Jump to content
Main menu
Main menu
move to sidebar
hide
Navigation
Main page
Recent changes
Random page
Help about MediaWiki
Special pages
Niidae Wiki
Search
Search
Appearance
Create account
Log in
Personal tools
Create account
Log in
Pages for logged out editors
learn more
Contributions
Talk
Editing
Halloween
(section)
Page
Discussion
English
Read
Edit
View history
Tools
Tools
move to sidebar
hide
Actions
Read
Edit
View history
General
What links here
Related changes
Page information
Appearance
move to sidebar
hide
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
==Geography== {{Main|Geography of Halloween}} [[File:Kobe Mosaic15s3072.jpg|thumb|upright|Halloween display in [[Kobe]], Japan]] The traditions and importance of Halloween vary greatly among countries that observe it. In Scotland and Ireland, traditional Halloween customs include children dressing up in costume going "guising", holding parties, while other practices in Ireland include lighting bonfires, and having firework displays.<ref name="Irish Times"/><ref>[http://www.u.tv/News/Halloween-fire-calls-every-90-seconds/15324334-54c7-4167-b118-40fd763bf701 Halloween fire calls 'every 90 seconds'] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101102150224/http://www.u.tv/News/Halloween-fire-calls-every-90-seconds/15324334-54c7-4167-b118-40fd763bf701 |date=2 November 2010 }} ''UTV News'' Retrieved 22 November 2010</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/community-telegraph/north-down/news/halloween-firework-injuries-are-on-the-increase-hospital-14989337.html|title=Halloween firework injuries are on the increase|last=McCann|first=Chris|date=28 October 2010|work=The Belfast Telegraph|access-date=22 November 2010|archive-date=7 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120707115852/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/community-telegraph/north-down/news/halloween-firework-injuries-are-on-the-increase-hospital-14989337.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In Brittany children would play practical jokes by setting candles inside skulls in graveyards to frighten visitors.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tartanplace.com/hcustom/kalan.html |title=Kalan -Goañv ha Marv |publisher=Tartanplace.com |date=12 July 2001 |access-date=1 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120013221/http://www.tartanplace.com/hcustom/kalan.html |archive-date=20 January 2013 }}</ref> Mass transatlantic immigration in the 19th century popularized Halloween in North America, and celebration in the United States and Canada has had a significant impact on how the event is observed in other nations.<ref name="Irish Times"/> This larger North American influence, particularly in iconic and commercial elements, has extended to places such as Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Chile,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://noticias.universia.cl/en-portada/noticia/2010/10/31/665526/introduce-fiesta-halloween-chile.html|title=¿Cómo se introduce la fiesta de Halloween en Chile?|work=noticias.universia.cl|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012151122/http://noticias.universia.cl/en-portada/noticia/2010/10/31/665526/introduce-fiesta-halloween-chile.html|archive-date=12 October 2016|access-date=11 October 2016}}</ref> Australia,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/national-news/a-halloween-holiday-from-reality/story-e6frfkvr-1225943986615|title=Calls for Halloween holiday in Australia|author=Paul Kent|date=27 October 2010|work=[[Herald Sun]]|access-date=7 October 2013|archive-date=31 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031081822/https://www.news.com.au/national/a-halloween-holiday-from-reality/news-story/f9ed8af976229ab7587cd05aaebdf7de|url-status=dead}}</ref> New Zealand,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10684066|title=Safe treats for kids on year's scariest night|last=Denton|first=Hannah|date=30 October 2010|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]]|access-date=22 November 2010|archive-date=10 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101110122802/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10684066|url-status=live}}</ref> (most) [[continental Europe]], Finland,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://almanakka.helsinki.fi/fi/usein-kysyttya-faq.html?highlight=WyJoYWxsb3dlZW4iXQ== | title = Usein kysyttyä (FAQ) | publisher = Helsingin yliopiston almanakkatoimisto | access-date = 28 September 2020 | language = fi | archive-date = 15 September 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150915032242/http://almanakka.helsinki.fi/fi/usein-kysyttya-faq.html?highlight=WyJoYWxsb3dlZW4iXQ | url-status = live }}</ref> Japan, and other parts of East Asia.<ref name="rogers_m">Rogers, Nicholas (2002). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=stWZ_UDteMIC&pg=PA164 Halloween: From Pagan Ritual to Party Night]'', p. 164. New York: [[Oxford University Press]]. {{ISBN|0-19-516896-8}}</ref>
Summary:
Please note that all contributions to Niidae Wiki may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here.
You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see
Encyclopedia:Copyrights
for details).
Do not submit copyrighted work without permission!
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)
Search
Search
Editing
Halloween
(section)
Add topic