Halloween

 The banner reads "Happy Halloween" which contains a call to celebrate Halloween in some corner of the city mounted in Jakarta. Halloween was already part of the culture of the metropolis. The Europeans, Americans and several countries in the world celebrate Halloween every year on October 31. In the Western world, the day believed to be a "victory over the ghost", is eagerly awaited. Lay people commonly call it a day of celebration and gathering rose ghosts or "ghost feast". Even in Ireland, Halloween has become a national holiday and is celebrated on a large scale.

The special feature of the celebration of Halloween is an attribute that is used seems very strong with the personification of satanic symbol. Costume all in black (dark), creepy masks of various types of ghosts, pumpkins and lanterns in the objects and bertipikal distinctive character to the world of demons. Places of entertainment so the party scene was transformed into a haunted Halloween. The atmosphere will be getting scarier by the sound mengalunnya various ghosts of music played....

A Special Rituals
The word "Halloween" comes from All Hallows Eve is meant to purify the night. The night before October 31, known as All Hallow's Evening, night all the saints (the latter known as Halloween). That night was the night before all saints day-a celebration as a warning to those who die as a martyr saint. One day later, ie November 1, defined as all saints day (All Saints Day) by Pope Grigorius in the year 835 AD, and November 2, be the day the spirits of the dead. On that day, among them also there are those who go to the cemetery or pray.

Many stories are told about the history of the emergence of the celebration of Halloween. Nation in the history of the church Druid, Halloween is positioned as special celebration for their ancestors belonging to the religious sect of Celtic priests (from the Celts) in Ireland. The Celts is a group of Aryans who first arrived from mainland Asia to settle in Europe. The fact is very clear that there are similarities between Druidisme and other religions in India. Religious sect led by Celtic Druids (the Piet) trusting belief in various gods of nature, ceremonies and practices.

They worship the god of the sun, especially on the date May 1, called Baltone (flame). Worship is also done on the Death Gods or the God of Death on October 31, called Samhain. Baltone festival held in summer, while the Samhain festival held in the winter. Both festivals are using human beings as its victims.

The Celts and Druids start the new year on November 1. October 31, the night before the new year, is believed to be Lord of Death gathered the souls condemned for evil that has taken possession of the animal. While good spirits reincarnated as a human being. That is why November 1 is often referred to as a day of the dead.

The Celts believed that on October 31, night, demons, witches, poltergeist (gobins), fairies, and spirits roam. The spirits of the departed haunt to enter and penetrate into the human body are still alive. Of course people will not possessed by the spirits haunting them. Therefore when the eve of October 31, the villagers put the fire burning in the house so that their bodies become cold and the spirits would not enter it.

In order for the spirit of getting away, they then wore a scary and around the village with the sounds of noisy sounds to scare off wandering spirits. So what happens to those who are obsessive by a disembodied spirit? He said that the Celts would burn those who possessed as a lesson to other spirits not to dare to penetrate into the human body.