Es una palabra ga\u00e9lica que significa “El final del verano”, este era el nombre de una antigua tradici\u00f3n celta que festejaba con una gran ceremonia donde celebraban el fin de la cosecha, el fin de una estaci\u00f3n y la llegada de los muertos, interpretada como lo que marcaba la despedida a Lugh, dios del sol a finales de octubre. Esta festividad marcaba el momento en que los d\u00edas eran m\u00e1s cortos y las noches m\u00e1s largas. Los celtas al igual que muchas culturas prehisp\u00e1nicas, cre\u00edan que en Samhain los esp\u00edritus de los muertos regresaban a visitar el mundo de los vivos.
El a\u00f1o celta terminaba ese mismo d\u00eda, para ellos significaba iniciar una nueva vida, por lo que adem\u00e1s ten\u00edan la costumbre de encender velas, y dejar comida y ofrendas fuera de sus casas, para ayudar a las almas a
encontrar el camino hacia la luz y descansar junto a Lugh. Posteriormente con el catolicismo, esta fiesta pagana comenz\u00f3 a llamarse “La V\u00edspera de Todos los Santos”. La traducci\u00f3n en ingl\u00e9s es, \u00abAll Hallow \u0301s Eve\u00bb, de ah\u00ed
naci\u00f3 la palabra Halloween. La festividad de Samhain se transform\u00f3, para ser llamada, en muchos lugares, como Halloween. Cada a\u00f1o, diversas tradiciones se unen, se mezclan y se influyen mutuamente, desde finales de octubre y a inicios de noviembre, en las culturas de los pa\u00edses occidentales. En Asia y \u00c1frica, el culto a los antepasados y a los muertos tiene fuertes ra\u00edces pero no est\u00e1 tan ligado a una fecha concreta como en esta celebraci\u00f3n. En el continente americano, con la llegada de los colonizadores ingleses, se exporta esta tradici\u00f3n, y con el paso de las generaciones se ha ido modificando y adaptando a ser pr\u00e1cticamente mundial, lo que ha implicado un enriquecimiento cultural donde en cada regi\u00f3n se adapta, pero siempre manteniendo su influencia original: recordar que por esos d\u00edas las almas de los muertos, visitan el mundo de los vivos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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