Periódico Halloween

SAMHAIN
WHILE MEXICANS OPEN THE DOORS
OF THEIR HOMES TO THE DEAD, IN
IRELAND AND SCOTLAND, THE
ORIGIN OF THEIR TRADITIONS
WAS TO SCARE AWAY EVIL SPIRITS
WITH LARGE BONFIRES AND
DRESSING UP IN TERRIFYING
COSTUMES TO GO UNNOTICED,
CALLING THIS RITUAL SAMHAIN.
IN MADAGASCAR, THEY HAVE THE
SAME BELIEF AS IN MEXICO THAT THE
DEAD VISIT THEM, BUT WHAT THEY
DO IS TO EXHUME THE BODIES OF THE
DECEASED AND DRESS THEM UP TO BE
WITH THEM REGARDLESS OF THE
STATE OF THE CORPSE. THIS
CELEBRATION IS CALLED FAMADIHANA,
IN WHICH DANCES AND FOOD ARE
ALSO PERFORMED.
FAMADIHANA
INFLUENCE OF USA
IN CELEBRATIONS
IN THE PAST, THERE WAS A
GREATER VARIETY OF CELEBRATIONS,
BUT THE AMERICAN IDEAS OF
HALLOWEEN HAVE BEEN SPREADING
AROUND THE WORLD, EVEN IN
MEXICO, IRELAND AND SCOTLAND
THE AMERICAN TRADITIONS ARE
GRADUALLY SPREADING.