“Trick-or-Treat” in the White House

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama share M & M candies and dried fruit to more than 2,000 children who perform typical game Halloween “trick-or-treat” in the White House, Last Saturday, October 31, 2009.

Dress up with kids Halloween costumes as heroes, a virtue, pirates, fairies, skulls and costumes, children come with their parents from various areas in the United States (U.S.), among others, from Maryland, Virginia, and Washington DC.

They marched on the White House lawn. Obama’s couple smiled, chatted lightly and provides a transparent gift bag which also contains sweet biscuits made in White House chef, Bill Yosses, and a National Park Foundation Ranger skills book. Michelle Obama wearing cat ears made of artificial fur with leopard print top.

Black big fake spiders dangling on the network is installed from the porch of the White House. Typical Halloween pumpkins placed around columns and pillars. Halloween celebration with the distribution of souvenirs is intended for children aged 6 to 14 years.

President Obama and first lady spent about half an hour to distribute candy to trick-or-treaters. In addition to celebrating Halloween, an event held at the White House also aims to pay homage to families of military members killed in Afghanistan.

For children means the opportunity to wear Halloween costumes and get candy. For adults Halloween may be a chance to celebrate in adult Halloween costumes. For the shops is a good opportunity for marketing or promotion Party supplies. In short, it is not limited form of Halloween celebration in America.

Halloween originated from Celtic tradition, which once lived in Ireland, Scotland and surrounding areas-who believe that on the last day of October, the haunting of the earth. But this tradition has actually passed away long.

Halloween evolved from pagan tradition of the all hallows day. The day was believed to be the day when the spirits of people who had died the year before, returned to find bodies that can be possessed by the next year. According to pagan beliefs, in the days of Halloween with all laws of space and time are deferred so that the spiritual world interacted with the concrete world.

Now the pagan rituals that have faded but the costumed tradition continues to flourish. Even the costumes are not limited to ghost costumes idol but also children. Halloween tradition believed to be brought to the U.S. in the 1840s by Irish immigrants. Now that Halloween has dominated modern superpower’s cultural nuances.