The Halloween and The Greater Bairam

October 31st is a special day celebrated as Halloween in western culture, but not in the whole world.  Halloween originates from the Celts society and it indicates the end of the harvest period. In the same time, it shows the point between the world in old communities and otherworld.
It's believed that all the good and bad spirits that come from otherworld, visit this world on October 31st.
Because of that reason, the families remember their ancestors on this day and it's a custom for them. According to the belief, the door is opened once, yet the bad spirits can pass this door.
In order to prevent this, all the masks and scaring costumes are worn by people in Halloween. The people wear their costumes in such a scaring way, that even all the bad spirits will be able to be far away from them. While they are thinking of their ancestors, they surprise the bad spirits with their scaring costumes, so that the good spirits can feel comfortable.
There is an evil called Samhain. He is responsible for the curtain between this world and the otherworld. This means between the mortal and the spirits. Samhain passes the world of mortals and looks for new victims for himself. There are three different ways to escape from him:
First, wearing the masks. Samhain won't recognize the mortals if they wear these masks.
Second, the sweets that are put in front of the doors.  When Samhain is be full up with these sweets, he can be far away.
Third, pumpkins that have a smiling face, carved and have a light in it.
The good spirits, can be remembered in safety, by following these steps.
Briefly, people and children make a lot of fun in Halloween.
    İbrahim is the ancestor of all the people in this world according to our religion. During his life he loved his son İsmail very much. But he also claimed that he loved God.  One day he dreams about this subject. In his dream God tries to understand whether İbrahim loves himself or not. In order to clarify this, God  tests İbrahim by willing him to sacrifice his son İsmail. He has this dream again and again.
When he wakes up, he is very scared. All to this, he decides to set off with his son and decides to sacrifice him.
His son feels something about the situation while going, and he understands that his father is very upset because of this situation.
While Ibrahim is just to cut his son's head, a voice is heard by them. This was God's voice. And a ram from the sky comes there.
In fact the ram coming from the sky is not actually real of course. It represents the real self of a person.
The message in this event that every person should try to reach God first by giving up worldly goods.
In The Greater Bairam, people in our society, visit the old and their friends. The sheeps that are cut, are distributed to the needy. This supports the solidarity in Muslim societies. The children wear their new dresses.
But nowadays in these special days a lot of people go on vacation and don't celebrate The Bairam. They only have a holiday and don't want to look after guests.