New York - Halloween - Post 31th October

Halloween is a traditional and cultural event, which occurs mainly in English-speaking countries, with special emphasis in the United States. The halloween is celebrated annually on October 31.

trick or treat?

The origin of Halloween dates back to the traditions

of the peoples who inhabited the islands of Gaul and Britain between the years 600 BC and 800 AD, although with marked differences from the current pumpkins or the famous phrase "Trick or treat", exported by United States, which popularized the celebration. Originally, Halloween was not related to witches. It was a festival of the Celtic calendar of Ireland, the festival of Samhain, celebrated between October 30 and November 2 and marked the end of summer (samhain literally means "End of Summer").

       The word Halloween comes from the Catholic Church. He comes from a tradition of contracted November 1, the Day of All Saints, is a Catholic day of observance in honor of saints. On Halloween, for a long time, the festival takes place one day before the "Feast of All Saints" and, therefore, has its name from the phrase "All hallow's eve", which means "Eve of all holy."

        Halloween was brought to America in 1840 by Irish immigrants fleeing famine in which their country was and is known as Halloween.

     But it was the United States that Halloween has gained popularity. There, he ended up becoming something like the carnival in Brazil: a party where people dress up, go to the streets to celebrate, drink, flirt and dance. There's a bit of everything: closed parties, in nightclubs and street festivals.

Village Halloween Parade

One of the biggest events in New York City, the Village Halloween Parade is a kind of "block" street what happens in the neighborhood of the village. The concentration is between eight in the evening of day 31, on Sixth Avenue (block between Broome and Spring streets). No need to pay anything to enter the block, but can only attend costume. More than 60.000 New Yorkers tend to go for the event. There is a choice for the best costume - and whoever wins takes a prize of $ 5000.

Only Those in Costume are Welcome to Join Hundreds of Puppets, 53 Bands of Different Types of Music, Dancers and Artists, and Thousands of other New Yorkers in Costumes of their Own Creation in the Nation’s Most Wildly Creative Public Participatory Event in the Greatest City in the World!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=RUKqLauTP1U

New York City's 39th Annual
Village Halloween Parade
Join the parade: Wednesday, October 31, 2012.
For the first time in 39 years of existence, the Halloween Parade in New York today has been canceled. The traditional Halloween parade in New York that should happen tonight was canceled because of damage caused by the passage of the storm by Sandy City. The party will take place at a later date that has yet to be announced.