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During the Barriletes Gigantes festival, Guatemalans populate the sky with massive, colorful ______.
What are Kites?
The kites — which can go up to 40 feet in the air — are often hand-painted, and flown over the graves of loved ones who have passed away. The kites are said to represent a bridge between the living and the dead.
This actor was the basis for Michael Myers’s mask in Halloween.
Who is William Shatner?
In the Middle Ages, these dark animals became synonymous with witchcraft.
What are black cats?
They were considered a symbol of the Devil. It didnt help that accused witches were often found to have cats, particularly black ones. People began to believe that they would assist in the practice of dark magic and it stuck.
The pagan festival of Samhain is said to be the origin of Halloween, and started in this country.
What is Ireland?
This candy is sometimes credited as being created in the 1880s, and was originally called "Chicken Feed".
What is Candy Corn?
In this country, families leave favorite foods and other offerings at gravesites or on ofrendas built in their homes, which may be decorated with candles and bright marigolds
What is Mexico?
If you hear the line "do you like scary movies?", you are likely to be watching this movie.
What is Scream?
These flying creatures began to become connected with Halloween due to large bonfires being lit for its festival purposes.
What are bats?
As part of Samhain, Celts lit large bonfires, which attracted insects, which in turn, attracted bats. Soon spotting bats became connected with the festival. Then folklore began to spread and expanded on their spookiness.
True or False:
In order to avoid being terrorized by all the evil spirits walking the Earth during Samhain, the Celts donned disguises in order to confuse the spirits and be left alone.
True
The people of colonial New England hid ____ in the walls of their houses to ward off witches and evil spirits.
What are shoes?
The Northampton Museum in England maintains an index of some 2,000 shoes. Most have been found in western Europe, but they have turned up in the U.S., mostly in New England, when old houses have undergone restoration.
During this Asian country's version of Halloween, known as Pangagaluluwa, children pass from house to house offering a song in exchange for food, candies or money. The meaning of this tradition is that the kids sing for the souls of those who are still in purgatory to help them to go to heaven.
What is the Philippines?
This movie serial killer is said to be immortalized with a statue at the bottom of a lake.
Who is Jason Voorhees?
These lit up objects of decoration were initially used to ward off evil spirits.
What are Jack-O-Lanterns?
True or False:
Bobbing for apples was originally a fortune telling game.
True
It was originally a fortune-telling game, where it was believed that the first person to catch an apple would be the next to marry
This is another name for Halloween.
What is All Hallow's Eve?
In one region of this European country, it is believed that the dead bring sweets or small gifts to well-behaved children. In another region, it’s customary to leave a vase full of water in the kitchen for the dead to drink when they visit during the night.
What is Italy?
This movie tops Rotten Tomatoes’s list of the Scariest Horror Movies Ever.
What is The Exorcist?
Vlad the Impaler is said to be the inspiration for this fictional character.
Who is Dracula?
The name Dracula is the Slavonic genitive form of Dracul, which means "son of Dracul". Vlad the Impaler's father was also named Vlad, and was known as Vlad Dracul, which means "Vlad the Dragon" in medieval Romanian
This famous magician died on Halloween.
Who is Harry Houdini?
True or False:
The word "bonfire" comes from the Middle English term "bonefire", which literally means "a fire of bones"
True
The term "bonfire" has its origins in a Celtic tradition of burning animal bones in open-air fires during midsummer festivals. The purpose of these fires was to ward off evil spirits and purify people and things
In this Asian country, trick or treating does not take place, so it is mostly celebrated by adults. With Halloween's more recent spike in popularity, trains have become all the rage to party the night away, or to engulf yourself in a live-action zombie apocalypse.
what is Japan?
This family is said to be creepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky.
What is The Addams Family?
Jack-O-Lanterns were not always made from pumpkins, they were originally made from this.
What are turnips/gourds?
To the Celts, this is what the colors black and orange represented.
Black - death of summer
Orange - the autumn harvest season
This was the original title of the Michael Jackson song “Thriller”
What is "Starlight"?