Bull �n Bush to host Tequila Halloween party
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane | Wednesday October 26, 2016 16:17
According to Bull ‘n Bush manager, Dumisane Mabula, they found it fit to celebrate the event because they have multi racial clients.
He added that this event was mostly celebrated overseas as part of their cultural calendar just like Batswana celebrate their different cultural events such as Domboshaba for the Kalanga tribe, Mmakgodumo for Bangwaketse and others.
“During Halloween celebrations, we have seen people wearing scary attires. The experience is just like the one you see on horror movies. However, this event will only be about celebrating Halloween and we do not expect anything horrific to happen,” he said.
Mabula added that during the event, they will be giving the first 50 people who will be wearing Halloween costume free shooters and the best dressed would be given prizes.
DJ Ash and his team will treat revelers to endless music that will complement the event. To spice things up, Bull ‘n Bush will be selling Jose Cuervo Tequila. This is a brand of tequila that was founded in 1795 by Don Jose Antonio de Cuervo and it is said to be the best selling tequila in the world.
Entrance fee will be P70 per person.
Halloween traces its origins from the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain or sowing. Historical information captures that the Celts, who lived 2,000 years ago in the area that is now Ireland, the United Kingdom and northern France, celebrated their new year on November 1. This day marked the end of summer and the harvest season and the beginning of the dark, cold winter, a time of the year that was often associated with human death.
Celts believed that on the night before the New Year’s Day, the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead became blurred. On the night of October 31 they celebrated sowing, when it was believed that the ghosts of the dead returned to earth.
In addition to causing trouble and damaging crops, they thought that the presence of the other worldly spirits made it easier for their priests, to make predictions about the future. For a people entirely dependent on the volatile natural world, these prophecies were an important source of comfort and direction during the long, dark winter.