Halloween Facts and History

[MGL Infographic]

This infographic here represents the Halloween – A western festival celebrated annually dedicated to remembering of the dead, including saints (hallows), martyrs, and all the faithful departed believers. The infographic depicts some of the rare fun facts and figure associated with this Christian feast. The theme of the Halloween festival revolves around using "humor and ridicule to confront the power of death”.

 

Typical festive Halloween activities include trick-or-treating , attending costume parties, decorating and carving pumpkins into jack-o'-lanterns, lighting bonfires, apple bobbing, visiting haunted house attractions, playing pranks, telling scary stories, and watching horror films. It also includes attending church services and lighting of candles on the graves of the dead, the tradition of eating certain vegetarian foods for this vigil day, including the consumption of apples, col-cannon, cider, potato pancakes, and soul cakes are observed as a part of this feast.