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being australian, i’m not that big on halloween. we don’t really celebrate it here. but who can go past the opportunity of chopping up a nice little pumpkin and turning it into a jack’o'lantern? not me!
halloween has come to be celebrated on the ancient festival of samhain, the celtic new year. it was believed that this was the one night of the year when the veil between the worlds of the living and of the dead could be parted and the souls of the deceased could walk about.
the problem was, people could be posessed by particularly malevolent spirits, so to try and trick them people carved jack’o'lanterns and set them around their homes in the hope that the spirits would posess the pumpkins instead.
i’m not sure mine is that convincing, but it’ looks friendly enough!
happy samhain, halloween, or just plain october 31st!
essie xoxoxox
Tags: events and celebrations
October 31st, 2009 at 5:55 am
omgosh isn’t he just too darn cute
thank you - i am quite fond of him. he’s going in the oven later today and his guts will get turned into pumpkin scones - lol!
essie xoxoxo
October 31st, 2009 at 7:38 am
ah, it’s so nice of sajee to let you kids do that…
lololol
essie xoxoxo
October 31st, 2009 at 10:14 pm
I love it!
I remember being quite surprised by just how many current festivals/customs are based on the Celtic festivals, rituals and traditions. Very interesting reading and I like a lot of their beliefs too.
we should have a chat about that - i am very interested in traditions, religions, philosophies and beliefs.
essie xoxoxo