Halloween, wanda ake celebrating shi a ranar 31 ga Oktoba, yana da tarihin gaske da al’adu daga Ireland. A yanzu, al’adar Halloween ta zama sananni a duniya baki, amma asalinta ya fito ne daga al’adun Celtic na Samhain.
Samhain, wanda ake furta shi ‘Sow-in’, shine asalin sunan al’adar Halloween. Al’adar Samhain ta faro shekaru 5,000 da suka wuce, a lokacin da Celtics suke yi imani cewa ranar 31 ga Oktoba ita ce ranar da barikin tsakanin rayayyu da mutanen da suka rasu ya fi yawa. Su kan nuna wuta ta jama’a da kaiwa kayan adon domin kare kansu daga ruhohin masu tsauri.
Wani wuri da ake zargin shine asalin Halloween ita ce County Roscommon, inda akwai wata dutsen da ake kira ‘Ireland’s Gate to Hell’. Dutsen wannan tana kusa da Rathcroghan, babban birnin tsohuwar Connacht, wanda shi ne wuri mai mahimmanci na kayan tarihi da suka kai shekaru 5,500 da suka wuce. Archaeologist Daniel Curley ya bayyana cewa, ‘a kimanin shekaru 2,000 da suka wuce, mutane sun yi imani cewa Æ™ofar tsakanin duniyoyi ta buÉ—e a ranar 31 ga Oktoba’.
Al’adar Samhain ta kuma hada da yin wuta ta jama’a, kamar yadda ake yi a Hill of Ward, wanda ake kira Tlachtga. Wuta ta jama’a a Tlachtga ita ce mafi girma a Ireland, kuma mutane daga sauran al’ummomi sukan nuna wutunsu daga tafin wuta ta Tlachtga, domin nuna hadin kai da kare kansu daga zuhura na winter.
Yayin da al’adar Halloween ta yi tafiyar duniya, ta canza zuwa abubuwan da ake yi a yau kamar yin kaya daga kabewa (wanda a Ireland sukan yi daga turnip), da aikin trick-or-treating. Al’adar ta kuma hada da yin kayan adon da kaiwa, domin kare kansu daga ruhohin masu tsauri.
