Here are some Halloween activities you will not want to miss!! Along with the traditional dressing up, trick-or-treating until you drop!, North Logan Pumpkin Walk, Whittier Center Halloween Festival, and all the usual halloween parties, take some time to learn how halloween is celebrated around the world, what the difference between proof and experience is with ghosts and monsters, and even the history and evolution of halloween!
The USU Museum of Anthropology has quite a line-up in store for you. USU students studying and working at the museum will share their research in cultural celebrations and traditions of Halloween through a series of events at the museum. The students have coordinated two events over Halloween weekend.
Lynne McNeil will present an illustrative talk Friday, October 30, at 5 p.m. at the museum discussing the difference between proof and experience with ghosts and monsters. McNeil is a faculty member in USU's English department and author of Folklore Rules. Her talk, adapted from her research in folk beliefs and legends, will focus on what leads people to believe in the supernatural and why we treat the supernatural differently from other beliefs.
Saturday, October 31, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., students from the museum explore the history and evolution of Halloween via a variety of family activities. As part of Family 1st Saturdays at the museum students will share with the community their cross cultural research of celebrations surrounding Halloween. Daniel Bishop, the Storyteller, will also be on hand to engage in haunting stories of the regions.
See you there!!!
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