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Samhainby ~Ariel87

Digital Art / Photomanipulation / Fantasy

is a Gaelic harvest festival held on October 31–November 1. It was linked to festivals held around the same time in other Celtic cultures, and was popularised as the "Celtic New Year" from the late 19th century
Samhain and Samhain-based festivals are held by some Neopagans. As there are many kinds of Neopaganism, their Samhain celebrations can be very different despite the shared name. Some try to emulate the historic festival as much as possible. Other Neopagans base their celebrations on sundry unrelated sources, Gaelic culture being only one of the sources.
Wiccans celebrate a variation of Samhain as one of the yearly yearly Sabbats of the Wheel of the Year. It is deemed by most Wiccans to be the most important of the four 'greater Sabbats'. It is generally held on October 31 in the Northern Hemisphere, starting at sundown. Samhain is seen by some Wiccans as a time to celebrate the lives of those who have died, and it often involves paying respect to ancestors, family members, elders of the faith, friends, pets and other loved ones who have died. In some rituals the spirits of the dead are invited to attend the festivities. It is seen as a festival of darkness, which is balanced at the opposite point of the wheel by the spring festival of Beltane, which Wiccans celebrate as a festival of light and fertility.

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~Děkuji mnohokrát! Thank you very much! Много благодаря! Mange tak! Maraming salamat! Kiitos paljon! Merci beaucoup! Hartelijk dank! Puno ti hvala! Grazie mille! Labai tau ačiū! Liels paldies! Vielen Dank! Mange takk! Dziękuję bardzo! Muito obrigado! Mulţumesc foarte mult!Много благодаря! Σε ευχαριστώ πάρα πολύ! Hvala lepa! Пуно ти хвала! Muchas gracias! Tack så mycket! Велике спасибі! jazeelan or katheran~