Is Halloween a holiday for pagans who believe in Ghosts and celebrate dead people? or is it related to religion? What is wrong to dress up like James Bond or Rambo or one of your favorite TV character on Halloween?
Halloween holiday is a holiday celebrated by most of the western countries on October 31 annually. On the day adults and children dress or act like some other person or character for one day. On this day people dress up like their favorite person, TV personality, cartoon character, animal, plant, insect or even expressions such as ሲሮጡ የታጠቁት ሲሮጡ ይፈታል.
This can be explained easily if it is related with Ethiopian characters. So for one day someone can dress, talk and act like one if this characters: Senzero or Kebebew Geda or Ababa Tesfaye or Atse Tewodros or Birhanu(La fontene singer) or one of your friend or former teacher or Engeda Zer Nega or Meseret Mebrate (Gemena actress) or Tilahun Gessesse or Meles Zenawi or Haile Gebre sellassie etc. you got the idea :)
It is also possible to dress for expressions such as ሲሮጡ የታጠቁት ሲሮጡ ይፈታል by dressing a trouser/pants that hangs half way on the leg.
Halloween is a creative and fun holiday. Foreigners who live in US consider Halloween holiday seriously, interpret the acting and dressing in religious views and do not see the creative and fun side. Most people who celebrate Halloween plan and rehearse about their character for weeks and months. Then on the holiday people show up as someone else and that makes is fun and creative.
You can dress and act like the most likable or popular person for one day. But most of the time the more scary the personality, the better. That is why a lot people chose to act like a dead person or characters from scary movies such as Michael Jacksons Triller.
So did you start getting ideas about what character to become next year?
Happy Halloween.
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