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Join us for our 5th annual Highland Park Halloween Festival now an annual community event | presented by Highland GardensALL AGES FREE ADMISSION RAIN OR SHINE
COSTUME CONTEST
FREE CANDY GIVE AWAY
PUMKIN PAINTINGS
DJ LINE UP:
TBA
Livestream available during show at: https://www.facebook.com/neetbeetnetwork
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Samhain (/ΛsΙΛwΙͺn/ SAH-win, /ΛsaΚΙͺn/ SOW-in, Irish: [ΛsΛ ΙunΚ²], Scottish Gaelic: [ΛsΜͺΓ£Ε©.ΙͺΙ²]; Manx: Sauin [ΛsoΛΙͺnΚ²]) is a Gaelic festival on 1 November marking the end of the harvest season and beginning of winter or "darker half" of the year. Celebrations begin on the evening of 31 October, since the Celtic day began and ended at sunset. This is about halfway between the autumnal equinox and winter solstice. It is one of the four Gaelic seasonal festivals along with Imbolc, Beltaine and Lughnasa. Historically it was widely observed throughout Ireland, Scotland, Galicia and the Isle of Man (where it is spelled Sauin). A similar festival was held by the Brittonic Celtic people, called Calan Gaeaf in Wales, Kalan Gwav in Cornwall and Kalan GoaΓ±v in Brittany.
Samhain is believed to have Celtic pagan origins and some Neolithic passage tombs in Ireland are aligned with the sunrise at the time of Samhain. It is first mentioned in the earliest Irish literature, from the 9th century, and is associated with many important events in Irish mythology. The early literature says Samhain was marked by great gatherings and feasts and was when the ancient burial mounds were open, which were seen as portals to the Otherworld. Some of the literature also associates Samhain with bonfires and sacrifices.
In the 9th century the Western Church endorsed 1 November as the date of All Saints' Day, possibly due to the influence of Alcuin, and 2 November later became All Souls' Day. It is believed that over time Samhain and All Saints'/All Souls' influenced each other and eventually syncretised into the modern Halloween.
Learn more about Samhain: https://westportlibrary.libguides.com/Samhain
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Ernest T. Ford FIELD HOUSE, 15120 3rd St, Highland Park, MI 48203-3724, United States
