tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2847447345124723025.post4197872351935191880..comments2023-12-21T01:23:06.272-05:00Comments on Melissas Homeschool Blog: Why Do We Celebrate Halloween?Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17553319266378782849noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2847447345124723025.post-44790775798144265872008-11-02T08:07:00.000-05:002008-11-02T08:07:00.000-05:00Thank you for sharing that wonderful information w...Thank you for sharing that wonderful information with me. I will be sure to add it to my lesson plan, when we do cultural celebrations.Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17553319266378782849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2847447345124723025.post-76118184868358620542008-11-02T02:17:00.000-05:002008-11-02T02:17:00.000-05:00this week was also Diwari (festival of light) for ...this week was also Diwari (festival of light) for Hindu, Buddhist and Sikh in India; the "coming of the Light" is a Christian rite happening in different parts of the world between now and Christmas; when is the Chinese lantern festival, and the one in Japan for ancestors? I think the Czech rite is happening now~ lanterns for souls of those gone. Interesting~ all these lanterns and candles and Light and yet still so much separation of "religions/belief systems"<BR/><BR/>weirdChar Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12574262703875632001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2847447345124723025.post-75557065431025748162008-11-01T13:57:00.000-04:002008-11-01T13:57:00.000-04:00I love to learn about other cultures, thank you so...I love to learn about other cultures, thank you so much for sharing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2847447345124723025.post-48258007633241925832008-10-31T18:29:00.000-04:002008-10-31T18:29:00.000-04:00Hi Melissa, thanks for the visit. Betchai is corr...Hi Melissa, thanks for the visit. Betchai is correct, we don't celebrate Halloween in the Phils. like we do here in the US. Nov 1 is a big day in the Phils., people go to the cemeteries to visit their loved ones.Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16771984014065026094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2847447345124723025.post-40710169065640464042008-10-31T16:47:00.000-04:002008-10-31T16:47:00.000-04:00Very interesting, thank you for sharing that with ...Very interesting, thank you for sharing that with me. I do work with a gentleman that is from the Phillipines and he said they hand out money to trick or treaters though I am sure that is not what he called them.Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17553319266378782849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2847447345124723025.post-9680292304202879172008-10-31T16:18:00.000-04:002008-10-31T16:18:00.000-04:00your kids are cute, and the little girl again give...your kids are cute, and the little girl again gives her very bright smile. i hope they enjoy their trick or treat tonight.<BR/><BR/>in the philippines, we do not celebrate halloween, but then, i think these days, they kind of follow america too ( i don't know if you would believe it is like a status symbol if they do what americans do) and have pumpkins carved and halloween decorations in their backyard, but again, only the rich do this. instead, we celebrate the all souls day and all saints day, nov 1st. not only the poor would go house to house to ask for food (rice cakes), but usually it is like a group of kids also who would want to have fun on this day. We usually cook different kinds of foods made from sticky rice :) and that's what we give to the "soulers" some do dress in all black too, so, kind of similar to trick or treating probably, only that no candies, but rice cakes. and then, of course, we remember our dead by going to the cemetery and saying prayers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com