Costume

When civilizations are connected to other regions through trade and conquest, it allows the mixing of cultures and even creates new elements. These elements can be food, religion, holidays, etc. The mixing of these different cultural aspects into something unique is called cultural synthesis and it is responsible for many holidays, such as Halloween. When two cultures combine, they have a surge in technologic advancements due to the sharing of cultures. When this happens, a single trait evolves…

students there. And Kidist told a student she was going to kill them.” It all started last year in 8th grade. It was october 30. which was halloween, and I was dressed as a jail girl. It was pouring outside and also cold. A lot of people had costumes on as well. I was so happy it was a half day as well. We watched movies, ate candies, and had free time. It was 1st hour, with mrs.Shakouri Rad, my english teacher. She was telling us what was expected while we are at the…

Isaiah, and Nigel. The date was October 31, a Halloween night. “ You guys ready to get tons of candy” ? Kevin said. “You know it, I replied back. We all went candy hunting. It was a breezy foggy night with children walking in their devastating costume and with them having plastic candy bags around their arms. “ Hey, I bet I can get more candy than you guys” Kyjon said with a smirk on his face. “Yeah sureeee” Isaiah said nearly hollering. After that statement we began to swarm our way to…

Costumes and Masks in Commedia Dell’Arte: Their True Purpose Costumes and masks are pivotal point in commedia dell’arte. The costumes and masks allow the audience members to become fully immersed into the production of the performance. Every detail of the performance is important and the costuming symbolises the attempt to fully enthrall each member into believing that the costume looked and dressed a certain way. The meaning of the costumes and masks is seen as being an extension of the…

It is October 31 of 2011, or better known as Halloween. I am at my grandma’s house after school with my cousin Vivian. Halloween was my absolute favorite holiday. It used to be my favorite holiday, until this little incident occurred. Since I loved this holiday, I tried to make the most out of my day. Vivian and I had no idea what to do at the time. We were bored out of our minds. She suggested that we a scary movie to get more into the Halloween spirit. We surfed the channels to see what was…

It was my favorite time of the year. October which means scary costumes, candy, spooky movies, and the best part is I get to go to my grandparents cabin in the woods. I get to go with my 6 friends Jacob, Soucy, Lucy, Carmen, Ryan, and Sharlissa. We get to stay there the whole day of Halloween. Last year was amazing we stayed up all night eating candy and watching movies in the dark with only candles lit. This year is going to be way better we are going to dress up as the living dead and scare…

One day there were four boys Aidan, Adam, Zach, and Ben sitting around a fire on October 30, 1988 wondering what they were going to do for Halloween tomorrow. Ben exclaimed that he was going to get a Police Officer suit and was going to go around acting like a Officer. “Why don’t you just dress in your regular clothes, that’s scary enough,” Zach said while giggling. Zach was the jokester of the group. “Haha, very funny,” Ben murmured. Usually no one would pick on Ben because was a very tough…

I thought it was a costume party,” stammered Terence. Terence was a very absent minded, forgetful boy. People say he is so forgetful that it’s freaky. “ No Terence, I said it was a pajama party,” Sally chuckled, laughing at his Batman costume. “ Oh… okay I’ll be right back,” Terence sprinted his cape whooshing in the wind as the Dark Knight vanished down the street. Terence was always a good kid, but due to his memory that is extremely bad, his academics fell short. Since his academics fell…

Halloween was always one of my favorite holidays. Especially when the leaves start to change colors and it gets colder. That all changed October 20, 1998. It was a cold October night when it all happened. Kayla, Sabrina and I finally decided to go ride some old dirt roads. As I went to Kayals house I got this funny feeling as I pulled into the driveway, my heart was racing it was beating so fast and loud I could hear it in my head. I just talked myself out if it and got out of the car. As I got…

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