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1、万圣节的习俗中英介绍 thecustomsofhalloween halloweenisanobservancecelebratedonthenightofoctober31,mostnotablybychildrendressingincostumesandgoingdoor-to-doorcollectingcandy.itiscelebratedinmuchofthewesternworld,thoughmostmonintheunitedstates,puertorico,republicofireland,theunitedkingd
2、om,canada,andwithincreasingpopularityinaustraliaandnewzealand.halloweenoriginatedinirelandasthepagancelticharvestfestival,samhain.irish,scotsandotherimmigrantsbroughtolderversionsofthetraditiontonorthamericainthe19thcentury.mostotherwesterncountrieshaveembracedhalloweenasapart
3、ofamericanpopcultureinthelate20thcentury. thetermhalloween,anditsolderspellinghallowe'en,isshortenedfromall-hallow-even,asitistheeveningbefore"allhallowsday"(alsoknownas"allsaints'day").inireland,thenamewasallhallowseveandthisnameisstillusedbysomeolderpeople.halloweenwasalsos
4、ometimescalledallsaints'eve.theholidaywasadayofreligiousfestivitiesinvariousnortherneuropeanpagantraditions,untilitwasappropriatedbychristianmissionariesandgivenachristianinterpretation.inmexiconovember1stand2ndarecelebratedasthe"diadelosmuertos"dayofthedead.halloweenisalsocal
5、ledpookynightinsomepartsofireland,presumablynamedafterthepúca,amischievousspirit.inaustraliaitissometimesreferredtoas"mischiefnight",bylocals. halloweenissometimesassociatedwiththeoccult.manyeuropeanculturaltraditionsholdthathalloweenisoneoftheliminaltimesoftheyearwhenthespir
6、itualworldcanmakecontactwiththephysicalworldandwhenmagicismostpotent(e.g.catalanmythologyaboutwitches). halloweenisanannualcelebration,butjustwhatisitactuallyacelebrationof?andhowdidthispeculiarcustomoriginate?isit,assomeclaim,akindofdemonworship?orisitjustaharmlessvestigeofs
7、omeancientpaganritual? theworditself,"halloween,"actuallyhasitsoriginsinthecatholicchurch.itesfromacontractedcorruptionofallhallowseve.november1,"allhollowsday"(or"allsaintsday"),isacatholicdayofobservanceinhonorofsaints.but,inthe5thcenturybc,incelticireland,summerofficiallye
8、ndedonoctober31.theholidaywascalledsamhain(sow-en),thecelticn
