon
• Dedicated to the spirits to the spirits of ancestors
• Red lanterns are hung everywhere
• Special foods are prepared
• Candles are lit and put in lanterns and set out to sea and on rivers
• A fire is lit each night for the ancestors
• Memorial stones are cleaned
• Community dances are preformed
Korea
• Known as Chusok
• Families thanked ancestors
• Make offerings of rice and fruit
Mexico, Latin America, and Spain
• Halloween is known as El Dia de los Muertos
• It is a time to remember friends and family who had died
• Families construct an altar to honor the dead
• It frequently had candy, flowers, photographs, water and the
deceased’s favorite food and drink
• Flowers, streamers and wreaths are draped on graves
• In Mexico, monarch butterflies return and are believed
that they were the spirits of dead ancestors
Sources
• http://www.wyrdwords.vispa.com/halloween/punky/punkysong.html
• http://www.weirdlyodd.com/top-10-odd-halloween-traditionsaround-the-world/
• http://www.novareinna.com/festive/world.html