Costume design

Madagascar: Halloween Traditions and Culture Halloween hasn’t always been known as a festive holiday for silly costumes and sweet treats. Two thousand years ago, the first of November signified the beginning of winter for the ancient Celts of Europe. On that day, they celebrated a festival called Samhain during which they “gathered to sacrifice animals, fruits, and vegetables” and “lit bonfires in honor of the dead, to aid them on their journey, and to keep them away from the living” (Santino).…

People who in modern society identify as "witches" are people who carry on the tradition of folk magic. It is not a religion or belief system per se; it is a practice and is either highly individualized or built on practices that are handed down in an hereditary lineage. Despite the myth about witches and Halloween, there is not necessarily a de facto connection between the two. However, many but not all, modern witches are also neopagans. Neopagans recognize and celebrate Halloween as…

get to the green room before the audience exits the theater for intermission. I opened the green room door and ducked inside. It was a rainbow of costumes and legos everywhere. I looked around and spotted my mom helping my brother with his hat. I waited for her to finish and come and help me with my costume. I waited impatiently for her to grab my costume. Finally, she came over to help me. As she hurried over, I noticed that her eyes were glossed over, and she looked really sad. "Hurry!" I…

Halloween is an exciting time of the year. Many people like to make their own decorations instead of buying them. Do-it-yourself decorations give you a chance to show off your creative side. Below is a list of some of the do-it-yourself decorations that you can make yourself: Glowing Eyes You can make glowing eyes using glowsticks and toilet paper rolls. You can hide the glowing eyes in trees, bushes and shrubs. The glowing eyes make a nice decoration for the trick or treaters that will be…

Halloween may be a sugar-filled bonanza for youngsters – according to the National Retail Federation, Americans spend an eye-popping $2.2 billion on Halloween candy each year – but an inventive brother-and-sister-in-law duo have created a new way to encourage kids to give up some of their candy stash in favor of treats less likely to lead to a painful visit to the dentist’s chair. The Switch Witch, created by Massachusetts ice cream shop owner Rob Bouley and his sister-in-law Lara[?], is an…

Each year, Americans spend over $3.9 billion on candy during Halloween, with each trick-or-treater receiving an average of 250 pieces of sweet treats during the night. Candy wasn't always given out on Halloween, however. Children today may be surprised how trick-or-treating has changed throughout the years. Early Halloween Treats During the Medieval time period through the 1930s, England children would go door-to-door on Halloween offering prayers for the souls of the household in exchange for…

love Halloween is because i was brought up on Halloween, and I mean who doesn't like a holiday when you get to walk to strange peoples house and basically beg for free candy!Plus i love scarring people to death! I love dressing up in the weirdest costume I can find! Me and me best cousin agree...I don't care how old we get we're still going trick or treating.Shes 16 going on 17 this year and she still goes trick or treating! Some people may say well why do you still trick or treating,…

job requires both individual and group work, but mostly individual. According to Ohiomeansjobs, these career has activities such as sketching detailed drawings of apparel or accessories, attend fashion shows, keep up with the latest trends, and design costume clothing for individuals, theatres, and films.…

old Celtic festival called Samuin, which is the practice of wearing costumes in celebration of the end of the year as they celebrated a new year on November first. During Samuin people dressed up to impersonate the evil spirits. The Celtics believed that the end of the year which is October 31st, the living and dead world would overlap. This resulted in the dead having access to roam earth again. So by people dressing up in costumes they were trying to trick the spirits into believing that they…

Halloween and Day of the Dead are thought to be similar because they’re around the same time of year, but when you look closer, the two holidays are very different. The Day of the Dead celebrates dead relatives while Halloween celebrates the end of summer. The first difference is that the Day of the Dead celebrates dead relatives; anyone who celebrates Day of the Dead sets up a shrine for their dead relative (or relatives) so that their spirit can find it’s way back to their family.…