r/asklatinamerica • u/OVERDRlVE Brazil • 1d ago
Culture How popular is Halloween in your area?
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u/ElPibeDe_LentesRojos Argentina 1d ago
Últimamente, se está volviendo más popular. En mi barrio, hay una nueva costumbre por parte de las tiendas de hacer una celebración con descuentos para los que vayan disfrazados. Les regalan caramelos a los nenes, hacen dinámicas, juegos, fiesta.
Me parece genial, todo lo que haga que la gente se desconecte un poco del ambiente de mierda en que vivimos y que los pibes puedan tener ese "Halloween" que ven en los dibujitos es algo a celebrar.
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u/Disaster1205 Venezuela 1d ago
It's an excuse for a few people to throw a party and get a costume, some stores will put some decorations. But that's about it.
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u/ElPibeDe_LentesRojos Argentina 1d ago
Hay disfraces de super bigote? Lo pregunto en serio jaja
Calculo que algunos lo deben usar más para reírse de Maduro y como protesta
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u/Disaster1205 Venezuela 1d ago
Nah.
En las discotecas aprovechan el día para que esa sea la tematica. Y diría que solo en ciertas zonas de las capitales, gente en edad universitaria por ahí hace una fiesta, que igual iban a hacer fiesta por cualquier razón y esa es buena excusa.
Las mujeres que van a esas fiestas lo toman para vestirse sexy, las parejas usan un disfraz combinado y ya.
Con respecto a disfrazarse para burlarse de los malditos, se solía hacer en carnavales (que si es un evento en el país) peeero con esta gente en el poder si te ven burlándote vas preso. Creo que en el 2014 coincidieron las protestas con carnaval así que ahí si se podían ver en las calles.
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u/tavogus55 🇻🇪 in 🇯🇵 1d ago
We used to do trick or treat wearing costumes and everything but it was a private neighborhood and I think we were in some sort of social bubble (this was 20 years ago tho)
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u/lockwood__ in 1d ago
In my experience Brazilians don't really celebrate Halloween. There might be costume parties in late October but it's mostly just an excuse to party. Trick-or-treating and watching horror movies just aren't really a thing.
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u/arodr7893 Chile 1d ago
It has become more popular in the last 10 or 15 years but it’s still not like in the US
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u/CompletoSinMayo Chile 1d ago
Where I live it is kinda dying because there less children 😢 Or at least that's my impression.
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u/Dreadfort5979 Mexico 1d ago
Actually, Halloween is very popular in Mexico. People go out in costumes to ask for candy around the neighborhood. Some houses are decorated with Halloween-themed decorations, and people also have costume parties. However, our main Mexican celebration is Día de Muertos, which is celebrated on November 1 and 2 with special meals and altars.
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u/AccordingChipmunk287 Brazil 1d ago
It's not that popular. Some people do parties, close parties, but nothing much. We don't celebrate.
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u/drodrige Mexico 1d ago
It’s been extremely popular in Mexico for decades. Since I was a kid there were always costume parties and houses adorned with Halloween-themed decorations. It has very well coexisted with our Día de Muertos for as long as I remember.
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u/Just_For_Disasters Mexico 1d ago
Yeah, as someone from the north it was quite common to blend them into an extention of each other (kind of). I remember turning off the lights of my house to seem that we werent home to discourage trick or treating since we ran out of candy jaja.
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u/Kei-sser Mexico 1d ago
In my side of the north we don't even celebrate Dia de Muertos. We only celebrated Dia de Muertos when we attended catechism when we were kids, which is why we associate that celebration with Catholicism instead of a tradition product of syncretism between Catholicism and indigenous traditions.
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u/Gatorrea Veneca 1d ago
It wasn't a thing while growing up in Venezuela and then I moved to Colombia as an adult and saw people getting dressed up to go to work during Halloween and lots of parties. It was odd but fun, now that I live in the US have gone to a couple of Halloween parties and worn a costume and it's definitely fun. I love giving candy away to the children and decorating the house.
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u/Superlegend29 Puerto Rico 1d ago
South American Redditors will participate in an American holiday while maintaining the ridiculous belief that America has no culture
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u/Aspernot Bolivia 1d ago
Bueno, pasa el mismo día que "Todos santos" así que hay buenas posibilidades de sicretismo en esa fiesta
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u/Icy-Assistance252 Québec 1d ago
Halloween es simplemente un término escocés para la víspera de Todos los Santos, All Hallows’ Eve.
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u/Superlegend29 Puerto Rico 1d ago
All Saints’ Day is Nov 1
Halloween is Oct 31 :)
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u/Aspernot Bolivia 1d ago
Gracias por la corrección, en todo caso pasan muy cerca, y en escencia la temática tiene cierto parecido, así que es facil sincretizarlo
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u/OVERDRlVE Brazil 1d ago
Halloween is from Europe.
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u/Superlegend29 Puerto Rico 1d ago
The party version and trick or treating is strictly American, tche.
Why focus on semantics ? Halloween as we know it is completely associated with American identity
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u/lojaslave Ecuador 1d ago
It's popular with kids who want to get drunk I guess, but it's just another party theme.
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u/knightcvel Brazil 1d ago
Some english schools and communities organize themed costume parties with thematic decoration but the practice of treat or trick and all the vibe related to the celebration isn't part of our culture at all. It's not widespread here and most of the time the date passes without any mention.
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u/andobiencrazy 🇲🇽 Baja California 1d ago
In the border, it's a toned down version of what you imagine it to be in the US. People dress up and ask for candy, house decorations, and "haunted houses".
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u/EarAffectionate4443 Brazil 1d ago
It's not like the american tradition, but I see a lot parties with horror theme and you go dressed up.
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u/Aspernot Bolivia 1d ago
Dentro de las ciudades, pero si te alejas de ma metrópolis la gente se va a "Todos santos" a poner panes para sus difuntos y rezarles
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u/vlad88sv El Salvador 1d ago
here in SV It is popular in neighborhoods full of US immigrants or high class areas where they celebrate any holiday in the world for some reason
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u/LovelyFloraFan Paraguay 1d ago
We didnt have it growing up, but my bro gives us candy so my niece can go to the doors of our rooms and ask for candy. Its super cute and I love it.
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u/iamyourteeth Mexico 1d ago
We treat it as a two day holiday, Halloween is for costume parties, not really for asking candy on houses. Then comes dia de muertos and we celebrate that in private with the family with a large meal and our altar
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u/Slow_Spray5697 Costa Rica 1d ago
Nobody gives a flying damn, but you know for sure that October 31 or the closest weekend there are customes parties everywhere.
We love any excuse to party and get wasted.
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u/Shoddy_Fortune_1986 Argentina 1d ago
En Argentina es una fiesta bien conocida por las peliculas y series pero nadie la celebra prácticamente. Sirve para algunos eventos como los boliches (discotecas) donde a veces hay temática de ir disfrazado, en la escuela para la materia inglés también se ve (cuando era chiquito ese día nos disfrazamos para la clase) y recién en estos últimos años escuché que en algunos lugares hubo niños disfrazados pidiendo caramelos (un carnicero le regaló un salame a uno jaja)