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1. All Hallows Eve dates back to over 2000 years ago. Exploring Halloween in Madrid can offer you a unique way to experience these ancient traditions.
The roots of the Halloween culture are traced back to ancient Celtic traditions. If you ever find yourself celebrating Halloween in Madrid,
The roots of the Halloween culture are traced back to ancient Celtic traditions. If you ever find yourself celebrating Halloween you will see how the city blends modern festivities with rich history and vibrant cultural practices.
The roots of the Halloween culture are traced back to the Druids, a Celtic culture in Ireland, Britain and Northern Europe, and lay in the feast of Samhain, which was annually on October 31st to honor the dead.
2. Halloween is more Irish than St. Patrick’s Day.
Halloween’s origins come from a Celtic festival for the dead called Samhain. Celts believed the ghosts of the dead roamed Earth on this holiday, so people would dress in costumes and leave “treats” out on their front doors to appease the roaming spirits.
It evolved from a Celtic tradition. They would put food and treats out for spirits they believed roamed the streets during Samhain.
4. If you’d been around for the earliest Halloween celebrations, you might have worn animal skins and heads.
The leader of the Samhain parades wore a white sheet and carried a wooden horse head or a decorated horse skull during the feast.[/vc_column_text]
5. Jack-o’-lanterns were once made out of turnips, beets and potatoes — not pumpkins.
The Jack-o´-Latern comes from an old Irish tale about a man named Stingy Jack.
Presently was out getting drunk with the Devil when Jack convinced him to turn himself into a coin so he can pay for the drinks without spending money. Instead to free the Devil as long as the Devil wouldn’t bother him for a year, and if he died, the Devil could never claim his soul.
Based on this myth, the Irish carved scary faces into turnips, beets and potatoes to scare away Stingy Jack or any other spirits of the night.
6. Halloween used to be a great day to find your soulmate.
However in Ireland, people celebrated Halloween by playing romantic fortunetelling games to predict who they’d marry, and when.
7. In a few American towns, Halloween called “Cabbage Night.”
This came from a Scottish fortune-telling game, where girls used cabbage stumps to predict information about their future husbands. In the early Framingham, Massachusetts, teens skipped the fortune-telling and simply went around throwing cabbage at their neighbors’ houses.
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9. Studies have shown that Halloween makes kids act more evil.
Putting costume, wearing kids into groups has been shown to lead kids to care less about the consequences of their individual actions. Studies found that unsupervised costumed children in groups were far more likely to steal candy and money .
Let’s celebrate this Halloween together!
Join Spooktacular Halloween Madrid Party
In the first bar you will have open bar of beer & sangria for one hour!
Open bar is included in the price.
No tricks, just treats!
As we said! No tricks, just treats! We prepared scary games and a lot of surprises in the Madrid night, gifts and a spooktacular day trip for the winner in the night.
Meeting point: Puerta del Sol, The Bear Statue, 22:30 hrs
Price: 20 €
For our VIP Madriders a special discount of 5 euros!
Sign up for the Spooktacular Party here!
