Презентация " Halloween"

Halloween

Halloween is a modern festival, dating back to the traditions of the ancient Celts of Ireland and Scotland, whose history began in the territory of modern Britain and Northern Ireland . It is celebrated in October 31, on the eve of All Saints Day

•   Halloween is traditionally celebrated in English-speaking countries, although it is not an official day off. Since the end of the XX century, during the process of globalization, fashion for the attributes of Halloween has also arisen in most non-English-speaking countries .

• In addition to begging for sweets and wearing a variety of costumes, the celebration of Halloween is also associated with some specific games and fortune-telling. For example, you can find references to fortune telling with the help of a peel: Scottish girls cut off the peel from apples, trying to make it as long as possible, and tossed over your shoulder.

• Halloween is informally celebrated in some other countries that have close cultural ties with the United States or Great Britain, for example, in Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand, in a number of island countries in Oceania.

• For Russia, Halloween is an exotic and controversial holiday. According to sociological polls of the Levada Center, four out of five Russians surveyed know about the holiday, but only one in 20 respondents plans to celebrate it. The situation is gradually changing, there are shops selling costumes for Halloween, and its celebration is included in the schedule of shopping centers and nightclubs

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