Tonight is All Hallows’ Eve, a time when the lines are blurred between the worlds of the living and the dead… and young children dress up in costumes to ask their neighbours for sweets. In the Western world, this ancient pagan holiday has grown into a cultural and commercial phenomenon: $7bn is spent on festivities each year in the USA alone. What can we learn from the spooky tradition? ©The Day, 2016

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