How do you celebrate Halloween in your country? Has the american way already taken over the local tradition? There may be other feasts related to the dead that can be even more interesting. Share with us your stories and pictures!
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We do not celebrate Halloween here (in Hungary). On All Saints’ Day people go to the cemeteries to commemorate their deceased family members and friends but that’s all.
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Hello @Csaba
Thanks for your reply. The same tradition exists in Czech Republic and there hasn’t been much to it until recently. But since let’s say 10 years ago, many people organise #### or treat events for children or do halloween mascarade parties. It cannot be yet called a tradition though.
Yes, here as well, businesses are trying hard to start such a tradition (guess they hope for making more money) but so far we cannot call it a tradition.
Similarly, Valentine’s Day is present but not too popular here.
hey, @Csaba do you know what is really interesting?
Even if we do not celebrate Halloween in Hungary, as you wrote, we just got this video today "Spooked for a Day - Searching for Budapest’s Scariest Spots" from the official Local Guides YouTube channel. Have you seen that already?
In NYC it is not like is used to be. I remember having to purchase 6 big bags of candy. Now hardly even 1
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Hello @CaptainHook
Halloween is not usually celebrated here in India. But as @OcsaA said, businesses need us us to celebrate Halloween.
With the advent of the notion of globalization and the world becoming a ‘global village,’ traditions and values of the diversified hues are being adopted regardless of the geographical borders.
Halloween celebration in India is on the rise, even though Halloween is not that popular as compared to other festivals in the country.
In Cities restaurants usually cook up a theme menu where they name their dishes and drinks accordingly, to entice revellers to their joints.
People are quite aware of what Halloween actually is. India’s young crowd is adventurous and always looking for something new and different.
Regards,
Melbin
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@user_not_foundwrote:In NYC it is not like is used to be. I remember having to purchase 6 big bags of candy. Now hardly even 1
Yeah, I know what you mean. There’s a simillar tradition of going from house to house on Easterin central and eastern Europe but you hardly get to hear a doorbell ring in big cities. On the other hand in the country, you just have to visit every neighbour if not disabled. 
Ah, @Andras_H , as we know, the real, historic Dracula was not from Transylvania, the original Vajdahunyad Castle is not in Budapest (that’s just a romantic mockup of several historic buildings in Hungary) and has never been haunted.
So much about the originality of the video which is just a fake tourist bait.
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@Csaba , yes, that is true. When I was watching the video I thought, this is not Budapest - even if the point was to show some Halloween related palaces, as we discussed we don’t really celebrate it. Secondly as you wrote this is rather a tourist bait:(
I am of course happy that we (Budapest) has an official Local Guides video, but have mixed feelings about it - Budapest (or even another beautiful Hungarian cities like Debrecen, Szeged, Pecs or Gyor) deserves a short movie which shows the real gems, value and face.