Yau, Oktoba 31, 2024, shine ranar Halloween a duniya baki. Ranar Halloween ta fara ne a matsayin bikin Gaelic na Samhain, wanda ya nuna ƙarshen lokacin girbi na noma da fara lokacin hunturu. Al’ummar Celt sun yi imani cewa a dare na Samhain, kananan tsakanin rayayyu da matattu suna daure, kuma arwahar matattu zasu iya komawa duniyar rayayyu.
Don haka, Celtawa sun yi wuta, suka sanya kaya na maske, da kuma bayar da kurban ga allahnansu. Daga baya, lokacin da Kiristanci ya yadu a Turai, ya haɗa da yawa daga al’adun pagan a cikin bikin Kirista. Misali, Oktoba 31 an san shi da All Hallows’ Eve, wanda daga baya ya zama ranar Halloween da ake bikin a yau a manyan ƙasashe na duniya.
Ranar Halloween ta kuma zama ranar tunawa da matattu, inda a ranar 1 ga Nuwamba ake bikin All Saints’ Day, sannan ranar 2 ga Nuwamba ake bikin All Souls’ Day. A yau, mutane suna sanya kaya na maske, kuma suna yin wasu ayyuka na al’ada kamar su barmbrack, wani irin ɗan goro na Ireland da ake ci a ranar Halloween.
