Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Superstition

Many people from my country are afraid of Halloween. Our chidren grow up in Canada and attend same schools with native Canadians. For this reason, they are integrated and are willing to participate to Halloween festivities. However, the majority of Conglese parents warn their progenies to stay away from any activities related to Halloween. According to many Congolese, Halloween goes with ghosts, curse, and death. In fact, in Africa, we grow up with fear of wicthcraft. We believe that evil spirits and sorcerers could negatively influence our lives, or bring people to death. These beliefs are a significant part of our Bantu culture. Personaly, I can proudly declare that I am free of these notions. My eyes are now opened, so I see the spiritual light. As a result, I will allow my children participate to all Halloween festivities with the firm conviction that nothing harmful will happen to my family. " Knowledge is power.", said F. Bacon.
Are you afraid of ghosts?

2 comments:

Tracy said...

Not really. I believe ghotes are just like us, there are good ones and also bad ones. Human beings are afraid them because we don't know them too much. We don't what they can do to us. Right?

kadra said...

John, just you no that everywhere in this planet believe somthing but also you may have experience in your adulthood so that spare the moment of scary seson call halloween and share the western culture too.