Paranormal Festivals and Happenings
Different ways of celebrating and mark the dead and the afterlife from around the world.
Different ways of celebrating and mark the dead and the afterlife from around the world.
Halloween Stories: Día de los Muertos and Celebrating Death
In splendid colors and festive celebration the Día de los Muertos in Mexico welcomes the dead with a party and a smile. But how did it originate and how does it differ from the Halloween celebration from its neighboring country?
Halloween Stories: The Celtic Samhain and how it became the modern Halloween
Bonfires to ward off evil and leaving food for the ghost; the Celtic pagan celebration of Samhain slowly morphed into what is now the modern Halloween with the Trick or Treat, horror movies and costume parties. But how was the celebration done in the olden days, really?
Halloween Stories: The Haunting Season of Allhallowtide
As well as pagan roots, modern Halloween has its Christian touches as well. The three days of Allhallowtide is an old Catholic celebration of the dead, where its followers are praying for their departed as well as reflecting over their own mortality and coming death.
Halloween Stories: Calan Gaeaf — When Spirits Roam In Wales
Before the modern Halloween came back to the British Isles, there were celebrations like the Welsh Calan Gaeaf. The first day of winter. The night before this day was when the veil was thinnest and the spirits roamed the land.
Halloween Stories: The Ancient Origins of Trick-or-Treat
Trick-or-Treat is now an integral part of the Halloween celebration. It is often seen as an American tradition, but history tells us that this custom has deep roots to even pre-christian times with much darker and supernatural reasons.
Halloween Stories: The Legend of Stingy Jack and the origin of the Jack-o’-Lantern
The carved pumpkin is perhaps the global symbol of the modern Halloween celebration. But where did this custom come from and what does the Jack-o’-Lantern really represent?
Halloween Stories: Punkie Night, A Spooky Tradition of Somerset’s Dark Past
In Somerset, England, a local tradition called Punkie Night in October has many similarities with different Halloween traditions today. A procession of lanterns go through the villagers every year, searching for sweets.
Halloween Stories: The Apples for Allantide in Cornwall
The first day of winter is called Kalan Gwav in Cornish and their version of Halloween. The celebration is called Allantide and the main focus is the big Allan Apple and trying to predict the future.
Halloween Stories: Hop-tu-Naa and Jinny the Witch from Isle of Man
The ancient Halloween celebration of Hop-tu-Naa on the Isle of Man has a lot of the old celtic traditions. They also sing about Jinny the Witch, a woman tried for witchcraft centuries ago.
Taking a Bath to get Rid of Ghosts at Sudhabay Kund
An annual festival or fair according to the Hindu calendar tells that by taking a bath in the well of Sudhabay Kund you can rid yourself of evil spirits and pain inflicted by ghosts.
The Haunted Yongin Folk Village
In a town made up of old houses or replicas of homes from the Joseon Dynasty, Yongin Folk Village has today status as one of the more haunted places in South-Korea.
Pagbag — The Filipino Way to Shake Off a Ghost
If you have been to a wake or a funeral in The Philippines, you may not go straight home after so you don’t bring the ghost with you.
Ghost Marriage — The Chinese Way to Marry the Dead
In China there was a tradition of ghost marriage where the family of the dead arrange a marriage from beyond the grave, and there are still cases where the old tradition is not quite dead.
Halloween Traditions Across the World
In this wide world we have countless customs, holidays and traditions. But the tradition of honoring, and at times, fearing the dead around the dark autumn time, seems to be something we do in all corners of the earth.
Minxiong Ghost Mansion
Minxiong haunted house, otherwise known as the Liu Mansion is located In the Taiwanese countryside and the old baroque mansion left abandoned and decayed by weather and time. And after being abandoned by the owners, rumours of ghosts started to be told and the mansion is one of the well known haunted places around.
Botan Dōrō – Tales of the Peony Lantern
The Botan Dōrō or Tales of the Peony Lantern is a ghost story told since the Ming dynasty in China to today. Most popular through the Kaidan theater plays, it is now one of Japan’s most well known ghost stories.
Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
Read the legendary Halloween story: “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” is a gothic story by American author Washington Irving. “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” is among the earliest examples of American fiction with enduring popularity, especially during Halloween because of a character known as the Headless Horseman believed to be a Hessian soldier who was…
The 2020 Halloween Costume Award Show
A look at the popular Halloween costume of the Plague Doctor for 2020 Halloween.
Books for Children on Halloween
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The Obon Celebration – The Ghost Festival
Light your lanterns and get ready for The Ghost festival in Japan called The Obon Celebration. The festival, also known as Bon festival is a three day long festival each year in the late and hot summer to honor the dead.
Huaka’i Pō – The Night Marchers of Hawaii
When the moon peak out after the long and sunny days in Hawaii, there are things to beware in the dark like the Huaka’i Pō. The Hawaiian Night Marchers is legend told for a long time, and will continue to be so.
Ghost of Tu-Po — The Hungry Ghost
After the Chinese nobleman Tu Po was betrayed by his own king and fellow nobles, he became a vengeful ghost, or Hungry Ghost as it is known as in Buddhism. Even in his afterlife he sought revenge on those who betrayed him and fought to restore his honor.
