Does anyone do anything special for today, or live in an region where today is celebrated?
Being the culturally sensitive person that I am, I plan to watch Blue Demon Movies tonight. :ph34r:
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Bonne Fête des Morts à tous ! :)
Glædelig allehelgensdag!
We came together with the family. To remember my late grandfather with pie and coffee or sodas. Still need to go to the graveyards though.
In Poland, people visit graves of relatives on All Saints Holiday (1 November) and All Soul's Day (2 November), but only 1 November is a national holiday.
Cemeteries can look quite stunning on a misty All Saints' Eve:
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While the Catholic church has of course appropriated the holiday, it has an older, pre-Christian origins - if you played Witcher 3, the "ghost summoning" ritual there is directly inspired by the pagan tradition.
Happy death cult, you wacky Papists. :cheers:
And Liep. :unsure:
Quote from: Martinus on November 02, 2015, 03:36:56 PM
While the Catholic church has of course appropriated the holiday, it has an older, pre-Christian origins - if you played Witcher 3, the "ghost summoning" ritual there is directly inspired by the pagan tradition.
That a fact? Color me skeptical. I mean in Mexico they took similar rituals and applied them to this day but it was not a previously existing holiday. Or if it was it was one hell of a coincidence.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on November 02, 2015, 03:46:03 PM
And Liep. :unsure:
Sure when the French and Spanish do it it's fine. Scandiphobe!
Quote from: Valmy on November 02, 2015, 03:53:27 PM
Quote from: Martinus on November 02, 2015, 03:36:56 PM
While the Catholic church has of course appropriated the holiday, it has an older, pre-Christian origins - if you played Witcher 3, the "ghost summoning" ritual there is directly inspired by the pagan tradition.
That a fact? Color me skeptical. I mean in Mexico they took similar rituals and applied them to this day but it was not a previously existing holiday. Or if it was it was one hell of a coincidence.
About the Witcher? I have no idea. About the pagan stuff, no. See, this is what happens when you start reading books on anthropology from a hundred years ago. You are likely to have death related holidays across cultures because death is part of the human condition.