Halloween. Where and how to celebrate Halloween? Suits for Halloween.
Halloween- what a holiday this is
Halloween is a cheerful holiday, celebrated on October 31 on the eve of All Saints Day. It is believed that Halloween is the only day of the year when the spirits of deceased people return to earth. Traditionally, Halloween is considered a holiday for residents of America, Britain and other English-speaking countries, but it is also celebrated in other parts of our world.
And this holiday has come to Russia. Young people gladly celebrate Halloween and celebrate it in nightclubs, at parties, dressing up in suits of ghouls, witches, vampires, werewolves.
How is Halloween celebrated around the world? The attribute of Halloween is the pumpkin. From it they construct lighting fixtures in which candles are placed and lit, pumpkins are decorated with living quarters. Also, they organize family feasts, prepare various kinds of culinary dishes from pumpkins.
Carry out various rituals to calm the souls of the dead. In the night sky launch multi-colored fireworks, arrange processions with torches, watch the horrifying blood of horror and tell heart-rending horror stories, stories.
And the children, dressed up with charming devils and witches - have fun, sham, sing songs, run from house to house and beg for sweets.
Traditions and symbols of Halloween
The main symbol of Halloween is the Lamp of Jack, which is made from a pumpkin. According to the Irish legend, a man named Jack managed to outwit the Devil twice, for which the Devil promised him not to ruin his soul. But Jack led a life full of sins and after death was not admitted to Paradise. And now I am forced to roam the earth in anticipation of the Day of Judgment, lighting my path with a lamp made of a pumpkin.
For the preparation of a lamp, use a large pumpkin, in which the top is cut off and the flesh is removed. On the pumpkin, draw a vicious face with a terrible grin and cut holes for the eyes and mouth, and inside the pumpkin place a lighted candle. It is believed that the pumpkin lamp left near the house in Halloween protects the house and drives away evil spirits and dark forces.
Costumes of evil spirits, monsters and masks are another symbol of Halloween. What kind of supernatural characters do not appear on Halloween - there are all the evil forces, undead, fairy-tale characters and monsters from horror films.
One of the traditions is begging sweets, fruits or money. The mummified children and young people knock at the door and ask the owner the question - "treats or tricks?" If the owner is greedy and does not treat sweets, it is customary to arrange petty dirty tricks for him. And if the owner takes out the treats, he will be thanked, they will sing a song or they will tell a rhyme, and they will leave a funny postcard with the depiction of evil spirit for memory.
Just following the tradition, they arrange family feasts. On the table there are always sweets made of apples, pumpkins, nuts, as well as sweets in the form of a pumpkin, corn. But the main dish of Halloween is a pie, in the dough of which various small items are added to predict what awaits the person to whom a piece of a surprise pie was caught. Ring - soon there will be a wedding, a coin - get rich, a piece of cloth - to poverty.
Young girls call Bloody Mary, and they are guessing that she will predict them. To do this, they rise up the dark staircase at night and sit down with a burning candle in front of the mirror. The face of the future husband should appear in the mirror, but if the skull appears instead of the face, then the girl will die without getting married.
Following the traditions of Halloween, residents of American and other cities visit various attractions - "Fear Locks", "Haunted Houses", where they are scared by all kinds of ghosts and monsters, creepy moans and creaking, howling werewolves.
How and where to celebrate Halloween
Celebrate Halloween at the nightclub
If you decide to celebrate Halloween in a nightclub, you must prepare yourself a fancy dress. If you know how to use a sewing machine and are an artisan, you can make any suit yourself, or you can buy it in a store. Before Halloween, all kinds of costumes of monsters, various masks and other attributes of the holiday come on sale. Who to become - an elegant Count Dracula, a funny little devil or an evil monster depends on your imagination. If you decide to celebrate Halloween at a nightclub, then you do not have to fool around with the Halloween script. In the night club everything is ready for a holiday of evil spirits.
How to celebrate Halloween with friends
If you want to celebrate a holiday with friends, here you together with your friends need to think in advance how you will spend Halloween. First you need to find a suitable room-this can be a free apartment or a cottage. We need to prepare a script for the celebration( scenarios can be found on the Internet, and even better come up with yourself), decide on the themes, choose costumes, decorate the room in the style in which you want to celebrate Halloween( if you want to become vampires that night, then the paraphernalia should also beto choose vampire).Prepare snacks, drinks, set the table, pick up the appropriate music, find fun contests and games, you can arrange fortune-telling.
You can also celebrate Halloween in nature, ideally on the mountain, dressed up in costumes of witches and vampires, sorcerers and fairies in the light of a fire or torches, to arrange a disco under the night sky.
How to celebrate Halloween at home with children
If you want to please your children and give them another unforgettable holiday - celebrate Halloween. To do this, decorate your house or a separate room, where you plan to organize a holiday in the style of Halloween. Hang on the walls painted pictures depicting fairy-tale evil characters, build a ghost from the sheet, and from the cardboard - vampires, draw and cut out black spiders, bats and attach them to the chandelier.
Be sure to make a lamp with a pumpkin together with the children and tell that the lamp is a guard against evil spirits. Also tell the story of a girl who lost her way in the forest, and it was on this night, when all the ghosts came to earth, but she knew that ghosts were afraid of light and lit a candle. However, evil forces sent a wind that extinguished the flame of the candle, and the girl had a pumpkin with her and she made a pumpkin out of a pumpkin, carving a terrible mug and all the ghosts that came across the girl's way, ran away from fear.
The main colors of Halloween are black and orange. Cover the table with an orange tablecloth, put the black napkins, place black tableware or black candles on the table, or vice versa. Prepare festive treats - sweets, fruits, nuts, you can cook the porridge right in the pumpkin or casserole in the oven. What menu to use for the holiday depends on your taste.
For children to have fun, arrange fun games, all sorts of competitions, for example: who will make the most beautiful postcard to Halloween or cut the most terrible mug on the pumpkin lamp. Organize watching cartoons about ghosts or look together a fairy tale with evil characters - a woman yaga, a witch, Koshchei immortal.
And most importantly, make or buy for your children a fancy dress, consult a child in advance, in the role of what a supernatural being he wants to stay on this fabulous evening.
Costumes for Halloween
Suits for Halloween can be cooked by hand, it is not necessary to sew something, just buy a mask of a monster, or apply appropriate make-up on your face. Suits are easy to find in stores, in markets, they are willingly sold before Halloween, and can be rented.
Vampire Costume
To create an elegant vampire image you will be helped by a classic suit: black trousers, white shirt, black or red vest. On the neck you can tie a red shawl, a butterfly or a lacy jabot, or you can hang a massive metal cross. The cloak can be made of black fabric, and the lining made of red material. Make appropriate makeup and hair.
Another option - black leather tight pants, black leather vest, high boots and cape in the form of bat wings.
For a vampire costume, a long black dress with red inserts in the Gothic style is more suitable, and a mini dress, black or red, can also be used. Create a unique image will help a cape in the form of bat wings, as well as long gloves, a leather belt and high black or red boots. To complete the image of the vampire, the lips must be painted with a bright red lipstick, the nails with red or black lacquer, the eyes marked with black arrows, dark circles around the eyes, and pallor the face with a powder of light tones.
Witch costume
To create the image of a witch you will need - a dress can be long, or it can be short, the color depends on your taste, high boots, if the dress is mini pantyhose of any color or in a mesh. You need a cloak-cloak( you can sew from any fabric) and a hat - a cap that can be made of cardboard and painted with black or violet paint, or you can cover the cardboard on top with a cloth, you can also stick a star from foil, or other images. If you want a wig of blue, silver or green instead of a hat, and put a metal hoop on your head. Do makeup, which, in your opinion, corresponds to the image of a witch.
Devil's Suit
To become a devil you need horns and a tail, which you can make yourself or buy ready, you can sew from red or black fabric, or you can cut out cardboard. Clothing is also desirable to choose in black and red colors.
Mummy Suit
For the mummy's costume, white clothes - a turtleneck, pantyhose or trousers will be needed. On clothes to sew ribbons from a white fabric or to wrap up bandages. For an intimidating appearance, you can paint bleeding wounds with red paint.
Ghost Suit
The costume of the cast is easy to make by hand. To do this, the old white sheet in which you need to cut holes for the eyes and draw a black felt-tip pencil around the holes, you can draw and mouth.
Freddy Krueger Costume
To create an image of Freddy Krueger you will need a striped sweater, preferably red and black, black trousers, a hat, an old leather glove, the gloves can be cut from cardboard and painted with gray paint, and can be made of wire and wrapped with scotch tapeand also paint. A glove with claws can be bought, as well as a mask. If there is no mask, apply makeup on your face.
Halloween is undoubtedly a fun holiday and as you celebrate it - will depend on your imagination.
Happy Halloween and unforgettable impressions!