NOVEMBER 1, ALL SAINTS DAY
few years ago, around this time, the gourds with terrifying expressions, we announce the proximity of the holiday of all saints. The undead witch costumes to evoke fear the grave are a publicity gimmick for shopping, restaurants ... but this is just an excuse for revelry and celebration.
This way of celebrating the feast of All Saints of Anglo-Saxon influence is especially typical in the United States, which has great tradition and popularity. The settlers introduced the Irish in the nineteenth century. The festival of Halloween is of Celtic origin, with her celebrated the end of summer and harvest. This celebration beyond the borders and became international in the 80's because of the horror film "Night of Halloween."
However, our tradition is to celebrate November 1 as the feast of All Saints. Its origins, in all Catholic countries, dating back to the ninth century when Pope Gregory IV extended its conclusion.
Today, not being a public holiday and day 2, day commemoration of the dead, is day 1 when visiting the cemeteries become a fleeting multicolored garden.
In most people this day is celebrated with the usual porridge, potatoes and roasted chestnuts. The culinary tradition has become more sophisticated and now bakeries offer a varied and extensive range of traditional donuts and bones of a saint.
Another tradition that is lost is the theatrical representation of Don Juan Tenorio de Zorrilla. When a English television was the only television station, never missed a quote Every year this play. Although
halloween party is going strong and globalization makes us all equal, we must continue fighting to preserve our traditions and keep them alive so they do not disappear.
few years ago, around this time, the gourds with terrifying expressions, we announce the proximity of the holiday of all saints. The undead witch costumes to evoke fear the grave are a publicity gimmick for shopping, restaurants ... but this is just an excuse for revelry and celebration.
This way of celebrating the feast of All Saints of Anglo-Saxon influence is especially typical in the United States, which has great tradition and popularity. The settlers introduced the Irish in the nineteenth century. The festival of Halloween is of Celtic origin, with her celebrated the end of summer and harvest. This celebration beyond the borders and became international in the 80's because of the horror film "Night of Halloween."
However, our tradition is to celebrate November 1 as the feast of All Saints. Its origins, in all Catholic countries, dating back to the ninth century when Pope Gregory IV extended its conclusion.
Today, not being a public holiday and day 2, day commemoration of the dead, is day 1 when visiting the cemeteries become a fleeting multicolored garden.
In most people this day is celebrated with the usual porridge, potatoes and roasted chestnuts. The culinary tradition has become more sophisticated and now bakeries offer a varied and extensive range of traditional donuts and bones of a saint.
Another tradition that is lost is the theatrical representation of Don Juan Tenorio de Zorrilla. When a English television was the only television station, never missed a quote Every year this play. Although
halloween party is going strong and globalization makes us all equal, we must continue fighting to preserve our traditions and keep them alive so they do not disappear.
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