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November 7th at 18:00 Its all about Stammtisch pumpkins and scary at Café Cuckoo's Nest masks towards the (Vestergade 73 5000 Odense C) end of October Enjoy a great time together with your new and informing us that old friends having a bite to eat and enjoy a is coming. very cosy ambience. Little do we remember that Halloween, a November 11th at 17:00 holiday originating in Sport, SDU International Club and Ireland and mostly being celebrated in SDU Symphony Orchestra the US, is followed by SDU International Club welcomes the two days where dead International Ollerup gymnastikhøjskole in an souls are being spectacul ar event with th e parti ci pa tion o f remembered. SDU Chorus and Symphony Orchestra . Later on we will have dinner together, please sign ndeed, there are very many names being I you up ([email protected]) if you want to be part of mentioned when it comes to this time of the year. Lets start this activity. with All Souls’ Day. In Western , All Souls’ Day commemorates the faithful departed. November 22nd at 17:00 “Salsa for us” ll Souls' Day is also known as the Feast of All A Take a lesson of salsa and fun! Souls, Commemoration of all the Faithful Departed. The A great opportunity to dance Salsa and have official Latin designation Commemoratio omnium Fidelium a wonderful experience of music and Defunctorum, on which this last name is based, is rendered movements. Diana , will be the Salsa teacher more literally in Portugese Comemoração de todos os Fiéis in this occasion. Defuntos and many other languages. (Día Please sign you up ( [email protected] ) to dance! de los Muertos or de los Difuntos) is used in Spanish- speaking countries and Thursday of the Dead (Yom el November 26th at 19:00 Maouta) in , and . “Piano Concert at SDU” Itit is be lieve dthtAllSd that All Sou ls ’D’ Day has pagan or ig ins The internationally renowned pianist Prof. and is of immemorial antiquity. Thus the dead are believed, William Westney, performs a piano concert by the peasantry of many Catholic countries, to return to their lecture at U-45. former homes on All Souls' Night and partake of the food of Free entrance and open to the public. the Read on page 2

Page 1 Continuing from page 1 from [Trick or Treat?] living. In Tyrol, cakes are left for them on the table and the room kept warm for their comfort. In Brittany, people flock to the cemeteries at nightfall to kneel,,,g bareheaded, at the graves of their loved ones; to anoint the hollow of the tombstone with holy water or to pour libations of milk on it. At bedtime, the supper is left on the table for the souls. In Bolivia, many people believe that the dead eat the food that is left out for them. Some claim that the food is gone or partially consumed in the morning. Yet of course, as previously mentioned, I would also like to look into Day of the Dead which is a holiday celebrated in Mexico (Día de los Muertos) and by people of Mexican origin. The holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and relatives who have died. Traditions include building private altars honoring the deceased, using sugar skulls, marigolds, and the favorite foods and beverages of the departed and visiting graves with these as gifts. Scholars trace the origins of the modern holiday to indigenous observances dating back

thousands of years, and to an Aztec festival dedicated to a goddess called Mictecacihuat (known in English as "The Lady of the Dead"). Similar holidays are celebrated in many parts of the world. For example, it is a public holiday in Brazil, where many Brazilians celebrate by visiting cemeteries and churches. In Spain, there are festivals, parades and in the evening people gather at cemeteries to pray to their loved ones who have died. In the Celtic tradition, this day would mark the beginning of the new year hence the beginning of a new life and death circle. Isn’t it always amazing to find how every day holidays and traditions that sometimes we don’t even notice have such deep meanings and traditions counting back centuries. Yet again, if you ask me, it is always very important, while celebrating the dead to remember and celebrate the living ones. Especially in these times where the world is full of confusion…

Indeed,,gpygg isn’t this world a confusing place to be these days?! Talk about knowing something or anything. I was watching CNN and BBC and to be honest, if you were to trust sophisticated people on the other side of the silver screen, the world to every single mortal would look as clear as glass and almost so invisible that you would see the Gods knickers. But is it really?

Where I come from, the origin of All Saints Day is called by the name which in English would be something like a Day of Longing. I always liked it. And I liked . The ones that are intelligent, the ones that keep their appearances to themselves. Also I love the day because it’s full of wind and candle lights everywhere.

How little do we actually need most of the time. It is longing and hope what I would like to wish you all. Never let go of hope.

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