Halloween is a traditional Western celebration which is conquering the world in the past few decades. The festival is associated with special scary costumes plus masks and dressing up, carving of pumpkins and organization of parties and the question: trick or treat? The Halloween celebration is organized on the last day of October before the All Saints Day when dead are honored. Halloween night is widely celebrated in the United States, but fun Halloween parties are also thrown in apartments in Prague and in Edinburgh, in Paris and in hostels in Venice, and so on. Most of the parties are open for all that want to take part in, while some are restricted for a certain audience and have a different theme each year. The common thing is that the guests always like to have great time.
If you happen to be in Tampa Florida for the Halloween night, you can visit the Latin District and take part in the Masquerade Ball or enjoy the parade on the next day when people make a costume contest with live music and many tasty things to eat. In case that you are in Beverly Hills California, and then you can go to the Playboy Mansion… but this is in case that your name is on the guest list. People who have been to these parties say that the décor is fantastic and the Halloween party is a great fun.
The liveliest and biggest party for Halloween is organized in Greenwich Village in New York. It is a parade with live music, participants with scary costumes and a fun silly walks contest. A Halloween party that is a competitor to this one is the Fantasy and Fetish Halloween Ball that is organized in Las Vegas in Nevada. The costumes here are absolutely obligatory; there are many haunted houses, a huge dance floor, many erotic shows with belly dancers and so on.
Among the great destinations for a Halloween party is the Great Grave Dig, which is arranged in the Mahanoy City in the state of Pennsylvania. This party lasts for four hours and is advertised as the only hunt of vampires in the world. This is a kind of competition and the winning team gets the Grave Digger’s Ball prize. Another great destination is the Festival of the Dead, which takes place in the city of Salem in Massachusetts. It is organized as a witch hunt and its culmination is arranged in the Halloween Ball of the Salem Witches.
In Vancouver, British Columbia is organized the Parade of Lost Souls, which is done in the more traditional manner, but still preserves its festive atmosphere. During the parade are honored the deceased and a fire is lit. There are many candles and bonfires; however the fireworks mark the end of the procession and the beginning of the party. In case that you want to attend a Vampire Ball, then you should head towards the city of Houston in Texas. The costumes are awesome, there are many concerts, and you can visit haunted houses and try some strangely looking food.
