Презентация, доклад по английскому языку Halloween

Traditional activities include trick-or-treating, bonfires, costume parties, visiting "haunted houses" and carving jack-o-lanterns. Irish and Scottish immigrants carried versions of the tradition to North America in the nineteenth century. Other western countries embraced the holiday in the late twentieth century including Ireland, the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom as well as of Australia and New Zealand.

Samhain (pronounced "sah-win"). The festival of Samhain is a celebration of the end of the harvest season in Gaelic culture. Samhain was a time used by the ancient pagans to take stock of supplies and prepare for winter. The ancient Gaels believed that on October 31, the boundaries between the worlds of the living and the dead overlapped and the deceased would come back to life and cause havoc such as sickness or damaged crops.

night of the year when ghosts, witches, and fairies are especially active.

is who. Use the clues below.










Dabra hasn't got a broom. 2. Wabra hasn't got a big hat. 3. Dabra and Abra haven't got long noses. 4. The fat witch isn't Cadabra. 5. Abra isn't standing next to Wabra.

belived that the living and the dead intermixed on this night. The dead wanted to find living bodies to possess for the following year. So the Celts dressed up in ghoulish (омерзительные [gu:li∫]) costumes and parade around to frighten them away.)

colour of night and Halloween is celebrated at night, orange is the colour of pumpkin, one of the symbols of the holiday

they knock at the door at Halloween?
trick or treat