Samain is a celtic festival with a pagan origin. It celebrated the end of the Harvest and was considerated as the beginning of the Celtic Year.
It disappeared with the Romans but nowadays this festival is again celebrated in areas or countries with a strong celtic heritage or origin. It can be considered the equivalent of the American Halloween.
In Galicia we are recovering that tradition of the Samahin which hasn´t got a negative meaning. It is a time to reaffirm the believing in the unity of all the spirits (alive and non-alive souls) and to think that death is not the end of human existence.
Important symbols for this festival are similar to those for Halloween: apples, pumpkins, black cats, and the colours black, orange, white, gold and silver.
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