What is Helloween about?

What is Helloween about?
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It was not so big in Australia when I was a kid, but with the increase in US culture throughout our media it has become quite a celebration... lots of lollies for the kids and fancy dress parties for the grown-ups.

But it had no special meaning to most of us down under, just an excuse to let our hair down for a night!  



 
 Ozymandias Jones [ 06 Oct 2005 02:15 ]


What is Helloween about?
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Here we celebrate All Hallows Eve and not halloween.  We go to cemitaries and put candles on the graves of people we know who have passed away, we remember them and honer them.  Often there's also a 15 min long mass in the evening at the cemitary. It looks really beautiful with all the candles on the graves at night.

If you click on the link, u can see what the cemitaries looks like with all the candles in the evening.

http://www.svenskakyrkan.se/tcrot/i..._allhelgona.htm



 
 TdaC [ 06 Oct 2005 17:21 ]
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Very suggestive Thilda !



 
 Tormie [ 06 Oct 2005 17:27 ]
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Thanks for the link Thilda!  



 
 JanReinar [ 06 Oct 2005 17:41 ]
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Thanks Thilda.

I did realize that the ancient name of the day is still in use.

Pangor



 
 pangor [ 06 Oct 2005 18:33 ]
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Wow, Thilda, that is so cool. It's nice to see that some people have a traditional reason and celebration for Helloween... and it's not just about commercialism



 
 Ozymandias Jones [ 06 Oct 2005 22:27 ]
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TdaC";p="25503 wrote: 
Here we celebrate All Hallows Eve and not halloween.  We go to cemitaries and put candles on the graves of people we know who have passed away, we remember them and honer them.  


That's something we do on All Saints Day here.



 
 posfan [ 06 Oct 2005 23:49 ]
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How often?



 
 Posy [ 06 Oct 2005 23:49 ]
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Once in a year Posy



 
 posfan [ 06 Oct 2005 23:50 ]
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When? Describe your surroundings.



 
 Posy [ 06 Oct 2005 23:50 ]
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 posfan [ 06 Oct 2005 23:51 ]
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Only Posy can say someting like this!



 
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 JanReinar [ 07 Oct 2005 00:04 ]
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Suppose I said yes.



 
 Posy [ 07 Oct 2005 00:12 ]
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What about the other ones?



 
 Posy [ 07 Oct 2005 00:24 ]
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They are not like you lovely lady!



 
 JanReinar [ 07 Oct 2005 00:25 ]
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