Month: November 2019

International

All Saint’ Day: Why Is It Celebrated Next Day To Halloween?

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November 1 is Halloween but how not many people know that the holiday precedes a religious festival celebrated as All Saint’ Day that comes just after the spooky day.

UK has been celebrating All Saint’ Day for centuries. Historians coincide the festival with the ancient Celtic festival Samhain that is considered the inspiration behind modern Halloween celebrations.

What is All Saint’ Day?

It is a tradition of honouring the all known and unknown religious saints throughout the history of Christianity. The root of the festival can be traced back to the 4th Century but it developed into a festival only 7th Century when Pope Boniface IVincluded all martyrs in the commemorations. 

In earlier times, All Saint’ Day was celebrated in the month of April but the date was changed to coincide with Halloween in the mid-9th Century. The objective of this day is to strengthen the bond between those in the heaven and those on the Earth. And for this reason, the people commemorate the departed souls by paying their tributes. This day is followed by All Souls’ Day on which people pay tributes to their family members and friends.

All Saint’ Day celebrations

It is a public holiday in Portugal and Spain. Portuguese children go door to door to receive cakes and sweets according to “Pao-por-Deus” tradition. In Mexico, the day is dedicated to children that spend the day in celebrating the departed souls. Other European countries like Italy, Germany, Poland and Sweden have developed a custom of visiting graves of deceased relatives and lighting candles on this day.

https://inews.co.uk/news/uk/all-saints-day-2019-what-meaning-when-date-meaning-halloween-824391
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Movies

Terminator: Dark Fate: It Is The Same Story Of Terminator Chasing Targets And Finally Getting Destroyed

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Terminator: Dark Fate is the sixth instalment of the Terminator series that began in 1984 with Arnold Schwarzenegger playing the lead role. The aging actor has also a role in the sixth series because no series would complete without the Terminator of all Terminators.

Story

The apocalypse that was thought to have been averted is on its way but it has been modified lightly to suit to the sixth instalment. The story starts from August 29, 1997 just three years after defeating T-1000. Sara Connor is heard saying that she knew that it would happen. In the next scene, Sara is seen sitting with her teenage son John on beach in Guatemala. Suddenly a T-800 Terminator arrives and kills John. Twenty-two years later in Mexico City, an auto worker meets the same fate at the hands of Terminator Rev 9. The auto worker, Daniella Ramos, is caught unaware by the attack but saved by Grace, a human resistance fighter with cybernetic enhancements.

Highlights of the movie

  • The story relies on the same premise of a killing machine hunting people
  • The chase of Terminator is made more interesting than the actual climax fight
  • Mackenzie Davis looks impressive in the role of a muscular, agile, gender-fluid super soldier
  • James Cameron and his magnetic leading lady Linda Hamilton are brought in the movie
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger is back and an evolved machine. He’s Carl and he looks fit and younger in this role

Visually, the movie is made spectacular with brilliant visual effects after all it is all about karma and karmic connections. Overall, the movie is an enjoyable fare but the viewers would miss the magic touch of Cameron. 

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