Late October in KL had been a wet and gloomy time – the days grow shorter and colder, the cold breeze encircling, many days are cloudy and wet – but Halloween adds a lot of color, fun and excitement to the West.
Halloween is actually the night of October 31st, which falls on Monday this year. Halloween is an annual festival celebrated mostly by people from the west. Halloween imagery includes themes of death, evil, occult, magic or mythical monsters. Traditional characters include ghosts, witches, skeletons, vampires, werewolves, demons, bats, spiders and black cats.
Black and orange, which are the traditional colours of Halloween, represent the darkness of night and the colour of bonfires, autumn leaves and jack-o’-lanterns. A jack-o’-lantern is typically a carved pumpkin associated with Halloween. The top of the pumpkin is cut off with the flesh scooped out and a monstrous face carved on the outside of the pumpkin surface.
Halloween activities include trick-or-treating in costumes, carving jack-o’-lanterns, bonfires and attending costume parties, telling ghost stories and watching horror films. Halloween has its origins in the ancient Celtic festival known as Samhain which is a celebration of the end of the harvest season in Gaelic culture. The word Halloween originated from the word “All Hallows’ Even (evening)’’, the festival celebrated on the eve of the “All Hallows’ Day’’, now universally known as All Saints’ Day.
Although Halloween is not widely celebrated among Malaysians, more people are dressing up in costumes and going for Halloween parties. Let’s spread the excitement of Halloween here; Happy Halloween!!
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