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Index • Halloween origins........................Page 3 • Trick or treat..............................Page 4 • The pumpkin.................................Page 5 • The pumpkin (2) ........................ Page 6 • Halloween legends.......................Page 7 • Halloween in Catalonia................Page 8 • Jack-o’-lantern ...........................Page 9 • Gerard Martínez • Alejandro Hernández • Vanni Nägeli V.N

Halloween origins • This party is from celtic culture but today it only celebrates in the USA on the 31st of October. • The party was exported by Irish on the 19th century. • Nowadays, the party is popular in other countries G.M

Trick or treat • Children dress up and go for the street house by house, and say to the residents “trick or treat”. If they accept give them money or sweets, and if they don’t accept, children do them a bad joke. A.H

The pumpkin • The pumpkins were used to guide the spirits to the Earth. This night, they were finding the way to the house of his family. V.N

The pumpkin (2) The carved pumpkin, lit by a candle inside, is one of Halloween's most prominent symbols in America, and is commonly called a jacko'-lantern. Originating in Europe, these lanterns were first carved from a turnip or rutabaga. Believing that the head was the most powerful part of the body containing the spirit and the knowledge, the Celts used the "head" of the vegetable to frighten off any superstitions. I.R

Halloween legends • The legends says that the ‘‘door’’ of the human’s world and the dead’s world becomes open. The spirits visits his family’s houses but they don’t bother them. G.M

Halloween in Catalonia • Halloween celebrates in Port Aventura between October and December. • The same day in Catalonia is “La Castanyada”. • Sometimes there are parties and the children do “Trick or Treat” A.H

Jack-o'-lantern The name jack-o'-lantern can be traced back to the Irish legend of Stingy Jack, a greedy, gambling, hard-drinking old farmer. He tricked the devil into climbing a tree and trapped him by carving a cross into the tree trunk. In revenge, the devil placed a curse on Jack, condemning him to forever wander the earth at night with the only light he had: a candle inside of a hollowed turnip.

I.R