tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Oct 31 10:39:22 1996
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Re: Halloween / "Heghlu'wI' jaj" ?
- From: "Rene L. Rodriguez" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Halloween / "Heghlu'wI' jaj" ?
- Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 13:39:19 -0500 (EST)
- Organization: from SUNY College at Buffalo, NY 14222
>>> Hummmm.. ... Has anyone suggested a term for Halloween?
> >> Stretching a bit, I thought perhaps "Day of the Dead":
> >Not good. "Halloween" means "All Hallow's Eve", i.e. the night before
> >the day of all the holy (honored?) ones.
>
>Um. Believe it or not, I know the derivation of Halloween.
>I skewed off to the Hispanic variant, the Day of the Dead
>
>> "Heghlu'wI' jaj"
>>>ghobe'. "Hoch quvwI' jaj" yIlo'.
>
>HIra'Qo'qu'. vItlhobbe'ta'.
La dia del muerte --> "The Day of the Dead" is *not* the same as "All
Hallows' Eve".
{Reney}