Asian Spectator

Men's Weekly

.

Halloween's celebration of mingling with the dead has roots in ancient Celtic celebrations of Samhain

  • Written by Tok Thompson, Professor of Anthropology, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Halloween's celebration of mingling with the dead has roots in ancient Celtic celebrations of SamhainHow did Halloween get associated with the spooky?SolStock/Collection E+ via Getty Images

As Halloween approaches, people get ready to celebrate the spooky, the scary and the haunted. Ghosts, zombies, skeletons and witches are prominently displayed in yards, windows, stores and community spaces. Festivities center around the realm of the dead, and...

More Articles ...

  1. Rebuilding affordable housing is essential for coastal businesses' hurricane recovery
  2. Why do people have slips of the tongue?
  3. Using the ocean to fight climate change raises serious environmental justice and technical questions
  4. What's a cold war? A historian explains how rivals US and Soviet Union competed off the battlefield
  5. Republicans say crime is on the rise – what is the crime rate and what does it mean?
  6. With memories of embarrassments still fresh, election pollsters face big tests in 2022 midterm elections
  7. Why are so many people delighted by disgusting things?
  8. When Filipino parents in the US encourage their children to talk about their feelings and promote cultural pride, their children's mental health improves
  9. Signatures of alien technology could be how humanity first finds extraterrestrial life
  10. Intuitions about justice are a consistent part of human nature across cultures and millennia

Magazine

Integrasi pengetahuan lokal sebagai solusi iklim: Belajar dari masyarakat adat Bayan di Lombok

● Masyarakat adat Bayan di Lombok Utara, NTB, punya Wariga sebagai sistem pengetahuan alam yang presisi.● Ada juga arsitektur Bale Bayan yang terbukti tahan gempa dan sistem ‘awiq-aw...

Tan Malaka untuk pemula: Sejauh mana kita bisa mempercayai mitos?

● ‘Madilog’ karya Tan Malaka mengajak masyarakat Indonesia meninggalkan cara berpikir mistik dan beralih ke logika ilmiah.● Mitos dan rasio bukanlah lawan, melainkan dua bentuk...

Kenaikan harga tiket Transjakarta: Antara kemampuan masyarakat dan beban pemda Jakarta

● Setelah 2 dekade, harga tiket Transjakarta bakal naik.● Pemerintah daerah Jakarta sedang menghadapi paceklik sehingga harus mengurangi subsidi.● Jika kenaikan harga tiket lebih tin...