Naughty Nicole: Getting Spooky With Halloween Renegade Talk Radio Atlanta
On Today’s episode of The World In My Eyes we’re exploring the most wondrous time of the year! Th...
Renegade Talk Radio · Renegade Talk Radio
October 26, 201637m 58sExplicit
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On Today’s episode of The World In My Eyes we’re exploring the most wondrous time of the year! That’s right boys and girls… today I’m going to share with you all the wonder and excitement of one of my favorite holidays! Straddling the line between fall and winter, or life and death, Halloween is a time of celebration… and superstition. Believed to have originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, where people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off roaming ghosts, Halloween is one of the most celebrated and misunderstood holidays.
Halloween had its beginnings in an ancient, pre-Christian Celtic festival of the dead. The Celtic peoples, once found all over Europe, divided the year by four major holidays. According to their calendar, the year began on a day corresponding to November 1st on our present calendar and marked the beginning of winter. Since they were farmers and shepherds, it was a time when cattle and sheep had moved to closer pastures and been secured for the winter months. Crops were harvested and stored. The date marked both an ending and a beginning in the eternal cycle.
The festival observed at this time was called Samhain . It was the biggest and most significant holiday of the Celtic year. The Celts believed that at the time of Samhain, more so than any other time of the year, the ghosts of the dead were able to mingle with the living, because at Samhain the souls of those who had died during the year traveled into the otherworld. People gathered to sacrifice animals, fruits, and vegetables. They also lit bonfires in honor of the dead, to aid them on their journey, and to keep them away from the living. On that day all manner of beings were abroad: ghosts, fairies, and demons--all part of the dark and dread.
Halloween had its beginnings in an ancient, pre-Christian Celtic festival of the dead. The Celtic peoples, once found all over Europe, divided the year by four major holidays. According to their calendar, the year began on a day corresponding to November 1st on our present calendar and marked the beginning of winter. Since they were farmers and shepherds, it was a time when cattle and sheep had moved to closer pastures and been secured for the winter months. Crops were harvested and stored. The date marked both an ending and a beginning in the eternal cycle.
The festival observed at this time was called Samhain . It was the biggest and most significant holiday of the Celtic year. The Celts believed that at the time of Samhain, more so than any other time of the year, the ghosts of the dead were able to mingle with the living, because at Samhain the souls of those who had died during the year traveled into the otherworld. People gathered to sacrifice animals, fruits, and vegetables. They also lit bonfires in honor of the dead, to aid them on their journey, and to keep them away from the living. On that day all manner of beings were abroad: ghosts, fairies, and demons--all part of the dark and dread.
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