Scotland here, we do have a bit of an Americanised Halloween but there’s definitely elements of traditional Samhain celebrations.
Turnip lanterns > pumpkin lanterns.
In Finland, we go trick-or-treating during Easter. Traditionally kids would dress up as witches, but these days you’re more likely to get a visit from Batman.
Halloween is basically not celebrated at all, though some bars may hold a theme night. Not on the actual date, but like the closest weekend. Students will also use it as a theme for one of their parties.
Wait, did I just reply to a three years old post?
Here in Hungary it’s an excuse to have a party while dressed up. It’s not a huge thing with trick or treating like in the US.
Even in the USA trick or treating can be a regional thing. Where I grew up in NJ we always trick or treated. When I moved to MD last year I bought candy expecting kids to trick or treat in my neighborhood but no one ever knocked on the door.
We will see!
Traditionally it’s been a day for young people to go out partying and clubbing in costumes.
But last year 67 people were crushed to death and we had an official week-long period of mourning. We will see how Halloween is treated this year.
Wow that looks bad. Crowd crushes can happen at any large event like concerts or festivals. A few happened in the USA recently. As it always is, in this case it was a planning issue, more people showed up then expected and there were barely any police to respond once things went south. I’m sure it’ll dampen this year’s events but the incident isn’t necessary because of halloween.
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