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How Indians celebrated Halloween
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10/31/2022
Is Halloween even a foreign festival for Indians anymore?
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How did this foreign festival called Halloween become so popular in India?
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Lagta hai yahaan par bhi kisi vamp ki koi chaal hai.
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No.
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It's just that pop culture is transcending borders and becoming more accessible, especially
00:21
at the touch of a screen.
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Halloween's origin goes back thousands of years.
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It is traced back to the Celtic peoples who believed that the dead visit their homes on
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this day.
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So, they wore costumes and lit bonfires to ward off spirits.
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The Celts belonged to the region that is present-day Ireland, UK and Northern France.
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But gradually, their religious festival became more cultural with people adding elements
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like trick-or-treat to it.
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Children dress up in their favourite costumes and go around neighbourhoods asking for treats.
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Halloween's depiction in pop culture, especially in American films and series, brought it to
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the homes of people who could afford TVs and understand English.
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This year, I decided to really get into the spirit of Halloween.
01:02
That's why its celebration in India is sometimes viewed as kind of elitist because it is something
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that the privileged can easily afford to understand.
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Like Halloween would hardly be an alien concept for those who grew up watching sitcoms like
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Friends.
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Now, widely popular shows like Modern Family, Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Stranger Things are
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also building up curiosity around the festival.
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Naturally, Halloween grew more popular amongst young, privileged Indians.
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This year, a friend of these star kids threw a Halloween party.
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The Halloween fad wasn't just limited to these celebrity kids though.
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Kareena Kaif also dressed up as Harley Quinn.
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And creators and comedians had their own takes on the festival.
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Even some schools in India had started throwing Halloween parties.
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It is celebrated around the same time as Diwali.
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And it might be interesting to note that while Indians are embracing Halloween, Americans
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are embracing Diwali.
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