The Halloween festival known as Teng Chieh is built around rituals that not only celebrate the dead but free the spirits of the “pretas” to ascend to heaven. “Pretas” are the spirits of ...

Every place celebrates this holiday with different traditions, many of which revolve around food ... Mexico is one of the places in the world where Halloween is celebrated the most.

A selection of striking news photographs taken around the world this week. US President Joe Biden playfully bites a baby during a trick-or-treaters celebration for Halloween at the White House in ...

Halloween may be one of the biggest holidays in America, but the holiday, or versions of it, has a history all over the world. From Ireland to Haiti, countries across the globe have their own ...

“The community just grabbed onto it as their thing.” In 1937, an act of Congress officially declared Anoka the “Halloween Capital of the World.” Turok, an Anoka native, said he has been celebrating ...

people dressed as witches are dancing on streets around the world to celebrate Walpurgis Night, a central European holiday that’s considered a second Halloween for some Germans. Photo ...

Hindus and Jains around the world. A major religious festival, it symbolises the victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance. Halloween is also celebrated across ...