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Halloween 2024: Unique Halloween Traditions From Across The Globe

The secular traditions of Halloween belie its pagan roots in Celtic countries like Ireland and Scotland, but the day itself is a whole lot of fun. Here's a selection of how All Hallows’ Eve is celebrated in places around the world

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October means Halloween season. While the holiday itself is held on October 31, the weeks leading up to it are a hotbed of costume discussion, drinking pumpkin spice lattes (in America primarily), stocking up on candy and chocolates to give trick-or-treaters, and carving pumpkin lanterns, if one can find them. The secular traditions of Halloween belie its pagan and religious roots in Celtic countries like Ireland and Scotland, but the day itself was popularised by the Americans. However, that does not take away from how much fun is to celebr🎃ate with family and friends.