Dusicky - Czech Halloween. Well, actually, Czech “Halloween” is not celebrated on October 31st but November 2nd. Another difference is that Czech kids do not get dressed in costumes on that particular night. And also nobody is going door-to-door collecting sweets. Yes, I know that now you may thing that I am crazy, because Halloween without
Halloween began as a pagan celebration over 2,000 years ago in Ireland as part of a festival known as ‘Samhain’. Traditionally celebrated on the 31 st of October – 1 st November, the Celtic festival of Samhain celebrates the end of the annual harvest and the coming of Winter.Christmas is celebrated on December 24 in the Czech Republic; this is Štědrý den, or “Generous Day”. This is the day when gifts are exchanged, though businesses tend to be open in the morning, until approximately 2 p.m.
Halloween celebrations fall on the last day of October, i.e., 31 October 2023 according to Holidays 2023 list. The day is filled with dressing up as ghosts and all kinds of scary creatures, your favorite superheroes, your idols, etc., and going from home to home asking for tricks or treats. However, the history of Halloween is quite rich, andHalloween has certainly caught on worldwide, although different countries have their own ways of honoring the dead. In the Czech Republic, that day is Dušičky, also known as All Saints’ Day or Little Souls’ Day, when Czechs go to their loved ones' graves to light candles and lay flowers each year on Nov. 2.
Over the ages, the holiday evolved, taking on Christian influences, European myth and American consumerism. Today, Halloween is celebrated with trick-or-treating, costumes, jack-o-lanterns and iR8dC. 63 425 163 114 6 162 81 201 97