All Souls Day … avagy mit is ünnepelnek november 2-án?

1.trick-or-treating – csokit vagy csalunk 2.to carve pumpkins – tökfaragás 3.to attend church – templomba menni 4.cemeteries – temetők 5.to lay flowers and candles on the graves of their deceased loved ones – virágot és gyertyát helyeznek elhunyt szeretteik sírjára 6.commemoration – megemlékezés 7.to receive salvation – üdvözülést kapni 8.to maintain the graves – gondozni a sírokat 9.chrysanthemum – krizantém 10.tombs – sírok, síremlékek, sírkövek 11.decorated wreaths – feldíszített koszorúk 12.the liberated souls to return to their own graves – a felszabadult lelkek visszatérnek a saját sírjukba 13.to emerge from the grave – kimászni a sírból 14.skeletons –csontvázak Allhallowtide Halloween, All Saints’ and All Souls’ Day all fall on different – though consecutive – days, thus the confusion. However, they all belong to the same festive cycle, the Allhallowtide, with a pagan holiday as the basis, later Christianized and expanded. Halloween – 31st of October Halloween, or All Hallows’ Eve, is on October 31st, the evening before Western Christians celebrate All Saints’ Day. With this day, a three-day-long observance of Allhallowtide starts, the time in the liturgical year dedicated to remembering the dead, including saints, martyrs, and our loved ones who have died. It is said that Halloween traditions originated […]