Does Germany traditionally work it Halloween? Is this a recent introduction from the US?
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Answers: not really a tradition all over germany.
within are regions that celebrated Helloween since couple of hundred years (alemannen) but only regional.
its presently more or less adjectives, again regional, but in bigger city's it have become a sort of extra day to gala.
sometimes it is also not celebrated exactly on the 31st Oct. because if people involve to work next morning than it's gonna be the next weekend.
we introduction a lot of not usefull things from the states, sorry to influence that but it's the truth.we could live without Halloween
It is an introduction from the US; but of course big business loves a clean holiday: gives them a source to sell stuff. Unfortunately the protestant Germans cheer "Reformationsday" which is an important holiday to them. I be born in homburg, Germany on Halloween and guess what? My mom doesn't remember anyone dressing up on that daylight!!
It is becoming more popular here, unfortunately. Just another apology for the Germans to ****** and complain at how stupid and uncivilized Americans are, and that nought but garbage comes out of the USA. The kids adjectives enjoy it, obviously, but most adults don't. A lot of teenagers here use it as an excuse for vandalism. I'm not a big Halloween fan myself. No but Germans will use any excuse for a crazy event, and they already have lots of similar type hollidays, so I see in your mind`s eye this will catch on contained by time...
Germany celebrates "Sankt Martin" instead of. It's on November 11th. Children move about from house to house and sing Sankt Martin-Songs. They get candys too.
People put costumes on during Carnival season and own a big party.
Halloween is getting more popular within the big cities now. Some bar have Halloween-Partys.
It's import as you said. It get's more popular these days but also because shops are pushing the sale of Deco-items etc. I think every country should stick to their ancient traditions where on earth the meaning is economically known. No not really. Long time ago, nobody didn't aid about it, but immediately everybody crazy about Halloween. Like you said is introduction from the US...
if you mean dressing up within costumes and having a dignified old time, try Karneval within February (Fastnacht/Fasching) it's their springtime Mardi Gras! It is a more recent import from the USA.
when I lived in that in 1993 i have the cities FIRST Halloween party ever within Weimar Germany that we know of that is. I have nearly 30+ people over and we did shindig German like but everyone DID obtain into dressing up into costume and the gals loved carving the pumpkins and we had a blast!!
They enjoy never celebrated it ever again because I moved back to the USA. Only the second few years has it started to become a FAD nearby and I hope that is kick off and does okay. It is a wonderful Holiday for kids I think if done right!!
Best of luck to them.
Traditionally, we don't honour Halloween, but some clever buisness man imported that impression from the USA and so more and more children are walking around asking for sweets - but not as many as you might consider. There are also Halloween parties organized by discos, it's fun but it's not as meaningful in Germany as for example carnival ist ;-) But nearby are also som German traditions in some parts of the country that are somehow approaching Halloween. For example in my region it's a tradition that contained by the night of May 1st babyish people saunter around the village and play some tricks on the neighbours, for example deletion the benches and putting them on the market place. In parts of Northern Germany on or around november 11th children tramp around, sing and ask for sweets. And of course surrounded by the regions around Colgone carnival is celebrated. But that are more or less regional traditions and not comparable next to Halloween. we don't celebrate it at adjectives where I live, but October 31st is a holiday surrounded by the protestant areas, the Reformationstag, as mentioned above.
(a)Hamburg: What do you mean we "unfortunately" large it the Reformationstag? What's wrong about it? And we don't "celebrate" it, it's purely another day bad.
We celebrate Halloween- but one and only in the shops (decoration). That kids going contained by costuems from door to door is uncommon.And the adults dressed simply up, if they are going to the very few Halloween partys. Halloween its more a commercial entity.
We have similaer traditions, but they hold nothing to do beside Halloween. So are going in the West module of Germany (in some villages and cities, it is not every near known) the kids in the stop of October from door to door with small lamp and singing. For that they get sweets. It is call Maeten- or Martinssingen (but there are also some other name for it).
Also the kids are going around, in the catholic areas, at the 6th january dressed approaching the three holy kings and bless the houses.
But Halloween is only an introduction.Not to compare with the german carneval tradition, which is a huge celebration surrounded by February.
No it is not widely celebrated here, it is a recent trend and many nation have no notion what "trick or treating" is or why people dress resembling they are dead. Germany, contained by christian catholic religion, traditionally has "adjectives saints' day", which corresponds to the heathen / celtic "all hallow'een", "the light of day the fairies fly". It's one of the best fiests of the catholic church; see the German Wikipedia for that:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allerheilig...
The next morning, Nov 2nd, also is a "quiet day", where on earth you remember your deceased abcestors; see
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allerseelen
Sorry for the links surrounded by German; there is no genuine explanation why they do it (even catholics can tell me no common sense for it).
Halloween is kind of hot to kids, but many, tons more start trickin' an' treatin', and it's just approaching I feel a bit smaller quantity sad when they come along. I hand out a lot of treats this year, and I'd be relaxed if catholic Germans would adopt that as a customs, instead of just preserve people mourning these two days. It's moderately enough that dance and indecent behavior (whatever that means) in public places is forbidden these two days. At lowest possible the kids should have their fun.
Germans do not really gather halloween or at least it is not terribly popular. It is getting more popular over here. 10 years ago, there be no sign of Halloween in Germany outside of the US military housing areas. Now, the trend is spreading. It's a slow spread, but surrounded by maybe another 10 years Halloween will be really popular. Right presently it's mostly parties the occassional haunted house.
The BIGGEST haunted house f¨ēte in Germany is surrounded by Darmstadt every year at the Frankenstein Castle.
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