Posts tagged “Halloween”
Halloween
Scene: Happy Halloween hat on Bunny Foo Foo, a 35 foot tall leaping stainless steel rabbit, who resides at Hall Winery in St. Helena, Napa Valley, California. Modern Halloween evolved from the ancient Celtic holiday of Samhain. The Celts used the day to mark the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter, and […]
Comic Relief
Scene: Cosplay at New York Comic Con. Cosplay is short for costume play. A performance art in which participants called cosplayers wear costumes and accessories to represent a specific character or idea that is usually identified with a unique name. This subculture is centered on role play. The characters chosen to be cosplayed may be sourced from any movie, […]
All Hallows’ Eve
Scene: Hallowe’en, a Scottish term which is a contraction of All Hallows’ Eve, from about 1745. A Christianized feast influenced by the Celtic harvest festival of Samhain. Folklorists have also detected its origins in the Roman feast of Pomona, the goddess of fruits and seeds, or in the festival of the dead called Parentalia. Dressing up in costumes and going “guising” was […]