Halloween // The True Origin of Halloween

I... just discovered the origination of our Halloween traditions in America. The Bulgarians (obviously Roma descendants) have a festival observeing the new year, called Survakane. In olden ties, Survakane involved men dressing up in costumes, then walking around the area (village, town, borderlands) with a staff reciting blessengs to scare off evil spirits. The men were known of Kookari (the origination of the english word "kook"). Eventually the duty was passed down to older boys as a coming of age ceremony. Today, even mothers sometimes dress up with their sons as kooks wandering around scaring off evil spirits. (You just can't make this stuff up.)

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In certain areas, the festival is known as Survakari. For Survakari, they uesd to have young men and women pose as newlyweds, to be mock-married by the kooks. They would then go house to house, blessing peoples houses and receiving gifts in return. These duties were eventually passed down to the smallest children. So today.. during Survakari.. young boys and girls dress up in costumes, and go door to door blessing peoples houses in exchange for gifts.

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HOW has nobody in modern history never made this connection?! Obviously, with the belief that the gates to the spirit world are unlocked on All Saints Day (technically midnight on All Saints Eve, aka All Hallows Eve, aka Halloweeen).. the ritual migrated from Bulgaria, ended up in the US and was practiced on Halloween.

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Zero doubts: Yes, Virginia, Halloween was originally a Christian holiday.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/kukeri-survakari-unesco-intangible-cultural-heritage-photos