{"id":4033,"date":"2022-10-24T11:32:39","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T09:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xacobeando.eu\/what-is-halloween-like-in-estonia-and-other-gloomy-holidays\/"},"modified":"2022-11-17T12:25:04","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T11:25:04","slug":"what-is-halloween-like-in-estonia-and-other-gloomy-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xacobeando.eu\/en\/what-is-halloween-like-in-estonia-and-other-gloomy-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Halloween like in Estonia (and other gloomy holidays)"},"content":{"rendered":"

?? As in many other western countries, Halloween has also been celebrated in Estonia since the 20th century. However, there have been similar holidays in Estonian folk calendar for centuries that include wearing scary masks, communicating with the souls of the dead and in many cases going to neighbors’ doors, performing to them and asking for food in return. All those holidays, including the All-Souls’ Day (hingedep\u00e4ev<\/em>), St. Martin’s Day (mardip\u00e4ev<\/em>) and Saint Catherine’s Day (kadrip\u00e4ev<\/em>) fall in the month of November.<\/p>\n

Therefore, Estonians are drawn to gloomy holidays such as these and received the new holiday, Halloween, with open arms. As in most other western countries, young Estonians like to dress up in quirky and scary costumes during the night of the 31st of October and have wild parties in an appropriately decorated environment. Although children also like to dress up and go to accumulate sweets on both St. Martin’s Day on the 10th of November and Saint Catherine’s Day on the 25th of November, they obviously go along with the trick-or-treat tradition of Halloween, also.<\/p>\n

I and many other Estonians, however, consider the All-Souls’ Day to be of more importance than either of the other mentioned holidays: on the night of the 2nd of November, we light candles on the windowsill or on the graves of our dead loved ones in their memory and like to think that on this day their souls are there with us. Some of us also leave food on the table for the souls of our dead ancestors.<\/p>\n

??Como en muchos otros pa\u00edses occidentales, Halloween tambi\u00e9n se celebra en Estonia desde el siglo XX. Sin embargo, ha habido d\u00edas festivos similares en el calendario popular estonio durante siglos que incluyen usar m\u00e1scaras aterradoras, comunicarse con las almas de los muertos y, en muchos casos, ir a las puertas de los vecinos, actuar ante ellos y pedirles comida a cambio. Todos esos d\u00edas festivos, incluido el D\u00eda de los Difuntos (hingedep\u00e4ev), el D\u00eda de San Mart\u00edn (mardip\u00e4ev) y el D\u00eda de Santa Catalina (kadrip\u00e4ev) caen en el mes de noviembre.<\/p>\n

Por lo tanto, los estonios se sienten atra\u00eddos por festividades sombr\u00edas como estas y recibieron la nueva festividad, Halloween, con los brazos abiertos. Como en la mayor\u00eda de los otros pa\u00edses occidentales, a los j\u00f3venes estonios les gusta vestirse con disfraces extravagantes y aterradores durante la noche del 31 de octubre y tener fiestas salvajes en un ambiente decorado apropiadamente. Aunque a los ni\u00f1os tambi\u00e9n les gusta disfrazarse e ir a acumular dulces tanto el d\u00eda de San Mart\u00edn, el 10 de noviembre, como el d\u00eda de Santa Catalina, el 25 de noviembre, obviamente tambi\u00e9n siguen la tradici\u00f3n del truco o trato de Halloween.<\/p>\n

Yo y muchos otros estonios, sin embargo, consideramos que el D\u00eda de los Difuntos es m\u00e1s importante que cualquiera de los otros d\u00edas festivos mencionados: en la noche del 2 de noviembre, encendemos velas en el alf\u00e9izar de la ventana o en las tumbas de nuestros seres queridos muertos en su memoria y les gusta pensar que en este d\u00eda sus almas est\u00e1n all\u00ed con nosotros. Algunos de nosotros tambi\u00e9n dejamos comida en la mesa para las almas de nuestros antepasados \u200b\u200bmuertos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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