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While todays celebrations focus on trick or treating Authentic Tim Hardaway Jersey , sending Halloween greeting cards, and dressing up, ancient Halloween celebrations were more religiously and culturally focused.

The earliest recorded celebrators of the holiday were the Celts, who lived in what is now Ireland, Northern France, and the United Kingdom 2,000 years ago. Their New Years celebration was on November 1st and was a time when the line between the living and the dead was said to be blurred. The night before Authentic Stephen Curry Jersey , on October 31st, was Samhain, pronounced sow-in the night when ghosts returned to the earth to cause trouble.

Celtic priests or Druids built large sacred bonfires on which animals and crops were burned in sacrifice to these spirits and also to Celtic deities. People also wore costumes during these celebrations, and told each others fortunes.

After the Celtic territory was conquered by the Romans, Celtic traditions were incorporated into a Roman holiday, celebrated in late October, known as Feralia Authentic Rick Barry Jersey , when the passing of the dead was commemorated. Another holiday, celebrated around the same time by the Romans was a day to honor Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruit and trees.

The influence of Christianity by the 800s resulted in the designation of November 1st as All Saints Day by Pope Boniface IV, in what some believe was an attempt by the Pope to replace the Celtic festival with a related, church approved holiday. This celebration was also known as All hallows, and the night before it, the traditional night of Samhain Authentic Ognjen Kuzmic Jersey , began to be known as All Hallows Eve, or Halloween.

The influx of European immigrants to America meant a varied system of traditions and beliefs surrounding Halloween. In the New England colonies, celebrations were virtually forbidden, but in Maryland and other Southern colonies, these types of celebrations were fairly common, and included public gatherings when people would tell fortunes, dance Authentic Nate Thurmond Jersey , sing, and tell stories about the dead.

By the second half of the nineteenth century, new immigrants brought the tradition of going from house to house to ask for food and money, which is where the tradition of trick or treat originated. By the 1920s and 1930s, Halloween had become secularized and focused on community and less on ghosts and witchcraft. Between 1920 and 1950, trick or treating was also revived as a way to curb the vandalism that was prevalent on Halloween in many communities. Providing neighborhood children with treats was seen as an effective way to prevent this vandalism.

Today, Halloween is one of the most popular holidays of the year Authentic Mitch Richmond Jersey , incorporating ancient traditions of costumes and ghost stories with the more modern traditions.
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MELBOURNE, March 18 (Xinhua) -- The Australian Football League (AFL) has offered a belated apology to the now-retired indigenous star, Adam Goodes, who was repeatedly racially taunted last season.


Goodes, a 372-game great of the Sydney Swans, was the subject of a racism row that threatened to overshadow the AFL season in 2015.


A dual Brownlow Medalist as the "fairest and best" player in the league, Goodes was relentlessly booed by opposition fans last season Authentic Matt Barnes Jersey , which forced him to walk away from the club mid-season as the saga wore on.


The 36-year-old, who was named Australian of the Year in 2014 for his work as a leading indigenous advocate, believed he was targeted by supporters due to the color of his skin. Fans denied that claim, however, explaining that their dislike of Goodes stemmed from his 'diving' - simulating contact to earn free kicks - during matches