I-Halloween iwusuku Lwabangcwele Bonke, izinsuku zedili, umkhosi wendabuko emazweni asentshonalanga.

Eminyakeni engaphezu kuka-2000 edlule, iSonto LamaKristu eYurophu laqoka uNovemba 1 njengosuku “lwe-All Hallows”. “Hallow” kusho ongcwele. Kuthiwa amaCelt ahlala e-Ireland, eScotland nakwezinye izindawo ayisa umkhosi phambili ngolunye usuku kusukela ngo-500 BC, okungukuthi, ngo-Okthoba 31.

Bacabanga ukuthi ukuphela kwehlobo okusemthethweni, ukuqala konyaka omusha kanye nokuqala kobusika obunzima. Ngaleso sikhathi, kwakunenkolelo yokuthi umphefumulo ofile wendoda endala uzobuyela endaweni yakhe yokuhlala yangaphambili ngalolu suku ukuze ufune izidalwa eziphilayo kubantu abaphilayo, ukuze uvuseleleke, futhi lokhu kwakuwukuphela kwethemba lokuthi abantu bangazalwa kabusha. ngemva kokufa.

Ngakolunye uhlangothi, abantu abaphilayo besaba ukuthi imiphefumulo yabafileyo iyothatha ukuphila. Ngakho-ke, abantu bacisha umlilo kanye nokukhanya kwekhandlela ngalolu suku, ukuze imiphefumulo yabafileyo ingakwazi ukuthola abantu abaphilayo, futhi bagqoke njengezipoki nezipoki ukuze besabise imiphefumulo yabafileyo. Ngemva kwalokho, bayobasa umlilo nokukhanya kwekhandlela futhi baqale impilo yonyaka omusha.

I-Halloween idume kakhulu emazweni akhuluma isiNgisi, njengeziqhingi zaseBritish Isles naseNyakatho Melika, kulandele i-Australia neNew Zealand.

Kunezinto ezimbalwa ongazidla nge-Halloween: uphaya wethanga, ama-apula, uswidi, futhi kwezinye izindawo, kuzolungiswa inyama yenkomo esezingeni eliphezulu neyemvu.