2009年10月29日木曜日

History of Halloween Costume

Here I'm going to talk about history of costume. On Halloween, it was believed that spirits would take possession of humans. So to avoid being possessed by spirits, people dressed up like ghosts or witches when people went out after dark. People hoped that spirits would make mistake them when they dressed up like them.

Wearing costumes became popular for Halloween parties in America in the early 1900s. The first Halloween costume appeared in stores in the 1930s. Traditional costumes are such as ghosts, skeletons, witches devils and so on. But nowadays, people wear not only traditional costumes but as characters from TV shows, movies and so on.

Nowadays, Halloween costumes are showing their individuality so I think Halloween ins a a good festival to show your individuality.