{"id":12143,"date":"2017-10-30T16:00:27","date_gmt":"2017-10-30T16:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/?p=12143"},"modified":"2024-11-01T07:40:09","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T07:40:09","slug":"global-halloween-traditions","status":"publish","type":[],"link":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/global-halloween-traditions\/","title":{"rendered":"The A-Z of Global Halloween Traditions"},"content":{"rendered":"
Halloween is one of the most-loved occasions around the world, and each country seems to have its own way of celebrating it.\n
If you’re planning to travel somewhere different this year, or you just want to find a little bit more about how people from different cultures do it, here’s your A-Z on Halloween traditions all across the globe.\n
Americans are huge fans of Halloween \u2013 after all, most of the traditions we know today originated there.\n
This can certainly be seen if you ever visit any part of North America during October.\n Apart from decorating their homes from top to bottom in spider webs, fake creepy crawlies, and pumpkins, people take part in throwing eggs and toilet paper on cars, houses, and other buildings.\n In this particular part of Europe, Belgians like to celebrate by having large Halloween festivals in cities such as Ostend.\n A popular and sober tradition is to light a candle in memory of a deceased loved one.\n Since Halloween is a typical Western celebration, the people of Cambodia are only just opening up to the idea.\n They have a festival in September\/October time when the gates of Hell supposedly open up and allow spirits to walk on the earth, so they are certainly no strangers to the supernatural.\n Traditionally, people will offer beans wrapped in banana leaves to their loved ones who have passed on.\n Many younger people of Cambodia take part in Halloween by telling each other ghost stories and dressing up as vampires or other spooky characters.\n The famous Wild Wadi Waterpark in Dubai is home to the Spooktacular Halloween event each year, a masquerade ball that invites people of all ages to take part.\n Attendees can dress up as ghosts and witches, while outside of the water park, children can be seen between 3-7 pm trick-or-treating.\n Halloween is celebrated by people of all ages across the UK.\n From club nights with Halloween themes to dress-down days at school for younger children, everyone likes to get in on the celebrations.\n Since Halloween originated from the Celtic festival Samhain, there are several traditions that came from this country.\n One of the most common is pumpkin carving \u2013 the pumpkin is carved into a shape, illuminated by a candle, and left on the window to ward off evil spirits.\n Halloween isn’t celebrated in the same way many other Western countries celebrate (by dressing up and having parties).\n It is more of a celebration of All Saint’s Day, which is the first Saturday after October 30th.\n Many Finnish people will go to the cemetery to remember their loved ones who have passed away.\n It wasn’t until the 1990s that Halloween really took off in Germany, but they certainly like to get into the spirit of things early.\n From the beginning of October, Germans will start preparing their pumpkins and hanging lanterns around their houses and public areas.\n Using its famous destinations such as Disneyland, Hong Kong likes to put on a big show for its residents and visitors.\n They decorate large shopping centers and points of interest with Halloween-themed d\u00e9cor.\n Children in this Scandinavian country are seen dressing up as witches, wizards, vampires, ghosts, and many other spooky costumes in the lead-up to Halloween.\n The popular American Bar in Reykjavik hosts an annual American-themed party alongside many other bars and clubs in the capital.\n The people of Japan like to do things differently when it comes to a lot of things, and they are opposed to following the traditional celebrations of Halloween, such as trick-or-treating.\n As would be expected, however, cosplay is a big feature in Japan when October rolls around, and there are street festivals and parties to celebrate.\n Less so in the suburbs, but in large cities such as Nairobi, Kenyan people love a good Halloween party.\n In Kenya, restaurants and large shopping malls put on large Halloween displays, while cinemas offer free showings of spooky movies.\n In Lithuania, the citizens believe the year is divided into two halves \u2013 the light half and the dark half.\n The date where these two halves meet is October 31st.\n Children play fight pretending one person is the light half and the other in the dark.\n If you visit the Maldives during the Halloween season, you’ll find restaurants decorated with spiderwebs and public festivals where you can participate in spooky games such as apple bobbing.\n There’s something for everyone in the Netherlands on Halloween.\n Whether you want to take part in the scary Zombiewalk in Rotterdam or the Halloween Festival in Amsterdam, you’ll find celebrations up and down the country, including at the famous Keukenhof Castle.\n In this country, it’s easy to find a Halloween party, usually including live music, fun party games, decorations, and spooky-themed food!\n Locals of San Juan look forward to the Yellow Halloween event, which takes place every year on October 31st.\n International artists came from all over the world, and the concert is sold out days in advance.\n This Canadian province certainly knows how to celebrate Halloween.\n It’s traditional to say ‘La charit\u00e9 s\u2019il-vous-pla\u00eet’, which is Canadian French for ‘Happy Halloween’!\n The Romanian region of Transylvania is buzzing with Halloween parties and events during October.\n While other parts of the country don’t celebrate it as much, adults get involved in the parties, and people of all ages enjoy street festivals.\n Spanish people enjoy eating chestnuts during the Halloween period and making their own spooky food called Huesos de Santo \u2013 Spanish for “saint bones.”\nB is for Belgium\n
C is for Cambodia\n
D is for Dubai\n
E is for England\n
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F is for Finland\n
G is for Germany\n
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H is for Hong Kong\n
I is for Iceland\n
J is for Japan\n
K is for Kenya\n
L is for Lithuania\n
M is for the Maldives\n
N is for the Netherlands\n
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O is for Oman\n
P is for Puerto Rico\n
Q is for Quebec\n
R is for Romania\n
S is for Spain\n
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T is for Thailand\n