Where is the celebration of halloween thought to have come from?

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<span>Halloween is an annual holiday, celebrated each year on October 31, that has roots in age-old European traditions. It originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, when people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off ghosts. In the eighth century, Pope Gregory III designated November 1 as a time to honor all saints; soon, All Saints Day incorporated some of the traditions of Samhain. The evening before was known as All Hallows Eve, and later Halloween. Celebration of Halloween was extremely limited in colonial New England because of the rigid Protestant belief systems there. Halloween was much more common in Maryland and the southern colonies. As the beliefs and customs of different European ethnic groups as well as the American Indians meshed, a distinctly American version of Halloween began to emerge. The first celebrations included â€śplay parties,â€ť public events held to celebrate the harvest, where neighbors would share stories of the dead, tell each otherâ€™s fortunes, dance and sing.</span>

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the conquered people in the mid 600's adopted what religion and language? what happened with the other groups in the region

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In the mid 600's, the conquered people adopted the Islam and the Arabian language, while the other groups faced terrors of multiple types because they opposed it.

Explanation:

During the mid 600's, the Islam was on the rise, and it was mainly spreading through military conquests. The spreading was very quick, and ones a region and its people were conquered significant changes occurred. The main changes were forcing the people to adopt the Islam and the Arabian language.

The majority of the people did so, as they were scared for their lives. The groups that did not accepted this though, faced huge problems. The Muslim warlords were very cruel and intolerant, and the people that opposed their ideas and orders were taken as slaves, tortured, murdered, persecuted etc. The regions where this happened were: