More than 150 people killed during Halloween festivities in Seoul on 29 October in the country’s worst disasters in years.
- A mass of mostly young people celebrating Halloween in Seoul got trapped and crushed as the crowd surged into a narrow alley.
What is Halloween?
- Halloween is a celebration observed in many countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows’ Day.
- Halloween had its origins in the festival of Samhain among the Celts of ancient Britain and Ireland.
- This ritual involves children disguised in Halloween costumes visiting neighbourhood houses with the phrase ‘trick or treat’.
- Treat involves getting candies or other confectionaries, while trick involves performing some sort of harmless mischief.
