WONDER 4: FOLKLORE. The survival of millenarian traditions

As Halloween or, in other words, All Hallows' Eve is approaching, I can't help thinking how wonderful it is to retain traditions that date back thousands of years. Long live "folk-lore", the WORD of the PEOPLE!

Let me quote the words of an Irish historian:

Folklore is one of the oldest and most international inheritances of the human race. It brings us into close touch with a mentality that embraces all countries and all times. (Ó Súilleabháin , Irish Folk Custom and Belief)

Halloween in particular brings many European and American countries close together.

 Experts agree that the origins of this millenarian feast are to be located in a Celtic feast called Samhain, meaning the "end of the summer": A time of transition that marked the beginning of the Celtic New Year in November, 1. The night before, New Year's Eve, was believed to be the only time of the year where the ghosts of the dead could come back to the world of the living.

To know more about the history of Halloween, watch this video:

HAPPY ALL HALLOWS' EVE!