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The Posetteforever diary - What is Helloween about?

Ozymandias Jones [ Thursday, 06 October 2005, 02:15 AM ]
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It was not so big in Australia when I was a kid, but with the increase in US culture throughout our media it has become quite a celebration... lots of lollies for the kids and fancy dress parties for the grown-ups. But it had no special meaning to most of us down under, just an excuse to let our hair down for a night! <img src="https://www.posetteforever.com/images/smiles/eusa_dance.gif" alt="" />

TdaC [ Thursday, 06 October 2005, 05:21 PM ]
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Here we celebrate All Hallows Eve and not halloween. We go to cemitaries and put candles on the graves of people we know who have passed away, we remember them and honer them. Often there's also a 15 min long mass in the evening at the cemitary. It looks really beautiful with all the candles on the graves at night. If you click on the link, u can see what the cemitaries looks like with all the candles in the evening. <a class="post-url" href="http://www.svenskakyrkan.se/tcrot/ikon-v2/hogtider/203_allhelgona.htm" target="_blank">http://www.svenskakyrkan.se/tcrot/i..._allhelgona.htm</a>

Tormie [ Thursday, 06 October 2005, 05:27 PM ]
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Very suggestive Thilda !

JanReinar [ Thursday, 06 October 2005, 05:41 PM ]
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Thanks for the link Thilda! <img src="https://www.posetteforever.com/images/smiles/smile.gif" alt="" />

Anonymous [ Thursday, 06 October 2005, 06:33 PM ]
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Thanks Thilda. I did realize that the ancient name of the day is still in use. <img src="https://www.posetteforever.com/images/smiles/wink.gif" alt="" /> Pangor

Ozymandias Jones [ Thursday, 06 October 2005, 10:27 PM ]
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Wow, Thilda, that is so cool. It's nice to see that some people have a traditional reason and celebration for Helloween... and it's not just about commercialism <img src="https://www.posetteforever.com/images/smiles/smile.gif" alt="" />

posfan [ Thursday, 06 October 2005, 11:49 PM ]
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<blockquote class="quote"><div class="quote-user">TdaC";p="25503 wrote: </div><div class="post-text">Here we celebrate All Hallows Eve and not halloween. We go to cemitaries and put candles on the graves of people we know who have passed away, we remember them and honer them. </div></blockquote> That's something we do on All Saints Day here.

Posy [ Thursday, 06 October 2005, 11:49 PM ]
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How often?

posfan [ Thursday, 06 October 2005, 11:50 PM ]
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Once in a year Posy

Posy [ Thursday, 06 October 2005, 11:50 PM ]
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When? Describe your surroundings.

posfan [ Thursday, 06 October 2005, 11:51 PM ]
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JanReinar [ Friday, 07 October 2005, 12:04 AM ]
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Only Posy can say someting like this! <img src="https://www.posetteforever.com/images/smiles/lol.gif" alt="" />

Posy [ Friday, 07 October 2005, 12:12 AM ]
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Suppose I said yes.

Posy [ Friday, 07 October 2005, 12:24 AM ]
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What about the other ones?

JanReinar [ Friday, 07 October 2005, 12:25 AM ]
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They are not like you lovely lady! <img src="https://www.posetteforever.com/images/smiles/smile.gif" alt="" />

Posy [ Friday, 07 October 2005, 06:30 AM ]
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I use a pumpkin with the rice for a special recipe <img src="https://www.posetteforever.com/images/smiles/smile.gif" alt="" /> !

Tormie [ Friday, 07 October 2005, 06:31 AM ]
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( <img src="https://www.posetteforever.com/images/smiles/eusa_sick.gif" alt="" /> <img src="https://www.posetteforever.com/images/smiles/eusa_sick.gif" alt="" /> <img src="https://www.posetteforever.com/images/smiles/eusa_sick.gif" alt="" /> )

Posy [ Friday, 07 October 2005, 06:33 AM ]
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<img src="https://www.posetteforever.com/images/smiles/eusa_snooty.gif" alt="" /> <img src="https://www.posetteforever.com/images/smiles/eusa_snooty.gif" alt="" /> <img src="https://www.posetteforever.com/images/smiles/eusa_snooty.gif" alt="" /> And I have to get it to Tormie's cats because no one want to try it...

Tormie [ Friday, 07 October 2005, 06:35 AM ]
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( My cats wonder who want to poison them <img src="https://www.posetteforever.com/images/smiles/eusa_sick.gif" alt="" /> <img src="https://www.posetteforever.com/images/smiles/eusa_sick.gif" alt="" /> <img src="https://www.posetteforever.com/images/smiles/eusa_sick.gif" alt="" /> )

Posy [ Friday, 07 October 2005, 06:35 AM ]
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I heard a whisper <img src="https://www.posetteforever.com/images/smiles/eusa_think.gif" alt="" /> ... <img src="https://www.posetteforever.com/images/smiles/ibrakeyou.gif" alt="" /> <img src="https://www.posetteforever.com/images/smiles/ibrakeyou.gif" alt="" /> <img src="https://www.posetteforever.com/images/smiles/ibrakeyou.gif" alt="" />

Tormie [ Friday, 07 October 2005, 06:36 AM ]
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Anonymous [ Friday, 07 October 2005, 08:05 AM ]
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<img src="https://www.posetteforever.com/images/smiles/lmao.gif" alt="" /> Calm down Posy, you only heard a Halloween ghost trying to talk to you. <Tormie, please becareful.> Pangor

Posy [ Friday, 07 October 2005, 08:05 AM ]
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Are we still talking about [quote] that? Is that your final answer?

Anonymous [ Friday, 07 October 2005, 08:06 AM ]
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Posy, we are talking about ghosts who are making fun of your cooking. Pangor

Posy [ Friday, 07 October 2005, 08:06 AM ]
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How old are you?

Anonymous [ Friday, 07 October 2005, 08:26 AM ]
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It is under my avatar. Pangor

rayera [ Saturday, 08 October 2005, 10:45 PM ]
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Ha! Thilda, that's more like the way we conmemorate here, we call 31th of October El dia de los Muertos (All death people day) and 1st of November Todos los Santos (All Saints Day) but we usually light candles in our home all nigh long to pray for the soul of our loved people that passed away, and we have a big mass at midnight, it's very beautiful listen all the bels of the church of the city at midnigh specially in the downtown where we have a big concentration of old churchs with very big bells, maybe this traditions don't let the tradition of the candys to stablish here I think the memory of the people we love is stronger, but I think is just a question of time for it to win. The most we did when we was kids, and maybe the new kids still doing, is to gather in the house of some friend to tell some horror stories. I know that all this may sound like latin american pagan catolic, pictures with candles and flowers, procession by the city with candles, the bells giving midnight anouncing the redimmed and the posibility of all of us can be saints and that the evil can't corrupt a saint soul in the the day of all the Saints, but well, are beautiful traditions that slowly are losing, besides those days the orchestra and the chorus of the state usually play some religious music in some churche, and after a long restauration the theatre of the city councyl get to its 100 aniversary reopen, so I think w are going to have a great All death people day (Or all souls day?) I don't know the correct translation

Posy [ Saturday, 08 October 2005, 10:45 PM ]
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Who told you that?

rayera [ Saturday, 08 October 2005, 10:46 PM ]
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I've seen it by myself Posy.

Posy [ Saturday, 08 October 2005, 10:46 PM ]
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What did it look like to you?

rayera [ Saturday, 08 October 2005, 10:49 PM ]
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<img src="https://www.posetteforever.com/images/smiles/eusa_eh.gif" alt="" /> I don't have pictures to show you, sorry <img src="https://www.posetteforever.com/images/smiles/icon_redface.gif" alt="" />

Posy [ Saturday, 08 October 2005, 10:49 PM ]
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I spent some time in Canada as a child.

rayera [ Saturday, 08 October 2005, 10:50 PM ]
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Anonymous [ Saturday, 08 October 2005, 11:58 PM ]
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Rayera, the precise translation is "The Day of the Dead". However, on the church calandar here it is called "All Souls Day". That sound so much nicer than how it is celebrated here. Our churches are open only at one mass time a week, and locked the rest of the time, unless someone pays for a special mass. That is not how it was when I was little, but it is now. <img src="https://www.posetteforever.com/images/smiles/very_sad.gif" alt="" /> Pangor

rayera [ Sunday, 09 October 2005, 02:04 AM ]
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Here gives several mass a day and allmost all are open until 9:00 pm specially the downtown old big churches that are churches, museums and some are National monuments too at the same time, in special religious days they are open all day and as I mentioned some concerts too because of the acoustic, but maybe because, as you may know, roman catholic is the oficial religion here, anyway I have a protestant friend that like to go to pray at a catholic church (St Francis Monastery) because of the the special ambient that place has

TdaC [ Sunday, 09 October 2005, 10:10 AM ]
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Here the churches are open mon-fr 8.00 - 22.00, sat 8.00 - 20.00 and sunday 8.00 - 22.00. Everyday there's laudes at 8.45, on thuesdays there's also a mass during the day and on friday at 7.30 (and then the church is open for ppl to eat breakfast together). Everyday there's completorium at 21.00. A mass on wednesday at 18.00, vesper on saturday and a big mass on sunday. On christmasand easter the churches are open 24 hours a day. Everyday there are different groups, studies, singing, gatherings....

JanReinar [ Sunday, 09 October 2005, 01:11 PM ]
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Here the churches are open 8:00 to 9:00 but weekends when 7:300 to 9:30. In some special like "All Souls Day" the can go to 11:00 and on christmasand easter the churches are open 24 hours a day like Thilda's country!

Anonymous [ Sunday, 09 October 2005, 05:21 PM ]
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During my childhood and teen year, our churches were like all of yours too. After that, everything started to change. Now most parishes don't even have a single priest, instead they will travel to a church for one mass a week and then when mass is over the clear the building and lock the doors. It is so different now, from when I was little. On the inside of the doors I have seen a signs that read "This door to be kept lock at all times except during business hours." The first time I saw that it was so strange to me, that I froze and stared at it. It made me feel very sad, and a little lonely. The bells, statues, alters, etc are disappearing from our churches. I hope this is true for only our local diocese, but I fear that it is more widespread than here alone. Pangor