They dressed up in costumes from the time when Halloween was considered Samhain. The villagers used to dress up as the demons that were supposed to be able to escape on October 31. Supposedly if you dressed up as them, they would be scared off.
The costumes they dressed in were most likely their best clothes. Today they look like costumes to us, but in those days and in those places the clothing was normal everyday dress. Today, people dress in those costumes to keep the customs and traditions of their ancestors alive.
villagers dress in costumes in the early halloween to represent the dead
The ancient festival villagers dressed in costumes to scare away evil elves.
They are outfits and costumes worn to dress up or disguise oneself on Halloween.
In ancient festivals villagers dressed in costumes to scare away evil spirits and witches. This also happens on Halloween.
The ancient festival villagers dressed in costumes to scare away evil elves.
A lot of dress up costumes can be found at Local Toy's R Us and they vary from Cops to Batman. Also Amazon has a large selection of Dress Up Costumes. Here is the Link to the Amazon Store. Hope This Helped! http://www.amazon.com/Costumes-Pretend-Play/b?ie=UTF8&node=166316011
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Anyone can dress up as a superhero. Costumes are available at: http://www.costumecraze.com/Superheroes.html and http://www.officialsuperherocostumes.com.
you dress up in costumes and go trick or treating
You can find dress up costumes at Walmart, Party City, or Spirit Halloween. You may even be able to find them at Toys R Us or your local thrift store.
you have to enter it in a contest to be able to dress it up
Furries are people who like anthro animals. They dress up as animals because for them it is fun.
Someone can buy fancy dress costumes in the UK at Argos and Fancy Dress Ball. These two stores have hundreds of fancy dress costumes specifically for Halloween.