SLC-S25/W2 | Community World Tour: Festivals & Celebrations
Let me accept that I did not know much about this festival during my childhood but just that people do celebrate it. I was even scared that people will come and throw eggs at our house but in Australia it's different. Let me show you how we celebrate it. By the way, we avoid consuming lollies and chocolates but Halloween is the day when everyone consumes his quota for the whole year. The best thing is this festival is always during the weekends so everyone joins and have fun to the fullest.
As a tradition, Halloween is celebrated on the last Sunday of October every year. This year's festival is a long way from now, but as this contest demands a festival of my choice, I would love to present Halloween in this post, with images and videos from my album from the past years.
We, in Australia, participate in different festivals no matter what country or religion, and Halloween is celebrated basically by Christians, like Christmas, Good Friday, and Easter, and we participate in all, but I consider Halloween to be the most joyful, being altogether different from traditional festivals.
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I live in Garran, Canberra, Australia so posted most of these images from this area:
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Halloween is also known as All Hallows Eve, All Hallows Evening, All Halloween Day, All Saints Eve, and so on. As this is the last day of the Celtic calendar, it is also called "All Saints Day," but that is celebrated on 1st November, the next day.
You know we await Halloween Day eagerly, as this is a festival of various scary images and scary activities, but people celebrate it with lots of joy and fun.
You know people from eighty countries live in Australia, and they all are not Christians, but now this festival of Christians is a common festival here celebrated with a lot of fanfare no matter which caste or country they come from.
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If we go into the history, Halloween Day was celebrated as 'All Saints Day' in the whole of Northern Europe about 2000 years ago.
But historians assert that Halloween bears a connection to the ancient Celtic festival known as Samhain. However, history isn't that important for us for the fun associated with this festival.
On this day, people believe that the souls of the dead rise and appear on earth and create trouble for the living souls. To scare away these evil spirits, people wear clothes like demons. Apart from this, to drive them away, fire is lit everywhere, and the bones of dead animals are thrown in it.
We celebrate "All Hallows Day" in the evening before All Saints Day but spend the whole day in different fun activities like visiting public places and friends with lots of fun activities.
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Previously on Halloween Eve, idols were worshiped at this festival, but some priests tried to combine it with other Christian religions, as a result of which "All Saints Day" and "Halloween Day" are now celebrated on the same day.
Now let me tell you how we celebrate Halloween. The way of celebrating Halloween Day is quite different. On this day we all, especially children, wear scary clothes and go door to door and ask for treats, especially candies, as gifts.
The most joyful part of this festival and perhaps the most unique of this day is, people wear different types of costumes, which is the culture of this festival.
There is another tradition on this day as children go door to door, and then they accompany their parents to their friends and relatives with a pumpkin shaped like a bag.
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It's not so serious in Australia, but in a few countries, if they don't get their desired gift, they throw rotten eggs and tomatoes on houses. But everything is taken in a festive mood. They call it "trick or treat."
The most interesting fact about Halloween is that it is the most celebrated and the biggest festival celebrated in western countries like American and European countries or wherever the people migrated from these countries.
They do everything to make it scary by carving eyes, a nose, and a mouth on that hollow pumpkin and keeping a candle inside it so that it looks scary. Later, this carved pumpkin is buried as a symbol of the dead souls.
On this day, people's clothes are influenced by demons, devils, ghosts, vampires, grim reapers, monsters, mummies, skeletons, vampires, warlocks, werewolves, witches, etc.
The Celtic people started trick-or-treating. In this, they expect their dead spirits to visit them, so they keep food items outside their houses. In America, if a black cat crosses the path on Halloween evening, it is considered very inauspicious. But it's the same in different cultures; like back in India, people even cancel their trip if a cat crosses the road, no matter the color of the cat.
Some people consider Halloween to be influenced by Rome's Pomona festival. In this, the goddess of Rome is worshiped. But what matters for Australians is fun, so they don't believe in black sides, but all they do is joy and fun.
Back home in India Halloween is not as popular, barring the metro cities, but children in America celebrate trick-or-treat and go to their neighbors' houses and say "trick or treat." Then the neighbors give them chocolates to eat, calling them treats.
In Australia this is a day for special fun as people gather in parks at noontime on Halloween Day and indulge in fun activities, as you can see in this video.
On Halloween day, people buy candies based on scary themes, like skulls, bats, insects, etc.
Pumpkin is the symbol of Halloween, so people on this day make different delicacies like pumpkin pie, bread, popcorn, pound cake, ramekins filled with pumpkin puree, roasted pumpkin seeds, sweet corn, soul cakes, etc., but all pumpkin-made items in abundance.
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Hey mate, spooky season is here upon us, and it’s time to break out the bats, spiders, and spooktacular Halloween activities with a laugh, fun, an opportunity to dress up and be silly with the neighbors.
In other words we take this festival as fun and joy despite all the funny, silly and scary activities.
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What a vibrant and delightful journey through Halloween in Australia! I must admit, growing up I didn’t know much about Halloween either, and like you, there was even a bit of fear or confusion around it. But reading your post has opened my eyes to how beautifully fun and unifying this celebration can be, especially when embraced in the spirit of joy like you’ve described.
I love how Australia has welcomed Halloween as a multicultural celebration, making it more about community, laughter, and creativity than fear. The part that stood out to me most was the playful costumes, carved pumpkins, and the children’s excitement going door-to-door. That blend of spookiness and sweetness really captures the heart of the holiday.
Thank you for taking the time to walk us through both the history and your personal experiences. Your videos and pictures made everything feel so real and alive. I especially admire how your community turns Halloween into a day of laughter, imagination, and shared joy.
Spooky season or not, your post brought a big smile to my face! 🎃👻🕸️
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Thanks a lot for understanding the true esprit behind this tradition. Actually this is the same everywhere in the western world but the difference between other countries is that the children here do not force for chocos or throw eggs or tomatoes but behave properly.Australians are known for their nature and behavior.
I hear a lot of good things about Australia, one of my close friends lives there, he's been there for almost a decade, so it's good to hear this remark about the country once more.
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Your post has brought Halloween more home to me than ever. I only see bits of it in movies here and there. Never knew it was something so serious. The pictures are beautiful and scary at the same time. Thanks for this beautiful exposure
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I am sure it surprises some and amuses some. But in Australia it's fun all the way and not scary at all. Thanks for your support.
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So that's the meaning of this celebration , I'm always afraid when I see the celebration on social media. If I'm in that country maybe during that time I will travel out because I can't withstand all the scary images I will see.
Haha, that's lot of fun even for the kids because that's the only day they are allowed to eat lollies and chocolate. But yes, maybe this festival looks scary from afar but otherwise it's lot of fun and joy especially for kids that get bucket full of chocos.
I will run away. No two ways about it.
I have only heard the name of Halloween festival but Sir Ajek, your description has made me enter this festival with emotion and I have enjoyed every line. It is really a very scary thing to disturb other people with the appearance of a dead person. If someone goes out somewhere at night and his relative comes in front of him in a scary way in the form or dress, then I wonder what the situation will be like at that moment. The funny thing is that small children wear such scary dresses and go to everyone and ask for sweets and if they are not given, they go home and throw eggs and tomatoes. They enjoy quite happy moments. They consider the dead soul and the sweet pumpkin as the symbol of this festival, so they also make the sweet pumpkin in a scary way.
There is nothing to be scared about but they do it for fun. The children go to others houses to seek lollies and chocos and here in Australia they behave properly. Thanks for the support.
I never participate in Halloween celebration. In our country, people hardly celebrate this but I have seen this celebration on social media. They wear scary mask. Even if it were celebrated in our country, I probably wouldn't dare to see it up close. I'm a scared person by nature. You'll laugh to know that I never even watch horror movies.
I am sure you don't! Even I never participate in certain activities which do not meet my expectations or against my liking even if I lose a stake doing so. However, Halloween might look scary but it's fun, all the way from a 3 yo old to 70. Thanks for your kind visit.
I was very scared to see the children. At this age, they are supposed to be scared of ghosts, but they themselves are dressing up as ghosts and scaring them. I enjoyed watching the videos very much.
It's all about the upbringing as the children here do not believe in ghosts but they do it just for fun. Thanks for your support.
Thank you @dove11 for this joyful and educational presentation of Halloween celebrations in Australia as part of Week 2 of the Community World Tour: Festivals & Celebrations!
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This is a lively, well-structured, and richly documented post. You shared Halloween in Australia with great energy and clarity, blending historical context with modern practices. The visuals and videos created a strong sense of place and community. A slightly more emotional/personal layer would make it even stronger.
Thank you for spreading joy and cultural understanding through your words and images!
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