Halloween is always synonymous with typical carved pumpkin. The pumpkin named Jack O'Lanterns which has become a worldwide icon.
As you know, Halloween comes from Samhain Festival belongs to the ancient Celtic (Irish region) and the story has roots legend Jack O'Lanterns creepy. Jack is the name of a farmer who likes to get drunk. One time, in a drunken state he intends to cheat the devil, but instead he is deceived. As a result, he vacillated uncertain death moment in between the gates of heaven and hell.
Jack had no choice but to roam the realm of darkness, around the area of purgatory. Jack made lanterns from turnips, obtained from coal fire that cast the devil out of hell. Jack uses the turnip lantern to guide his soul is lost.
Thus, the underlying story of the Celtic belief that ultimately make the pumpkin, fill it with candles, and placed outside the house every October, 31. Its function is to help the lost souls in the night back home. Halloween (Samhain) is a time when a lot of wandering spirits.
Creepy carved turnips also to scare the spirits away so soon. The Celts also dressed in spooky costumes so the evil spirits could not distinguish between humans and ghosts.
When famine struck Ireland in 1846, many people fled to America. Halloween traditions still they bring to this new continent. Because radishes hard to come by in America, the pumpkin is used as a substitute. Who would have thought, even so the pumpkin is very popular nowadays.
Written By : Arbha ~ Public-DYK
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