Halloween

...the 2004 tsunami. Good.is marked the return of Halloween this week with a gruesome graph of global murder rates identifying Colombia, El Salvador and Ivory Coast as the most bloodthirsty, while Cyprus is the safest. Expounding on the...

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...as onlookers, many costumed themselves, looked on. While Halloween has traditionally been a more western event, Japan's costume loving masses have embraced this U.S. tradition. Click on any video below, from any channel, to add it to...

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...activities include clubs advertising 'Fetish Halloween' and 'Erotica Halloween' parties. "Japan's passion for Halloween extends a long tradition of festivals that liberate ordinary Japanese from the extreme control they face in everyday...

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...around the country, and the world." In Minnesota, she found turn-of-the-century photos of cars decorated for the Winter Carnival, for the Halloween festival in Anoka and for harvest celebrations. Today, the artistic instinct can have...

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Halloween events planned throughout Japan Halloween events are taking place in many cities in Japan. Tokyo's Omotesando will hold a parade titled "Hello Halloween Pumpkin Parade 2009." In the parade, 1,000 children in various costumes will...

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...to the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions. Fewer than half offered Halloween attractions 15 years ago, and this trend is spreading internationally. Kirchner said haunted attractions tended to be restricted to...

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...the Japanese tour groups," Orgill said. Although there is not a direct cultural reference to Halloween in Japan, these visitors love the ghost stories and hoopla that surround Halloween in Hawaii. "Japanese travelers have always looked for...

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...as Peter Pan. The man, who lives in Shibuya Ward and is from the West Coast, said the event is a great opportunity to enjoy Halloween in Japan, where the tradition is not as strongly rooted as it is in Western countries. "Halloween was...

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