<div style="text-align: center;">===========================================<br>L O W L A N D S - L - 10 October 2009 - Volume 03<br style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><a href="mailto:lowlands@lowlands-l.net">lowlands@lowlands-l.net</a> - <a href="http://lowlands-l.net/">http://lowlands-l.net/</a></span><br style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">
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===========================================<br></div><br>From: <span class="gI"><span class="gD" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 28);">Hellinckx Luc</span> <span class="go"><<a href="mailto:luc.hellinckx@gmail.com">luc.hellinckx@gmail.com</a>></span></span><br>
Subject: <span class="gI">LL-L "Traditions"<br><br></span>Beste Ron,<div><div><blockquote type="cite"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">This
post (to break the silence) straddles the topics "Traditions",
"Etymology" and "Projects". If there are any responses to it we will
see in which direction they will take us.<br></span></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Halloween
has absolutely no significance whatsoever here in Belgium. It has no
roots at all in traditional culture. Stories of "scary fun" abound, but
they bear no relation with "Halloween". There is no need to mention the
word at all, it just makes me upset.</div><div><br></div><div>Kind greetings,</div><div><br></div><font color="#888888"><div>Luc Hellinckx, Halle, Belgium</div></font></div></div><br><br><br>
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