万圣节的资料英语版

万圣节的资料英语版

October 31st (western countries)Halloween is one

of

the

oldest

holidays

with

origins

going

back

thousands of years.

The

holiday

has

had

many

influences

from

many

cultures over the centuries. From the Roman's Pomona

Day,

to

the

Celtic

festival

of

Samhain,to

the

Christian

holidays of All Saints and All Souls Days. Hundreds of

years ago in what is now Great Britain and Northern

France, lived the Celts (

凯尔特人

), who worshipped

nature and had many gods, with the sun god as their

favorite. They celebrated their New Year on November

1st

which

was

made

every

year

with

a

festival

and

marked

the end of the

of

after the crops were all harvested and stored for the

long winter the cooking fires in the homes would be

extinguished. The Druids, the Celtic priests, would

meet in the hilltop in the dark oak forest (oak trees

were

considered

sacred).

They

would

light

new

fires

and

offer sacrifices of crops and animals. As they

danced around the fires, the season of the sun