{"id":7830,"date":"2016-11-02T18:00:59","date_gmt":"2016-11-02T22:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/?p=7830"},"modified":"2016-11-02T15:19:12","modified_gmt":"2016-11-02T19:19:12","slug":"uncertainty-between-the-living-or-the-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/2016\/11\/02\/uncertainty-between-the-living-or-the-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do people dress up for Halloween?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, the Center for Campus Involvement hosted a spooky event in the Ann &amp; Robert H. Lurie Tower on North Campus to recognize the tradition of Halloween.\u00a0When\u00a0the\u00a0clock\u00a0struck 8pm, the doors opened and so began\u00a0a\u00a0night of embarkments on a thrilling 15-minute ascent through the bell tower memorial. Those involved generously dedicated their time to this spectacular project and offered free admittance to UM students.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/christicenter.org\/2013\/01\/samhain-the-gaelic-festival-of-the-dead\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7831\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7831 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/Samhain-Festival-300x252.jpg\" alt=\"samhain-festival\" width=\"300\" height=\"252\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This holiday of costumes and candy, ghosts and ghouls, beasts and bonfires originated from the Celtic festival of Samhain dating back nearly 2,000 years. Autumn marked the end of bountiful summer harvest and the onset of a dark winter embodiment of\u00a0human death. According to Celtic beliefs, the boundary between the living world and the dead world became unclear on October 31st, the eve of the new year on November 1st. They celebrated Samhain by lighting bonfires and dressing in costumes to ward off the ghosts that returned\u00a0on\u00a0this haunted evening. Supposedly, the presence of these other worldly spirits allowed Celtic priests, also known as Druids, to make accurate predictions about the future. This history led me to wonder <em>what if spirits really do return to Earth? Since\u00a0everyone is dressed in\u00a0character, maybe you\u00a0are\u00a0unable to distinguish costumes from true beings. Or what if\u00a0people like mediums really can communicate with past life to learn about the future?<\/em> Just some food for thought.<\/p>\n<p>I may not be a Druid, but I would predict that the Center for Campus Involvement will host an event similar to this on a future All Hallows\u2019 Eve based on the turnout for this outstanding performance. Throughout the year,\u00a0a variety of events such as the upcoming Battle of the Bands, Pixar UMix, and free finals breakfast are made possible by this organization.<\/p>\n<p>History.com Staff. &#8220;History of Halloween.&#8221;\u00a0<em>History.com<\/em>. A&amp;E Television Networks, 2009. Web. 02 Nov. 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, the Center for Campus Involvement hosted a spooky event in the Ann &amp; Robert H. Lurie Tower on North Campus to recognize the tradition of Halloween.\u00a0When\u00a0the\u00a0clock\u00a0struck 8pm, the doors opened and so began\u00a0a\u00a0night of embarkments on a thrilling 15-minute ascent through the bell tower memorial. Those involved generously dedicated their time to this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2182,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1045,412,1044],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7830"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2182"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7830"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7837,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7830\/revisions\/7837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}