Halloween of immigrants in America

(Baonghean) - On the occasion of Halloween this year, a group of young volunteers raised funds and organized a festival for children of immigrant families in the US.

Halloween is celebrated every year on October 31st, when the weather starts to get cold. Halloween has now become a global holiday.

Festivals are not only an occasion for everyone to have fun, bring joy, laughter, and dispel all worries and sadness in life, but also have spiritual significance with thousands of years of history.

Halloween originated from the Celts - a people who lived more than 2,000 years ago in the lands of England, Ireland and Northern France. The Celts began their new year on November 1st. On the night before the new year, they would celebrate. The Celts believed that the souls of the deceased would return home to the earth that night.

According to their beliefs, these spirits would take over a living person’s body and hope to be reborn the following year. Halloween was the day when the yin and yang were in harmony, and the dead and the living could come into contact with each other. Of course, the Celts were very afraid of this legend, so on the evening of October 30, all the villages extinguished their fires, dressed in extremely ugly costumes, tricking the spirits into thinking that these people were like them and not possessing them.

If in the past, Halloween only took place in Western countries, now it has become an annual cultural event that people around the world look forward to and has become one of the oldest and most popular festivals. Especially in America, Halloween always holds a special position for the people of this multi-ethnic country.

People think that in America, all you need is a few candies and a few costumes to have Halloween. However, organizing a Halloween with all those things for children is not an easy task for many immigrant families living in the suburbs of New York City. Based on this, a group of young volunteers stood up to mobilize donations and organize a festival like that for children here.

A Halloween festival for immigrants was organized by a volunteer group at Von King Park, Brooklyn, a suburb of New York City on October 31. Unlike the usual quiet, the park was bustling with music and laughter that day. For the first time, the children here were able to participate in a real Halloween festival, dress up, receive pumpkins and have their faces decorated for free.

The author of this humane ceremony is a Brooklyn volunteer group led by Wayne Devonish. Wayne said that to raise money for the organization, Wayne and the volunteer group mobilized companies and factories in the area. Those who had money contributed money, those who did not have money contributed effort. It is known that the volunteer group was present very early to set up the festival space. In addition, many members also dressed up as familiar cartoon characters to share the joy with the children.

After this Halloween, Wayne’s group will continue to raise funds to organize Christmas for immigrant families here. This action of the volunteer group not only shows humanity but also shows that the young people here truly love the community in which they live.

In fact, many volunteer groups and organizations, especially in Vietnam, can learn from the model and activities of Wayne's volunteer group, to improve the effectiveness of volunteer activities, do more and shout less slogans!

Nhat Minh

(According to Daily Mail)