Halloween

It's the end of October. And it's Halloween! At present, the festival is pretty common here comapared to the past. People here are interested more and you can see many shops in town selling a lot of Halloween items including costumes.






The topic today then we will learn some more words from the festival.


Rúu mái wâa?
(Did you know?)


- The term Halloween, originally spelled Hallowe’en, is shortened from All Hallows' Even – e'en is a shortening of even, which is a shortening of evening.

 "Halloween" (ฮัลโลวีน) maa jàak kham wâa "All Hallows' Eve"
maa jàak kham wâa = comes from the word (= derived from)


We celebrate this hoiliday on October 31.
(= chà-lĕrm chà-lŏng เฉลิมฉลอง)


The celebration has some elements of a festival of the dead.
(= thêed-sà-gaan เทศกาล)






And when we talk about Halloween, what symbol do you think of?
symbol = săn-yá-lák (สัญลักษณ์)


"Jack-o'-lantern!"

Jack-o'-lantern bpen fákthawng gàe sà-làk, mii dtaa, jàmùuk láe bpàak
(Jack-o'-lantern is a carved pumpkin which has eyes, nose and mouth.)
Jack-o'-lantern เป็นฟักทองแกะสลัก มีตา จมูกและปาก




And the customary, the celebration that children love is "Trick or treat". Children go in costume from house to house, asking for treats such as candy or sometimes money. In some parts of Ireland and Scotland children still disguise themselves as ghosts. In this custom the child performs some sort of show, i.e. sings a song or tells a ghost story, in order to earn their treats.


- Trick or treat
(jà hâi rŭe jà hâi lòrk)
จะให้หรือจะให้หลอก

- costume
(krêuang dtàeng gaai)
เครื่องแต่งกาย

- disguise
(bplom dtua)
ปลอมตัว

- tell a ghost story
(lâo rêuang phĭi)
เล่าเรื่องผี


Halloween Characters

bat = kháangkhaao ค้างคาว
black cat = maewdam แมวดำ
ghost = phĭi ผี
monster = sàd-bprà- làad สัตว์ประหลาด
skeleton = khroong gràdùuk โครงกระดูก
witch = mâemód แม่มด


Information Source on Halloween:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween#Trick-or-treating_and_guising