Sexy Halloween Costumes: Khloe Kardashian - Pur Jeans Halloween Bash x20 HQs

October 29, 2009 / 1360

The celebration has some elements of a festival of the dead. The ancient Celts believed that the border between this world and the Otherworld became thin on Samhain, allowing spirits (both harmless and harmful) to pass through. Read more …

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Sexy Halloween Costumes: Kim and Khloe Kardashian - Pur Jeans Halloween Bash x7 HQs

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Sexy Halloween Costumes: Kim and Khloe Kardashian - Pur Jeans Halloween Bash x7 HQs

Halloween has origins in the ancient festival known as Samhain (pronounced sow-in or sau-an), which is derived from Old Irish and means roughly “summer’s end”. This was a Gaelic festival celebrated mainly in Ireland and Scotland. However, similar festivals were held by other Celts – for example the festival of Calan Gaeaf (pronounced kalan-geyf) which was held by the ancient Britons.

The festival of Samhain celebrates the end of the “lighter half” of the year and beginning of the “darker half”, and is sometimes regarded as the “Celtic New Year”.

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