Dead Kennedys Halloween

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Historian Nicholas Rogers, exploring the origins of Halloween, notes that while "some folklorists have detected its origins in the Roman feast of Pomona, the goddess of fruits and seeds, or in the festival of the dead called Parentalia, it is more typically linked to the Celtic festival of Samhain, whose original spelling was Samuin (pronounced sow-an or sow-in)". The name is derived from Old Irish and means roughly "summer's end". A similar festival was held by the ancient Britons and is known as Calan Gaeaf (pronounced Kálan Gái av).
The festival of Samhain celebrates the end of the "lighter half" of the year and beginning of the "darker half", and is sometimes regarded as the "Celtic New Year".
The ancient Celts believed that the border between this world and the Otherworld became thin on Samhain, allowing spirits (both harmless and harmful) to pass through. The family's ancestors were honoured and invited home while harmful spirits were warded off. It is believed that the need to ward off harmful spirits led to the wearing of costumes and masks. Their purpose was to disguise oneself as a harmful spirit and thus avoid harm. In Scotland the spirits were impersonated by young men dressed in white with masked, veiled or blackened faces. Samhain was also a time to take stock of food supplies and slaughter livestock for winter stores. Bonfires played a large part in the festivities. All other fires were doused and each home lit their hearth from the bonfire. The bones of slaughtered livestock were cast into its flames. Sometimes two bonfires would be built side-by-side, and people and their livestock would walk between them as a cleansing ritual.
Another common practice was divination, which often involved the use of food and drink.
The name 'Halloween' and many of its present-day traditions derive from the Old English era.

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[admiraldiggities]

hey, that's a really good job you did with the video. totally an homage to DK. well-done, sir (i assume sir).

[deadkennedys555]

@admiraldiggities We are a mixed group dedicated to Eris Discordia. Hail Eris Discordia!

[admiraldiggities]

@deadkennedys555 kallisti! hail eris, all hail discordia

[deadkennedys555]

@admiraldiggities Hail Eris Discordia and Her Son, Horkus, the Etruscan Orcus, God of Oaths!

[UnitedWitches]

Awesome! I love it! Best halloween song ever, and nicely put together video here. Thanks! Hail Eris!

[deadkennedys555]

@UnitedWitches Hail Eris Discordia 555 and Her Son, Horkus, the Etruscan Orcus, God of Oaths ...!

[davefromlynn1]

this is the first song i played when i got home from doing 2 years in jail.

[MckyMseNTarotCrds]

Great job. Definitely my all time favorite DK song. Thanks for the putting the lyrics there, too. Makes it easy to sing along to.

[IhaveToVerifyAge]

The videos of the bohemian grove scare the shit out of me.

[europunkofteens41897]

how many actual punx listen to DK like i mean really me & my freind r the only punx who listen to them vet punx r ok to these guys r the greatest orginal punk band of all time

[primenumber2007]

Thanks!



[wyrda222]

MOLOK!!

[AmyPhetamine]

happy Halloween, posers.