Journalism of Courage
As October sets in and the harvest season arrives, people gear up setting up their lawn with Halloween decoration. With spooky and scary items, people create variety of pumpkin- carving designs for the traditional jack-o’-lanterns to complete the festivity.
Though it is a matter of artistic choice what a person whishes to carve on the giant orange vegetable, this year the trend in USA has taken a political turn. This Halloween ahead of the crucial presidential election, like everything else Donald Trump has inspired this art too and ‘Trumpkins’ are a reality now.
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With scores of people carving or painting Trump face on huge pumpkins, the Trumpkin is surely the creepiest rendition to the traditional Irish tradition. (Source: themadgiraffe/ Instagram)
With scary expression and Trump-style blonde hair wig over the pumpkins are leaving the Internet in splits. Part of the anti-Trump campaign this trendy is certainly blooming. (Source: theaaronsmalls/ Instagram)
It is believed that carving pumpkins into jack-o’-lanterns is a popular Halloween custom that originated in Ireland hundreds of years ago. (Source: cmertfascistam/ Instagram)
However, it is said that traditionally the jack-o’-lanterns were made out of potatoes or turnips. (Source: johnbrennanart/ Instagram)
The ritual to utilise pumpkins happened only after Irish immigrants arrived in America and discovered the orange-fall harvest fruit. (Source: jamiencommons/ Instagram)
Halloween was much more common in Maryland and the southern colonies in the USA. Around the world many beliefs and customs co-exist and certainly the American art is quite popular. (Source: joehox/ Instagram)
For the outcome of the 2016 US Presidential election one may have to still wait till November but before that October is going to be ruled by Trumpkins and Trump Sandwiches in America! (Source: cheikhovitch_/ Instagram)
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