Decorate Yourself With A Halloween Mask!
Halloween masks make great Halloween decoration ideas! Keep your guest and friends guessing as to who you are and let out the scary side of yourself!
As I am sure you know, Michael Myers is one of the fictional characters from the Halloween series of Slasher films. His first appearance is in John Carpenter’s Halloween in 1978 where he is a young boy who murders his elder sister; then, fifteen years on, he returns back home to murder some more teenagers.
This Rob Zombie Michael Myers mask is bound to scare your friends this Halloween! The mask is a full overhead one with some pale face details on one side and blood with scars covering the other side.
Or maybe you would like to be Mr Living Dead? This zombie has disappeared from his graveyard and is now probably getting ready to feast on your soul. Excellent for Halloween Decoration Ideas.
This flesh-colored mask has eye holes on a sunken face and is topped off with brown hair to the shoulder.
If you prefer to look less scary – you could look crazy instead! Give your friends either something to laugh at or worry about.
Is your craziness just you acting or are you showing your true self? Let them guess! The Crazy Al mask will get everyone wondering.
This mask is a half mask with its big eyes and white hair.
Or perhaps you think it is more than time you got some sympathy. You don’t want to frighten people but prefer just to chat and commiserate. You won’t terrify anyone with the Rag Doll Mask. This poor rag doll has suffered a hard life and needs you to wear it.
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What Is The Day Of The Dead?
Although Halloween and El Dia de Los Muertos are celebrated at the same time of year, and skeletons are prominent symbols of both holidays, people often mistakenly assume that the Day of the Dead is just a Mexican version of Halloween. The two holidays do have some aspects in common – both trace their origins back thousands of years, and both were transformed with the spread of Christianity. While Halloween evolved from the Celtic holiday Samhain, the Day of the Dead sprang from pre-Columbian Mesoamerican festivals that celebrated departed ancestors.
Just as Samhain was replaced with the holy days All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day (and later, the secular holiday Halloween), the ancient Aztec and Toltec harvest festivals (traditionally celebrated in late summer) were replaced with the Day of the Dead, also celebrated on All ~ and All Souls’ Days.
But the similarity between the two holidays ends there. While Halloween emphasizes fear of other worldly creatures and the ghoulish aspects of the afterlife, the Day of the Dead honors the cycle of life and recognizes that death is a part of it. The Day of the Dead is a joyful family event that celebrates departed ancestors and welcomes them back to the world of the living for a yearly visit. The skeletons so widely associated with the holiday are happy, not scary. They represent the dead doing the things they enjoyed while they were living.
The Day of the Dead is celebrated on two days: November I and 2. While traditions vary in different parts of Mexico, there are some general commonalities. On November I, families celebrate los angelitos (the little angels), the spirits of departed children. On November 2, deceased adults are honored. On both days, families go to the gravesites of their relatives to decorate and renovate graves. They bring picnic lunches, flowers, and candles. The cemeteries are crowded with families, mariachi bands play festive music, and at night there are fireworks in some parts of Mexico.
The most important ritual of this holiday is the preparation of the family altar, or ofrenda, the centrepiece of the celebration. The altar is meant as a welcoming place for spirits to rest after their long journey back from the dead. On the evening of October 31, families begin to set up their altars with offerings for the returning spirits.
Halloween by Joanne OSullivan
