
Halloween traditions: everything you wanted to know
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All Hallows Tiders
All Hallows Tiders, the moment when the world of the supernatural is at hand. The ratio between ghosts and fairies and spirits simply by witches is all part of a similar sort of other world with similar traits. It's this moment of liminality to give it a high flute in term. And do we see any similar festivals elsewhere in the world? Most cultures will have some sort of festival which is to do with the dead,. We also get plenty of examples of what I call indigenous non-Christian religious traditions kind of merged and mixed up with the Catholic calendar custom of all hallow tide.
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