Презентация по теме :"Halloween"

Halloween

Halloween is celebrated on the 31 of

October in the United States,

Canada, Ireland and England.

It has roots in the Celtic 

festival of Sambain  

and the Christian

holiday  “All Saint’s Day”

The name Sambain comes from Old Irish 

and means "summer's end“.

It celebrates the end of the "lighter half“

of the year and beginning of the "darker half",

and is sometimes  regarded as the "Celtic New Year“.

The ancient Celts believed that

the border between this world and the Other World

became thin on Samhain, allowing spirits

(both harmless and harmful) to pass through.

The word Halloween  comes from

All-Hallows-Even ("evening"),

that is, the night before All Hallows Day.

And the phrase All Hallows is found in Old English

(ealra hālgena mæssedæg, mass-day of all saints).

The main symbol of Halloween is a lantern* made of a pumpkin.In traditional Celtic Halloween festivals,

it was not a pumpkin, but a turnip**.

Large turnips were hollowed out, carved***

with faces, and placed in windows to ward off**** evil spirits

*a lantern – фонарь

**a turnip – репа

***to carve – вырезать

**** to ward off – держать на

расстоянии

• Typical Halloween activities include trick-or-treating, costume parties, carving pumpkins into jack-o'-lanterns(светильник Джека), lighting bonfires, apple bobbing, visiting haunted attractions playing pranks(проказа), telling scary stories, and watching horror films.

Trick-or-treating is a customar y celebration

for children on Halloween.

Children go in costume from

house to house, asking for tre ats

such as candy or sometimes

money, with the question -

Halloween costumes are traditionally

modeled like monsters such

as ghosts, skeletons, witches, vampires

and devils. Over time, the costume

selection extended to include

popular characters from fiction,

сelebrities.

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*Nifty – модный, щёгольской; стильный