How Halloween Celebrate Around the World? Know Here

Halloween is celebrated across the world. Different places around the world have different traditions of celebrating Halloween. Some of them are very interesting ones. There are many places where it is celebrated with lot of uniqueness, which many of us even do not aware of. So, why don’t we get to know?

Here are some of the most surprising Halloween traditions around the whole world.

1) Halloween in USA

The tradition of Halloween is not one of America’s own. It has come to America by Scottish and Irish immigrants. America celebrates this festival in the style of All Saints day and All Soul’s Day. It is most funny for children. They all dress up in spooky costumes. Some enthusiastic parents also join in the parties. Trick-or-treat is one of the main celebrated event on Halloween in USA. Community house haunting and scary movies are the perfect add-ons on Halloween here. The festivity continues throughout the whole October month. This October end festival is also famous for unique halloween gift delivery to all your loved one. There is another noble way to celebrate Halloween in America. It is by raising money for the unfortunate children through UNICEF.

2) Mexico Halloween Celebration

Mexico is the symbolic country to reflect the celebration of Halloween in Latin America. Every year on November 1st and 2nd, Mexicans celebrate the ‘Dia de losMuertos’ or the ‘Day of the Dead’. This is to honor the souls of the departed. According to Mexican beliefs, the Gate of Heaven gets open in midnight of 31st October. All the children's souls come to Earth to reunite with their families. On 1st November midnight, the adult departed souls come to meet their families. Mexicans celebrate with food of varieties on their platter. Fruit and turkey with soda are popular dishes. Besides, there is a special ‘Bread of the dead’ or ‘Pan de Muertos’. They leave this bread for the weary souls to feed. For children ghosts, they put aside candies and toys on the outside shelves.

3) Celebration Of Halloween  in China

China is unique in celebrating Halloween than other places around the world. They celebrate the seventh Lunar month as the Halloween month. According to the normal calendar, that falls from mid-August to mid-September. People in Hong Kong celebrate Halloween with the Hungry Ghost festival. They have a unique belief that during this period of time, the souls become restless and roam around. The reason of such restlessness is hunger. So they buy food and feed the souls on this purpose. During this month-long celebration, you can also see burning papers and offering occasions.

4) Haiti Celebration Of Halloween

Haiti people are very serious about the occasion of Halloween. On the 1st and 2nd November, the whole city comes down to the Port-au-Prince’s national cemetery. There in the oldest grave, they lit candles and small fireworks. This is to evoke the spirit of Baron Samedi, the guardian of dead. Some people play the feary game of putting rum inside the mouth and blow the fire onto the air. A priestess with purple scarf, dance around lamenting about various things. Voodoo is a famous way of celebrating Halloween here. In this occasion, the halloween chocolate gifts will melt the heart of your close one.

5) South Korea Halloween

Korea is very superstitious about numbers. They have a strong believe that the number 4 is a bad omen for this occasion of Halloween. Also, use the initial ‘F’ instead of the number in any case on this festival. They avoid writing people’s names in red ink on this day it will be accidental for the person they believe. A total shut door with a running fan can kill a person so, on this day, they avoid being in such conditions. Whistling on the street after evening can make the spirits or ghost communicate with you. They also prohibit the practice of crossing over a baby as it will be a bad omen.

6) Italy Halloween Celebration

In Italy, All Saints Day is a national holiday that is more famous as Ognissanti. On this occasion, people leave fresh-cut Chrysanthemums on the graves of the deceased. This turns the cemeteries in Italy look beautiful on this festival. They also put a red candle on the window after the sunset. Besides, they leave a place on the table or the wishing soul to visit.

7) Halloween in Philippines

The Philippines celebrates Halloween in more purgatory ways. Pangangaluluwa is what they call the prime festival. This is a fading tradition where the children dressed in costumes go door to door for money to save the souls. But now most of the places have started celebrating Halloween with trick-or-treat ways.

8) Japan Halloween Celebration 

Japan has started to celebrate Halloween 21 years ago. And their main event is the Kawasaki Halloween Parade. More than 4000 people deck up in spooky ways to join in the biggest parade of Japan. All you need is to register for the walk 7-10 days ago.

It is always good to know about the facts of the same occasion in different parts of the world. The above is the list of most popular Halloween traditions in the world. Get informed with the newest way to celebrate Halloween.