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I'm not really sure about Halloween, but I heard that Halloween is one of the liminal times of the year when spirits can make contact with the physical world. I thought it's similar to O-bon.O-bon is a Japanese Buddhist holiday to honor the departed (deceased) spirits of one's ancestors.
So I came up with this idea
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I really like the aspect of the lantern and the lights that surround them. They're like souls that are floating around and above them. A serious and slightly festive picture, I like it. The lettering is very well placed and even your signature gives the picture a little something more. I really like that. ^^ It doesn't ruin the picture like others tend to do, it adds to it 
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Very awesome, Sakan-san
Hallow's Eve's a lot like what you've described but in America it has turned into a time to honor all sorts of ghouls and monsters. We dress up in costumes and go around collecting candy - I fear it's become to merchandized instead of an honoring holiday, however
In Mexico it's more like what you've described as "O-bon" - their's is "Day of the Dead" where souls of the departed are supposed to come home to treats that their families have made for them while children dance around in skeleton costumes.
Awesome picture 
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I missed ya
Ooooo so cool
I happen ta love halloween
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Amazing! I love the contrast you did with the characters! The shading is awesome and I LOVE the background. Halloween is my fav holiday! :3
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Ah one of my favoriet holidays. Mainly because its a creepy day just like me. 
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This is a very nice picture. Haunting, yet beautiful. Halloween, from what I understand was a pagan holiday where people would dress up to scare off evil spirits, though some sources say it was to honor a god. Then the Christians decided to have thier own holiday since they didn't believe that way, on the same day and it was called all hollows eve, I think that was when they celebrated the saints, like Mary, John, those kinds of people which makes me think it might have started as Catholic cause of that, but I'm not sure. Then I think the main media took control over it and turned into somehting completely different. So it's kinda back and forth. The brief history lesson is now over. thanks for listening.
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do I want to know what they're doing?
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ΒΊwΒΊ ...
You own my soul.
And yeah, wellcome back, spirits!!
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Awwww. 
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That episode will stop making me cry ;___;
Frickin' awesome picture!
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Yeah it's a pagan holiday, who cares. The fun thing is kids can dress up and go door to door saying ' trick or treat' and get candy. In my case, my kid likes to dress up the house with pretty spooky and creepy decorations and hand out candy.
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Halloween is a pagan holiday where people would make noise and dress up to scare away the spirits that would creep out at this time of year and put them back to rest until next year.
It has somehow turned into kids dressing up and going door to door to get candy.
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Wow, great picture. Yes, Halloween is a bit weird. Oh, and glad to see you back on DA. ^_^
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awww amazing pic!!!!!!!!, in Mexico we have something called DIA DE MUERTOS.
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Welcome back. This is very interesting. You used the Mikey, Leo and Raph from the Time Travel Saga when Don was catapulted 10 (or was it 20) years into the future. Nice work.
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Mikey: "Let's go see Master Splinter."
Don: "Are leo and Raph with him?"
Mikey: "Are you kidding? Leo and Raph aren't with anyone anymore."
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its been awhile since I saw stuff from u this looks awsome ^^*
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OMG this is so cool!!!
Yep, maybe I think that O-bon is similar to halloween.
But it looks much more similar to Italy's day of the deads(1st november) were everybody goes to the cimitery to take flowers to the beloved ones or just to remeber the good days and stuff like that
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Souns like our Dia de los Muertos
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Wow interesting Idea and a history lesson to go with it ^^
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great choice of characters! a creepingly nice way to welcome Halloween AND O-bon
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aww~ yay you're back!!
*hugs*
awesome pic~!It's so good to have you back : D!
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Yay!!!*hugs FREAKfreak*You come back!!!
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Halloween actually came to America from Irish immigrants. O' Hallo's Eve; it was actually a harvest festival that was to celebrate the end of the year and the beginning of a new one. Samhein night (what we call Halloween now) was the time that people stayed home and left whiskey and food offerings out on the front step for departed souls. Trick or Treating started in old England where people who had little food would go door to door on O' Hallo's Eve and gather Soul Cakes from more fortunate people. These cakes were eaten as a sort of prayer for the dead.
I don't know much about O-bon, but I know that Halloween is very much a tradition throughout the USA.
And as for the picture, it's kind of sad to be honest. I just want to hug them all...
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This is a very interesting concept, actually! This is beautifully done! ^_^
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Hiya~~ FreakFreak-sama! XD
I miss you so much!
What a nice halloween pic! ^3^
Welcome back to DA. I really really really miss you!
Happy Halloween~~
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Creepy in its weird way.
But very well drawn, nonetheless.
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Sakan san~ haven't see you on DA for long!
Chinese also have "ghost day" that called Qing Ming. But not as entertaining as Holloween or O-bon, everyone have to be (or pretent to be) sad for their family members who passed away....orz
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