30 pictures of the most frightening parties in the world

The most terrifying festivals and festivals in the world: 30 photos that are cold in the back to prepare to attend these festivals!

Approach Halloween , we had to introduce you some festivals that give the chicken flesh. Whether a tradition or a celebration is celebrated worldwide or in a specific region, it is nonetheless unique. Here. 9 parties and festivals that will give you the scare and that you will be able to discover through thirty pictures.

Halloween

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Halloween is a very popular party in the United States and in the world, which is celebrated in the evening of 31 October , the day before the Allies. His name is a contraction of English All Hallows Eve which means the eve of All Saints’ Day in English and can be translated as "the velvet of the Toussaint". Despite its name of Christian and English origin, the vast majority of sources present Halloween as a legacy of the pagan feast of Samain which was celebrated in the early autumn by the Celts.

Día de Muertos

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El Día de Muertos , in Mexico, falls at the same time as Halloween and, like Halloween, it is actually a fusion of the Christian Toussaint with indigenous religious traditions. The Day of the Dead is a feast of the dead typical of the current Mexican culture, which is also observed in the southwest of the United States among the community of Mexican origin. The Dia de Muertos was an Aztec feast in honour of the goddess Mictecacihuatl, which blended with the Christian traditions during the European colonization of the country. The party is probably best known outside Mexico for its colorful aesthetics and its spectacularly scary side.

Wilder Mann

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Wilder Mann is not a party in itself but rather a collection of photos by French photographer Charles Fréger who reveals the ancestral rituals where men, the time of winter, disguise themselves as “savage” and celebrate seasons, life, death. One of the characters ubiquitous in these rituals is the wild man (“Warer Mann” in German) who is half-human, half-animal. This shows that, although much of Europe is globalized, there are still pagan traditions practised on the continent.

Guy Fawkes Night

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Guy Fawkes night commemorating the anniversary of the Conspiracy of powders during which English Catholics led by Guy Fawkes tried to blow up Parliament. The plot failed and the conspirators were arrested and executed. Bonfire night as it is also called, also commemorates the fact that King James I escaped the attack. In the United Kingdom, on the evening of 5 November is celebrated by fireworks and fireworks. Traditionally, children make an effigy of Guy Fawkes named le Guy , which can also represent the misfortunes of the year. They walk her from door to door to ask « a penny for the Guy » , and in the evening she was burned on the fire of joy.

Lantern Festival

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The Lantern Festival occurs throughout Asia. People go out for a walk at nightfall, a lantern by hand. It is one of the most beautiful festivals in the world, especially during the release of thousands of lanterns in the sky of the night, sometimes symbolizing the soul of a person. The legends referring to the origin of the feast mention the anger of the god of fire threatening to fire the capital the 15th day of the first lunar month . A clever person would then have had the idea of bringing out all the inhabitants in the street that evening with red lanterns, and to hang them at all the gates, that the god, believing the city already in flames, may withdraw. The photo of the top was taken at the lantern festival in Taiwan, and the last two in Thailand.

Ghost party

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The terriblely named "Phantom Feast" is a Buddhist celebration commemorating death. It is a Chinese feast that takes place 15th day of the seventh lunar month . The party is closely linked to the cult of the ancestors. In order to honor their ancestors, many Buddhists organize banquets for the dead, with food plates. The party takes place throughout the Buddhist world and therefore has many variations. There can therefore be lanterns, shows and lights of joy.

Up Helly Aa

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Up Helly Aa is a spectacularly picturesque festival in the Shetland Islands in Scotland. The party takes place last Tuesday of January , and has viking origins. The biggest festival takes place in Lerwick and consists of a torch procession that ends with a torches launch in a Viking drakkar, which is then allowed to burn.

Gai Jatra

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Gai Jatra , literally “Cow Festival”, is a feast of the dead celebrated mainly in Nepal in commemoration of the deceased during the previous year. The cows are brought to the party by those who have had a member of their deceased family. Although there are scary or macabre elements of the festival, it is for the most part a much more “light” party than other death parties. It is believed that this festival began when the son of a Hindu king died, and the king, eager to see his queen smile again, launched a festival that rewards anyone who could make her laugh. The festival is now marked by jokes, satire and derision.

Famadihana

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The Famadihana , or “return of the dead”, is a funeral custom that is encountered in most tribes of Madagascar. The ritual consists of burying the bones of the ancestors, wrapping them ceremonially in white and fresh tissues (lamba) and strolling around the tomb before re-enterring them. It is unfortunately a celebration that is lost over the years.

Which one of these festivals scares you most?