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      Jorge Sainz posted an update

      2 years ago (edited)

      #HalloweenChallenge

      The celebration dates back to the Iron Age with the ancient Druids who were the priestly class in Britain, Ireland, northern Spain and Gaul. The festival was called Samhain and was celebrated on October 30, being a Gaelic word that meant “end of summer”, when officially inaugurated the beginning of the dark side of the year that passed during the autumn and winter.

      This festival meditated on death not as the end, but as a stage of life. The pumpkins that nowadays decorate our houses with the theme of Halloween, were once turnips that the Celts carved to scare away evil spirits because it is believed that from October 28 to November 3 the world of the living and the world of the dead merge or that the veil between the two is thinner, so all kinds of spirits inhabitants of the underworld abound.

      The word Halloween is a derivation of the term “All Hallows Eve”. However, I must clarify that the celebration was not brought by the Europeans; already in our lands, worshipping the dead on that day was a pre-Hispanic ancestral celebration. The North American, Central American and South American natives already had this festival and practiced necromantic rites or in more everyday terms, they talked to the dead. Specifically in Mexico, the Day of the Dead is especially celebrated and we honor our ancestors by placing altars in our homes, consisting of a picture of the family member surrounded by the things they liked to use or consume during their lifetime. Already a few years ago Disney released the movie Coco, which is a romantic and true homage to this, our custom. Needless to say, many of us even cried with joy and longing when we were fortunate enough to see it.

      About the costumes, they say they are to scare away any dead that come during those dates, and there is some school of thought, a little more twisted, that says that people should dress up so that their dead relatives would not recognize them and follow them for the rest of their lives!

      The regionalist fanatics say that we should not have believed what came from Europe, because when the Spaniards arrived they had the bible in their hands and we had the land, that they asked us to close our eyes and pray to their god, and when we opened them they had the land and we had the bible in our hands.

      Whatever it is, it is a feast, celebration, homage and worship to all those who are no longer with us.

      good luck to all in the challenge!

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      • Level: favicon spaced Scoolinary Team

        Lloré tanto con Coco que creo que perdí todas las lágrimas jaja Gracias por compartir con nosotros esta valiosa información. Ahorita quiero ver qué te traes entre manos para honrar esta fecha imprimiéndoles estos colores naranjas y negros. 🧡

      • Level: level 4 executive chef 2 Executive Chef

        Que interesante todo lo que cuentas. Gracias por este trozo de historia.

        Seguro que nos deleitas con un platillo especial. Suerte en el reto.

        • Level: favicon spaced Scoolinary Team

          Gracias Jorge por darte el tiempo de contarnos la historia detrás de esta celebración.

          Me quedé prendida y cautivada por tu relato, ahora está celebración tiene otro sentido para mí ❤️.

          • Level: level 3 sous 3 Sous Chef

            Muy interesante todo lo que nos cuentas. Seguro que nos sorprendes con tu plato. Suerte para todos con el reto

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