Happy All Saints Day

Amedor · Post by **Amedor** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 7:18 pm

What is a chichi woman? :x

Jupiler · Post by **Jupiler** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 7:30 pm

err...woman who thinks a lot of herself...bit of a snob, thinking she's better than the rest of humanity

Gandelf · Post by **Gandelf** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 7:46 pm

Amedor wrote:Hallowe'en is the eve of All Saints Day I thought :x

You are correct. Hallowe'en (31st Oct.) is also known as "All Hallows Eve", i.e. the day/evening before "All Hallows Day", or "All Saints Day" (1st November).

Post by **Lieva** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 8:03 pm

is it actually known as 'day of the dead' as well? or that another day(crow2)

Satyn · Post by **Satyn** » Tue Nov 01, 2005 8:21 pm

allerheiligen en allerzielen ... today is to remind ppl off saints and tomorrow is to remind ppl of lost souls

Silverbirch · Post by **Silverbirch** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 6:33 pm

Well I was expecting a package from Italy for a customer at work, and when I phoned up to find out where the hell it was they told me 'oh sorry, its a public holiday for like 2 days for 'all saints'... great, now my customer is giving me grief 24/7

have a good'un all :-P

PS - do we have a 'spice girls day' too?

Gitt · Post by **Gitt** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 7:22 pm

Banana wrote:is it actually known as 'day of the dead' as well? or that another day(crow2)

Yep, its the end of the druidic Celtic (not pagan!.. I think I've explained this misnomer previously) festival known as Samhain when a great feast is held to celebrate the incoming harvest (now the christian harvest festival) and to remember the ancestors that had contributed to its success.

Incidentally, the use of "Bonfires" was not traditionally connected with the gunpowder plot, but was part of the Samhain festivites, where large charnel pyres were created... bone-fire's.

Post by **Lieva** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 7:31 pm

hmm

pagan = not one of the mainstream religions

the bonfires .. the burned people that are mentioned in daoc?

wicker men

i know theyre from ye olden days religions

Gitt · Post by **Gitt** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 7:39 pm

Banana wrote:hmm

pagan = not one of the mainstream religions

the bonfires .. the burned people that are mentioned in daoc? wicker men i know theyre from ye olden days religions

Pagan comes from the latin paganus.. which is used to describe anything outside the roman christian beliefs.. so it encompases a wide variety of religions and practices but is not actually a religion in its own right.

...and yes, the wicker man is a particularly nasty practice involving a large number of animal and human sacrifices trapped within a wicker bail or effigy and burnt.. unlike witch burnings the wood was dried and mixed with charcoal and dry straw.. so there was no chance of smoke asphyxiation.. pure heat... horrible way to go really...

Maeloch · Post by **Maeloch** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 8:09 pm

Gandelf wrote:Whatever your religious belief may be, perhaps today we should celebrate those Saints and martyrs who spent their lives dedicated to, or even dying for what they believed in.

And celebrate the Romans!...who pioneered their use in public entertainment, and without whom there's be much less of them!