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HALLOWEEN COSTUMES

Halloween costumes are outfits worn on or around October 31, the day of Halloween. Halloween is a modern-day holiday originating in the Celtic pagan holiday of Samhain (in Christian times, the eve of All Saints Day). Costumes and masks were also worn at the festivals in an attempt to copy the evil spirits or placate them.

What sets Halloween costumes apart from costumes for other celebrations or days of dressing up is that they are often designed to imitate supernatural and scary beings. Costumes are traditionally those of monsters such as vampires, ghosts, skeletons, witches, and devils, or in more recent years such science fiction-inspired characters as aliens and superheroes. There are also costumes of pop culture figures like presidents, athletes, celebrities, or film, television, and cartoon characters. Another popular trend is for women (and in some cases, men) to use Halloween as an excuse to wear sexy or revealing costumes, showing off more skin than would be socially acceptable otherwise.

Halloween costume parties generally fall on, or around, 31 October, often falling on the Friday or Saturday prior to Halloween.

HALLOWEEN

Halloween (or Hallowe’en ... but also known as Samhain, Summer’s End, All Hallow’s Eve, Witches Night, Lamswool, and Snap-Apple), is a holiday that's celebrated annually on the night of October 31. It originated in Ireland, and is celebrated in quite a few countries including Ireland itself, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Japan, New Zealand, Australia, Sweden among others. It's celebrated in a variety of ways and activities including trick-or-treating, ghost tours, bonfires, costume parties, "haunted house" tours, carving pumpkins (Jack-o'-lanterns) and reading / watching scary stories / movies.

HALLOWEEN IN PRAGUE

After two decades slowly incubating in Prague, Halloween is ready to hatch like a gremlin out of his egg-sack.

Czechs already had a witch-burning fest in April (Pálení čarodějnic), and a day of dead souls in November (Dušičky), so maybe they thought their calendar looked grim enough.  But the American expat population thinks otherwise, and this year Halloween will be bigger, louder and creepier than ever. Now boasting a pick-your-own pumpkin farm farm, a jack-o-lantern procession and a ball monsters would avoid, the city is truly getting into the undead spirit.

As Kafka said, Prague is one little mother with claws. Don’t miss her getting them out this 31st October.