en-us Copyright 2008 - All Rights Reserved. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:57:00 GMT 15 By Shelby Mathewson
The time has come to put away all the knives in the house for a little “Chusok” celebration. Knives? Chusok? Believe it or not, the tradition of what some call Halloween is celebrated more widely around the world now than it has ever been before according to pumpkinpatchesandmore.org. Each nation celebrates it in their own way with different traditions. In Germany all the knives are put away each Halloween night so as to not risk the harm of any past spirits that may be coming back. Simply put by the people in Hong Kong, who would want ‘the hungry ghosts’ to be harmed? “Chusok” in Korea and “Obon” in Japan, Halloween has quite the name to fame in each individual way. In fact, Sweden decides to celebrate it from Oct. 31 to Nov. 4 each year by giving workers and students time off from their jobs. Although, there are still some countries who celebrate good old Halloween as the U.S. does, some of the traditions vary slightly. In France they dress in costumes, but don’t usually have the ‘pretty’ attire such as princesses roaming around. America is not the only one that celebrates Halloween. The starting up of the tradition in Ireland spread so that now most countries around the world take part. So why do students not find out for themselves? A theoretical voyage to Britain on Nov. 5 would provide a person with lighting up some bonfires and fireworks galore. Or even yet, just remember that you are not the only one dressing up on Oct. 31. Maybe just participating in a different tradition such as setting chairs out for your past loved ones like in Czechoslovakia can be different for Americans. In fact, going to another country or simply looking it up for fun on Halloween might just turn out to be an adventure. ]]> Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:21:00 GMT