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Halloween connects the US to India

Popularity and Hollywood have made Halloween a multi-million-dollar industry
Halloween and Hollywood
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Halloween and Hollywood

Hollywood is flaunting their sexy body in their Halloween costumes.

Kim Kardashian, Amal Clooney, Rande Gerber and Cindy Crawford attended Casamigos Halloween Party in Los Angeles, California.
'Trick or treat'
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'Trick or treat'

Halloween is the festival to celebrate with amazingly gross recipes.

But there is definitely no trick in making these dishes, such as spider-licious toffees, finger and worm cake, Annabel caramel, eye-scream sweets etc.
Sweetness with horror
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Sweetness with horror

The scariest part of Halloween candies are, they are full of calories. Witches may not scare you but calories will definitely do.

From traditional candy corn to spooky Halloween lollipops, markets are full of such ghostly chocolate gifts & treats!
Halloween in India
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Halloween in India

India has a Halloween of its own.

It is celebrated a night before Kali Pujo, Bhoot Chaturdashi is all about warding off the evil spirits.

It doesn't quite include going trick-or-treating for candies, but it does include eating 14 kinds of leafy greens.
Bats, spiders and black cats
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Bats, spiders and black cats

Some popular Halloween symbols include vampires, graves, witches, ghosts, spiders, bats, skeletons, jack-o'-lanterns, black cats and zombies. All these represent supernatural and ominous.

During Halloween ghoulish pumpkins, spooky cobwebs, scary zombies can be seen everywhere.

Nowadays, new characters are becoming famous like Annabelle, Ryuk, Loki, etc.
Horror movies
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Horror movies

Horror movies like The Ring, Conjuring, Anabelle and characters like Joker, Freddy Krueger etc from Hollywood have inspired Halloween costumes.
Jack-o'-lantern
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Jack-o'-lantern

Folklorists and paranormal enthusiasts refer to jack-o'-lantern as 'spook-lights' or 'ghost-lights'.

Portions of the pumpkin or turnip are cut out to make designs, often depicting a face, which may be either cheerful, scary, or comical.

Irish brought the concept of jack-o'-lantern to the US, and it became an integral part of Halloween festivities.