Halloween is a holiday celebrated on October 31st. The most common colors of the day are orange and black. Halloween comes from the ancient Celtic festival Samhain.
The ancient Celts believed that on October 31st, now known as Halloween, the boundary between the living and the deceased is not clear, and the dead become dangerous for the living by causing problems such as sickness or damaged crops.
On Halloween, the ancient Celts would place a skeleton by their window to represent the dead. Believing that the head was the most powerful part of the body, containing the spirit and knowledge, the Celts used the "head" of the vegetable to decorate their houses. On this day people often wear strange clothes as characters in horrible novels or movies to frighten others. People usually like to dress as ghosts, skeletons, or witches. Now Halloween is an official holiday in almost all European countries.
To honor the first king of Vietnam, Vietnamese people hold a cultural festival called the Hung King Temple festival. It takes place in Nghia Linh Mountain, Phu Tho Province every year. The Hung Temple historical area includes three main temples: Ha Temple, Trung Temple and Thuong Temple in order from the bottom of the mountain going up. People will visit and enjoy most of the activities here. During the festival, people will take part in many folk games such as bamboo swings, “nem con”, rice cooking competitions, lion dance, human chess, water puppet performance,… Besides folk games, there are also cultural festival activities, such as taking the king's litter or offering incense. It is because of these activities and competitions that the festival atmosphere becomes more noisy and crowded. The festival attracts thousands of people across the country and overseas each year. This is an occasion for every Vietnamese to express the long-lasting traditional morality “When you drink water, remember the source” when joining the festival.
