Beasts and Witches Festival - Storytelling Show 'Once Upon a Time Halloween'

1 rue Robert schuman, Parc Archéologique Bliesbruck-Reinheim

By Corinne Duchêne. Suitable for ages 5 and up. Access to the entire Park. Christianity's All Saints' Day replaced the Celtic Samhain, which later became Irish Halloween. In the past, the Gauls celebrated Samhain for three nights and three days. Children in costumes chased roaming spirits, candles on the window guided the departed ancestors, and young people went from door to door to collect food for the great feast. In French oral tradition, it is at this time that fairies and goblins appear in the countryside, that standing stones move in libé…