Today 31st of October is the Halloween Day in the Western World.
Halloween is more festive for a lot of people. It is celebrated with costumes, decorations, trick-or-treating, and parties.
Orange and black are the main Halloween colors because orange is associated with the fall harvest and black is associated with darkness and death.

Jack o’ Lanterns originated in Ireland where people placed candles in hollowed-out turnips to keep away spirits and ghosts on the holiday.
Halloween candy sales average around 2 billion dollars annually in the United States. Chocolate candy bars top the list as the most popular candy for trick-or-treaters, with Snickers being number 1.
Halloween is the 2nd most commercially successful holiday, with Christmas being the first.

Black cats were once believed to be witch’s familiars who protected their powers.
The first Jack O’Lanterns were made of beets and turnips.
Witches are commonly seen during Halloween parties. This originated from an Old English term “wicce” which means “wise woman”. Scarecrows symbolize the ancient agricultural roots of the celebration.

One of the original practices during trick-or-treating is giving of soul cakes. In the earlier times, the church encouraged people to give soul cakes to poor citizen in return for prayer for their deceased family members. In the ancient times, soul cakes and wine were left for roaming spirits.

Africans are very fond of Western Culture and Festivities, why do Africans refuse to adopt HALLOWEEN?

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