So what did they need Samhain for? Either way, both All Souls Day and Samhain may have primal roots that are older than history. Harvest festivals were common in many places, and they're like ...

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Either way, both All Souls Day and Samhain may have primal roots that are older than history. Harvest festivals were common in many places, and they're like Halloween parties, if you squint.

later known as Halloween. "There is a long tradition of costuming of sorts that goes back to Hallow Mass when people prayed for the dead," explains Nicholas Rogers, a history professor at York ...

Halloween, one of the most popular celebrations of the year, traces its origins to an ancient Celtic festival called Samhain.

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