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WASHINGTON - Halloween may be a celebration for all the terrible and frightening creatures, but a growing number of U.S. communities are shunning traditional ghoulish festivities, seen by some people associated with paganism (the worship of idols) and worship. On Saturday, the streets of U.S. cities will be filled with zombies, vampires, and other creatures are horrible when children dressed in costumes and go from house to house to collect candy in the annual ritual of "trick or treat". The days leading up to the October 31 often are marked by similarly ghoulish celebrations at schools and community centers in the U.S.. However, not everyone metalshop sees Halloween as a fun event. Complaints about the costumes that resemble demons, creepy or culturally insensitive have led a growing number of churches, schools and community groups to replace Halloween festivities with "fall festivals" featuring costume parades and party celebrations stripped of monsters, goblins, or witches . Christian conservatives have led the way in opposing the traditional celebration of Halloween. "A lot of people find some aspects of Halloween that is disturbing," said Richard Dobson, head of the "Focus On the Family", one of the most influential Christian groups in the U.S.. Dobson told followers on his website that he did not receive the traditional emphasis upon the occult, metalshop witches, devils, death, metalshop and crime in many Halloween celebrations metalshop that focus on a fake haunted house. "Obviously there is no place for the dark side of Halloween in the Christian community," said Dobson, whose syndicated radio programs heard on hundreds of stations across the U.S.. He proposed that children dressed as Disney characters or similar figures that do not involve another world. "" Make costumes for your children that reflect the fun characters, such as Mickey Mouse or an elderly grandmother, metalshop and then let them go neighbors to ask for candy. "Halloween is taken from the name" All Hallows Even "(event saints), fell the day before Memorial Day Saints on November 1. A day in which Christians commemorate their loved ones who was gone. Though the celebration is now devoid metalshop of religious metalshop meaning at all, but initially it from idolatry, derived from ancient Celtic times to mark the end of summer and paying tribute to another world. Concerns metalshop over cult shades metalshop of Halloween is not banned in the U.S.. Yahoo! this week in Spain, the Roman Catholic metalshop leader warns about the growing popularity of Halloween, calling it pagan, anti-Christian metalshop and a celebration of death over life. Bishop of Siguenza-Guadalajara, metalshop Jose Sanchez, even said that the celebration of Halloween is not innocent because background occult and anti-Christian. Others have criticized the themes of adults in costume Halloween approaching sexual connotations and popular in some gay communities, which have long been seen Halloween as an opportunity to organize a party with male guests who come dressed in women's clothing. There which says that at a time when America has become more diverse and inclusive of various immigrant communities, the symbolism of Halloween will be eliminated by the new symbols into the country. Randall Balmer, professor metalshop of American religious history at Barnard College, metalshop Columbia University, said the movement for relieve Halloween is a price to pay for living in a pluralistic society. "It is a gesture in the direction of inclusion, if people have a belief that makes them feel uncomfortable with traditional Halloween. Those who have the responsibility to be sensitive to that issue. "Balmer noted that efforts to offer an alternative Halloween is part of a larger movement to ensure that religious symbols be kept away from public life. One school in Maryland, Monocacy metalshop Valley Montessori Public elementary, to host the International Children's Day as an alternative to Halloween, with children wearing clothes metalshop from all over the world, not the scary costumes. Meanwhile, a principal at another school with the students who mostly come from immigrant families , decided to replace the annual Halloween parade with the Fall Festival which focused on reading and literature. "We want to provide an activity that includes all students as active participants," said Diantha Swift. (rin / dn) www.suaramedia.com Related Articles:
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