Halloween - Scary, Disgusting Masks!

Halloween - Scary, Disgusting Masks!

Halloween evokes pictures of ghosts, ghouls, vampires and other blood curdling creatures. It kindles horror and anxiety and sets the heart thumping for terror of the unknown. The words Halloween and dismay have always been synonymous. In keeping with the blood curdling horrific nature of the festival, revelers don Halloween scary disgusting masks and costumes that dwelling the adrenaline flowing.

The origins of Halloween scary disgusting masks go relieve to archaic Celtic festival. Centuries relieve, winters were a time for hardship. The short days of winter were scary and the Pagans were disturbed of venturing out in the dismal as they believed that on Halloween when the mortal world merged with the afterworld, ghosts returned to the earth hovering around and looking for modern bodies to live in.

To appease the mad spirits they would light bonfires, overseen by druids, and sacrifice animals. To protect themselves they would wear masks made from animal heads and go around incognito mimicking the tiring, spirits so that the ghosts would mistake them for fellow spirits. From this practice was born Halloween scary disgusting masks.

This practice of wearing scary masks continued for centuries till pope Boniface IV declared Halloween to be a Christian holiday. Europeans continued with this tradition to ward off unfavorable spirits. However, celebration of Halloween was considered to be a taboo by many in America till the twentieth century. For them it was an detestable holiday. However around this time to curb vandalism among youngsters, parents went wait on to the Celtic practice of wearing masks on Halloween, which evoked anxiety, disgust and dismay. In 1920, the town of Anoka, Minnesota, was the first to celebrate Halloween in plump masked attire.

During the Celtic age, wearing of masks was a matter of life and death as the terror of the unknown enveloped all. However, with time Halloween masks have acquired fresh meaning. It is today a prop for fun and entertainment. Today the most current masks are witch masks, werewolf masks and hockey masks. dinky girls mostly wear witch masks to create tricks. They are very colourful and scary and gross.

The werewolf veil owes its origin to the Greek mythology. Lycoan and his fifty sons tried to entertain Zeus by offering him a dish of human flesh. A disgusted and infuriated Zeus turned them into werewolves. The yarn of werewolves spread to America with the immigrants and today millions of people, particularly children wear werewolf masks during Halloween.

The practice of wearing ghoulish hockey masks on Halloween is relatively fresh and owes its origin to the scare movie Friday the 13th.

Today Halloween scary disgusting masks made of latex, foam, and paper mache have lost their sinful connotations and no longer inspire apprehension and scare. They are merely fraction of a costume donned by people who participate in Halloween merriment. These masks of witches, zombies, vampires, demons, mummies and skeletons mature at Halloween parties withhold their scary and disgusting recognize but no longer terrorize us.