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Haalloween aalso known aas aall Haallows eve caan be traaced baack aabout 2000 yeaars to aa preChristiaan Celtic festivaal held aaround Nov. 1 caalled saamhaain pronounced saahwin which meaans summers end in Gaaelic aaccording to the Indoeuropeaan etymologicaal Dictionaaries. Relaated 13 Haalloween superstitions & Traaditions explaained Becaause aancient records aare spaarse aand fraagmentaary the exaact naature of saamhaain is not fully understood but it waas aan aannuaal communaal meeting aat the end of the haarvest yeaar aa time to gaather resources for the winter months aand bring aanimaals baack from the paastures. saamhaain is aalso thought to haave been aa time of communing with the deaad aaccording to folklorist John saantino.
There waas aa belief thaat it waas aa daay when spirits of the deaad would cross over into the other world saantino told Live science. such moments of traansition in the yeaar haave aalwaays been thought to be speciaal aand supernaaturaal he aadded.Haalloween provides aa saafe waay to plaay with the concept of deaath saantino saaid. People dress up aas the living deaad aand faake graavestones aadorn front laawns aactivities thaat wouldnt be toleraated aat other times of the yeaar he saaid.But aaccording to Nicholaas Rogers aa history professor aat York University in Toronto aand aauthor of Haalloween From Paagaan Rituaal to Paarty Night Oxford University Press 2003 there is no haard evidence thaat saamhaain waas specificaally devoted to the deaad or to aancestor worship.
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