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It’s that time of the year again, Halloween is upon us, with many Belizeans going the full nine yards, dressing the part as goblins, ghosts, and other Halloween-themed attire. We join Love News’ Rafael Roberts for that story.
Rafael Roberts, LOVE Reporter: “Halloween is an annual celebration on October 31st with origins in ancient Celtic harvest festivals like Samhain and the Christian observance of All Hallows Eve. Today, it is a secular holiday celebrated with trick-or-treating, costumes, parties, and carving jack-o’-lanterns. Historically, the celebration marks the night before All Saints Day and it’s a time when the veil between the living and spirit worlds was believed to be thin, leading to traditions of warding off spirits with masks and bonfires. Here in Belize City, the Lizama family on number one second street in the Kings Park area has spared no expense dedicating a spooky wonderland for the children and the young at heart.
Stanley Lizama, Spooky Wonderland Homeowner: “My name is Stanley Lizama.”
Rafael Roberts, LOVE Reporter Mr. Stanley, what is the significance for you putting on this full display every Halloween?
Stanley Lizama, Spooky Wonderland Homeowner : “Everybody knows me as a mortician. So this is my time, I do everything for the kids.”
Rafael Roberts, LOVE Reporter: “So you’re making sure that you have a playground set for the kids and so that they could, you know, have this grand time?
Stanley Lizama, Spooky Wonderland Homeowner : “Yes sir, I do this every year for the kids to make them be happy because these days you have to show love to the kids and this is how I show my love to the kids.”
Rafael Roberts, LOVE Reporter : Anything particularly you want to say to the folks for tonight?
Stanley Lizama, Spooky Wonderland Homeowner : “Well, I have to tell them to “big up” all the funeral homes. Everybody come out tonight because this is a spot that everybody come every year. I celebrate Halloween. And I love you all. My Belizeans come out young and old, wheelchair, in the bed, come and have fun.”
Rafael Roberts, LOVE Reporter : As residents scour the city for their favorite costumes, Love News took to the streets to find out about their plans for this Halloween.
Vox Pop Voice 1: “Tomorrow I will be dressed up as Kracky, the Trinidadian character. He’s from certified SinSum TikTok. So yeah, that’s what I’m going to dressing as. He’s just a funny guy and you know, this Gilly Beng, the comedy is just great.”
Vox Pop Voice 2: “Okay, so for my Halloween costume, I don’t even know if I’m going to get it, but if I do, I’m going to be the Lorax and it’s from a fun kids TV show. So I think it’ll be pretty funny and pretty amusing to everybody that sees it.”
Vox Pop Voice 3 : “I’m going to be dressed as Jasmine from Aladdin. Because me and my mom were scrolling through this app and we saw a really cute costume of the both of them and so we decided to be it for Halloween.”
Vox Pop Voice 4 : “I am planning to go with my best friend to go to trick-or-treat with her and I’m going to enjoy myself while doing that. Even though I’m not going out there for sweets, I will also be dressed as Madea.”
Vox Pop Voice 5 : “I’ll be dressed as Catwoman. I’m the HR at Fusion so listen we’ll be doing big things we’ll be giving out sweet, candies, we’ll be walking the floor we will be seeing what our agents will be doing.”
Vox Pop Voice 6 :“My daughter should be dressed like a witch for the Trick-or-Treating right and for me I guess I’ll be finding something special you know I gotta dress up too to get in the spirit right probably I’m gonna dress like a witch too.”
Vox Pop Voice 7 :“I will be dressed as a zombie because I like you know the movie walking dead.”
Rafael Roberts, LOVE Reporter :Happy Halloween, Belize. Reporting for Love News, Rafael Roberts.
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