31/10/2026
🎃👻 HAPPY HALLOWEEN! 🦇🌍
THINK HALLOWEEN IS ALL ABOUT PUMPKINS, COSTUMES & TRICK-OR-TREATING? THINK AGAIN! 👀
We might love a bit of trick-or-treating, spooky costumes and pumpkin carving here in the UK, but have you ever wondered how other countries celebrate Halloween, or their own traditions surrounding the spirit world?
🇨🇳 CHINA - THE HUNGRY GHOST FESTIVAL
During the seventh lunar month, it's traditionally believed that spirits return to the world of the living. Families leave food and drink offerings, burn incense and hold performances to honour ancestors and appease wandering ghosts.
🇻🇳 VIETNAM - HALLOWEEN STREET PARTIES
Halloween is becoming increasingly popular, with fancy dress, lively street parties and outdoor celebrations in cities such as Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. A slightly warmer alternative to trick-or-treating in the UK!
🇮🇳 INDIA - A GROWING HALLOWEEN TRADITION
Halloween is catching on, particularly among younger generations in larger cities, with fancy dress parties, themed events and even a little trick-or-treating in some communities.
🇯🇵 JAPAN - GHOST STORIES & ANCESTRAL SPIRITS
Japan's traditional Obon festival, held mainly in August, honours ancestors with lanterns, traditional dances and offerings. Japan also loves a good ghost story, while Halloween itself brings elaborate costumes and themed celebrations!
🇧🇷 BRAZIL - FINADOS (DAY OF THE DEAD)
Celebrated on 2nd November, this is a time to remember loved ones who have passed away. Families visit cemeteries, light candles, lay flowers and come together in remembrance.
🌍 WHO KNEW THERE WERE SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS TO HONOUR THE SPIRIT WORLD?
Some traditions are spooky, others are deeply meaningful, but they all offer a fascinating glimpse into different cultures around the world.
✍️ Based on an article written by Nicci Kimmel for Wendy Wu Tours.
🔗 Read the original article here:
https://www.wendywutours.co.uk/blog/india/halloween-traditions-around-the-globe/
