Documentarty: The Origin of Halloween
Duration: 41 min
The documentary takes us on the history tour and looks at the holiday from cultural, religious and political perspectives. The tour begins with the ancient Celtic calendar that divided a year into light and dark times.
The blurry boundary between life and death was of interest to humanity throughout the timeline.
The documentary discusses the place of bonfires and pagan festivals in the formation of Halloween as it is today. The role of Guy Fawkes and his failed gunpowder plot had a huge impact on the ‘All Hallows’ Eve’.
The pranks from children during the Great Depression brought us closer to today’s Halloween. Finally, television, comic strip and movies had a huge pop-cultural effect on this holiday. Today, Halloween became almost an obsession.
The idea of being in charge of our fears, the desire to gain a hidden identity through masks and costumes, and the ability to blur the line between two worlds excite us to the point of celebration.
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