The Festival of Halloween!
Recommended for Foundational Grades
Oh, what fun! The day for ‘trick-or-treat’ is here again! The Festival of Halloween is here!
The festival of Halloween or All Hallow’s Eve is a celebration observed in many countries across the world, on 31 October every year.
Key facts!
- It originated with the ancient festival of Samhain (Summer’s end).
- People would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off ghosts on this day.
- It is the evening before All Saints’ Day on 1 November and All Souls’ Day on 2 November.
- Children celebrate the day by going trick-or-treating at night.
- They go from door to door saying ‘trick or treat?’
- The person at the door usually gives them candies.
- Other Halloween activities include costume parties, parades, bonfires, carving jack-o-lanterns from pumpkins etc.
- The custom of trick or treating on the festival of Halloween may come from the belief that supernatural beings or souls of the dead who are roaming the earth at this time need to be appeased.
Youtube user “National Geographic” shares with us the history behind Halloween.
Curious Times is a leading newspaper and website for kids. We publish daily global news aligned to your learning levels (also as per NEP 2020): Foundational, Preparatory (Primary), Middle and Senior. So, check out the News tab for this. We bring kids’ favourite Curious Times Weekly newspaper every weekend with top news, feature stories and kids’ contributions. Check out daily JokesPoke, Tongue Twisters, Word of the Day and Quote of the Day, kids need it all the time.
ME – My Expressions at Curious Times is your place to get your work published, building your quality digital footprint. And it is a good way to share your talent and skills with your friends, family, school, teachers and the world. Thus, as you will step into higher educational institutes your published content will showcase your strength.
Events, Quizzes and Competitions bring students from over 5,000 schools globally to participate in the 21st-Century themes. Here schools and students win certificates, prizes and recognition through these global events.
Sign-up for your school for FREE!
Communicate with us: WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
0 (Please login to give a Curious Clap to your friend.)