halloween
@triplejazzm51 (1373)
Philippines
October 21, 2009 8:23pm CST
Hallowe'en!!! my lotters, few days from now it will be halloween again. According to wikipedia, holloween originated from Europe. There are different ways of celebrating it, by trick or treating, watching horror movies, ghost hunting, costume parties etc. Here in our country, i remember (when i was a child) the night before all saints day groups of women and children goes from house to house and sing songs for the souls of the dead. We call it "pangaluluwa". We relate halloween too to ghosts, supernaturals, or unexplained phenomena.Do you believe in ghosts? Do you have experiences with ghosts or supernaturals that you would want to share? You see halloween is in the eeeeerrriieee......
3 responses
@doryvien (2284)
• United States
26 Oct 09
Hi triplejazz,
When I was a kid I didn't really observe Halloween, I mean not the way the westerners do. I know this is a special day for remembering our departed loved ones. I guess this is why we always think of this day as the day of ghosts and other creatures like zombies, aswang, vampires,etc. I don't like ghost stories but I seem to enjoy watching them during the Halloween week. It's like the day is incomplete without experiencing the scary stuff - real or just for fun.
@cheriezhao (246)
• China
22 Oct 09
Interesting topic,i am a chinese,but i am so interested in halloween,although just know it from books or Tv,i don't believe in ghosts,but i believe in God.i just felt so horrible when i watched some horrible movies about ghosts,but i never think it was really happened!
@msfrancisco9369 (10002)
• Boston, Massachusetts
22 Oct 09
Hi Triplejazz,
I don't have any experience with ghosts or other supernaturals but I've heard so much about this when i was still a child. My grandparents used to share ghost stories with us--me and my siblings, and only now that i realized their reason for doing so-- since we're all scared, nobody wants to go out and play at night, made us sleep early, and tried to be good kids. A cool way of disciplining kids in the province.
I also had the experience of "pangangaluluwa" practice. We prepared food and offered it to our departed loved ones with our relatives singing songs for them. Then the family members and the "pangangaluluwa" singers eat together for dinner. I am not sure if this is still happening nowadays in our province...
