"In receiving something in their hands, they establish, on a symbolic level that they do not understand, a brotherly exchange between the visible and the invisible worlds. That is why the Halloween masquerades . . . are in fact sacred ceremonies."
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Jean Markale comments in his book Halloween, histoire et traditions (Halloween—History and Traditions).
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