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Halloween Parties in Salem and New Orleans

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Where did the US get its Halloween traditions? Guy Fawkes Day? All Hallow's Eve? The Celtic New Year? Read about it (and about Samhain, the witch's New Year on October 31), then check out these Halloween parties in the US (below). Halloween in Salem, Massachusetts

Naturally, the town famed for witch hunting, fear of the evil eye and general sin phobia hosts a Halloween party to die for.

Halloween in New Orleans, Louisiana

Speaking of magic, New Orleans is one mysterious place. Voodoo central. Laissez les bons temps rouler.

  • Voodoo Music Festival - Gogol Bordello (they are some fun), Wolfmother, Widespread Panic, The Flaming Lips, The Pogues, New Orleans Klezmer Allstars (love it), All Time Low and George Clinton and Parliament (talk about back from the dead -- awesome that these guys are still funking it up) are just a few of the terrifyingly good folks on the bill for 2009. See the whole great Voodoo festival lineup -- three nights of good juju.

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