Friday, November 7, 2008

Halloween in Baku

I really missed the traditional American Halloween celebrations this year. Halloween is not celebrated in Azerbaijan because it is primarily a muslim country, and in this culture the whole "witch" and "wizard" thing isn't appreciated. Of course, Halloween means many things to many different people, which attributes to the confusion as to what it is really all about. Do any of you know the true meaning of Halloween??

Anyway, we had spirit week the week of Halloween-- and Friday, October 31st was our DRESS UP DAY! It was great! The kids had a lot of fun-- and the 3, 4, and 5 year olds all went to the older classes and trick-or-treated. It was precious!

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