Kiwi Halloween in Ponsonby!
Sunday, April 29, 300 Ponsonby Rd, 7 – 8.30 pm
Light candles for Halloween in late April and restore the true festival of Last Light.
Did you know that Halloween is a festival of the dead?
That Halloween is an autumn festival?
That in NZ we are celebrating it at the wrong time of year ~ in Spring?
Juliet Batten, author of Celebrating the Southern Seasons: Rituals for Aotearoa (Random House, 2005) is asking us to restore the true meaning of Halloween, to use this night to remember those who have died.’
Halloween developed out of the Celtic festival of Samhain, held in late autumn (October 31 in the northern hemisphere; April 30 in the southern hemisphere).
Come to Three Lamps with a candle or pumpkin lantern, to light in honour of your loved ones who have passed away. Juliet will be on the street between the Hospice shop at 300 Ponsonby Rd and Child (corner of Pompalier Tce) from 7 pm to 8.30 pm on Sunday April 29 (Note date as it is a day earlier this year).
Families are welcome. Join with others in silent vigil. In the ancient festival of Samhain, the spirits of the dead were thought to walk the earth on this night, and their presence to be felt. You may like to open your heart to your own beloved dead ones as you sit or stand silently for a while.
*Celebrating the Southern Seasons is available from all good bookshops or from the author.
