Halloween is a holiday.It celebrated annuually on the night of october 31.It originated Ireland and quite a few countries including Canada,USA,Japon.It is celebrated in a variety of ways for example costume,parties,ghost tours and bonfires.It is important mainly from a traditional aspect and fun aspect for countries.Halloween was originally as an ancient Gaelac festival known as samhain from the old Irish somain.This festival was a celebration of the end of the harvest season in Gaelic culture.It was seen as a time when the divisions between the living and dead blurred.For children to go 'trick or treating' dressed up in costumes such as a witch ghost..The main tradition is children will knock on their neighbour`s door and demand a treat such as lolly or chocalate.This is usually something simple like throwing eggs or toilet paper at the house.
Kurban Bayramı called Eid el-adha.This festival is the most important Islamic religious festival of the year and a 4 or 5 day public holiday in Turkey and very important for muslims because it gives the happiness on the faces all type of people rich,poor,old people,children.All people wear new clothes on this occasion and go to say prayer of Eid-ul-fitr to mosque.After saying prayer the Imam gives an adress to people and people hugs each other and says'Eid Mubarik'and then they go to their homes and eat their favourite food.Eid is important because it is to remind Muslims of what Ibrahim sacrificed for God and to show we are willing to sacrifice anything God wishes.It gives happiness too all Muslims all around the world,to show respect for Abraham,God and all other Muslims.The festival is celebrated in the remembrance of prophet Abraham`s readiness to forfeit Ishmael his son for good.This story about this festival tells,how Abraham was ready to kill his son and remained true to God.God also asked Abraham to sacrifice his son in a dream.Abraham along with his son started moving towards Mina for the sacrifice.Fınally, Muslims commemorate and remember Abraham`s trials,by themselves slaughtering an animal such as a camel,sheep or goat.
