October 31st is the last day of the year for the Celtic people.
So, there is a New Year's celebration (Samhain Festival) on November 1st.
Samhain, the god of death, gathers all the dead on the night before a New Year’s Day.
And it is said that Samhain brings disaster to the people as the souls of the dead go home and the demons and witches come.
Demons and witches come to bring disaster to people, so people disguise themses as demons and witches to prevent them from being thought of as human beings.
It is said that this is the beginning of Halloween.

The Celtic people were originally equestrant in Central Asia and moved to Europe in the bc period and spread their influence throughout Europe. However, after losing the battle with Caesar, the first emperor of the ancient Roman Empire, it gradually weakened its power.

Today, Celtic culture has been passed down to Ireland and Scotland in a way that was closer to that time. The Celtic people are proud, cheerful, and have nurtured deeply resounding music, poetry, art and literature. Celtic culture is well known in the world of art such as movies (Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings) and music (Enya).

When I looked into it, there were a lot of descriptions and various theories about Halloween. If you are interested, please take a deep look.

Good night, then.
「Trick or Treat!」

Good evening. I'll spell it in English for the first time in a long time.

Today is coming to an end soon ….
Today, Saturday, October 17th, is "International Day for the Eradication of Poverty" established by the United Nations in 1992.
Eradication of poverty is one of the most important issues for human.
The number of people living in poverty in the world has decreased by less than half from 1.9 billion in 1990 to 821 million in 2019, but many people have yet to live their minimum human life.
More than 800 million people around the world live on less than 1 dollar 25 cents a day, and many people don't have enough food, don’t use clean drinking water. Sanitation facilities are not available.
In China and India, millions of people have been out of poverty due to the rapid growth of the economy. However, the proportion of people living in poverty may rise as new threats are caused by climate change, conflict, and food crisis in the future,

Kenya, where I lived for two years from 2000 to 2002, is one of the poorest areas. Especially in rural areas, there were no electricity and running water, and not enough supplies to live on.
Children's work is to draw water from a nearby river every morning.
Children who want to go to school can’t go, because of no money.
Children can't wear shoes, and they wear the same tattered clothes every day, because of no money.
Children can’t go to hospital, because of no money.
In order to get a small amount of money, children also do dirty hard jobs.
In addition, there were harsh life in Kenya that is unthinkable in Japan.

Why does the poverty problem occur?
How can we solve the poverty problem?

Last month, a 35-minute documentary video was uploaded to the United Nations website.

　今日の給食のデザートに、月見ゼリーがつきました。
　そうです…『お月見』です。実際は、昨日の10月1日が「中秋の名月」でした。体育大会の代休ということで、今日のデザートになったみたいですね。
　昨日の『月』を見たときに、ふと、「んっ！？、満月のようで…まん丸ではないぞ…」と感じました。

　なんと！！今日10月2日が「満月」です！！
　詳しくは、https://www.nao.ac.jp/astro/sky/2020/10-topics0...
を見てみてください。名月は、満月とは限らないのです。

　ちなみに、今日はとても空が澄んでいるので、月がきれいによく見えそうです。ちなみに、火星や土星、木星もよく輝いて見えそうです。（↓参考にしてみてください）

　今日の給食当番のみなさん、ありがとうございました。