Samhain

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Samhain (Template:IPAc-en, Template:IPA-ga, Template:IPA-gd; Template:Lang-gv Template:IPA-gv) is a Gaelic festival marking the end of the harvest season and beginning of winter or "darker-half" of the year. It is held on 1 November but with celebrations beginning on the evening of 31 October.

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-'''Halloween''' is the [[eve]] of [[All Hallows' Day]]; [[31st October]]; celebrated (mostly in the [[United States]], [[Canada]], [[United Kingdom]] and [[Ireland]],) by [[children]] going [[door-to-door]] in [[costume]] and demanding [[candy]] with [[menace]]s.
-===See also===
+'''Samhain''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|ɑː|w|ɪ|n|,_|ˈ|s|aʊ|ɪ|n}}, {{IPA-ga|ˈsˠəunʲ|lang}}, {{IPA-gd|ˈs̪ãũ.ɪɲ|lang}}; {{lang-gv|Sauin}} {{IPA-gv|ˈsoːɪnʲ|}}) is a [[Gaels|Gaelic]] festival marking the end of the [[harvest]] season and beginning of winter or "[[Celtic calendar#Medieval Irish and Welsh calendars|darker-half]]" of the year. It is held on 1 November but with celebrations beginning on the evening of 31 October.
-*[[Halloween (1978 film)|''Halloween'' (1978 film)]] by John Carpenter
-*[[Vintage Obscura Halloween Mix]]
+==See also==
-*[[All Hallows' Day]]
+'''Holidays'''
-*[[trick-or-treat]]
+* [[Bealtaine]]
-*[[Samhain]]
+* [[Imbolc]]
+* [[Lammas]]
+* [[Lughnasadh]]
+'''Calendars'''
+* [[Celtic calendar]]
+* [[Irish calendar]]
+* [[Welsh Holidays]]
+'''Early Irish literature'''
+* ''[[Serglige Con Culainn]]''
+* ''[[Togail Bruidne Dá Derga]]''
+* ''[[Cath Maige Tuired]]''
+* ''[[Mesca Ulad]]''
+* ''[[Tochmarc Étaíne]]''
+* [[Christianisation of saints and feasts]]
+* [[Irish mythology in popular culture#Samhain|Samhain in popular culture]]
+*[[Diwali]]
+*[[Kali Puja]]
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