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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

Saudi Arabia’s Halloween celebrations leave opinion divided: ‘Extremely scary to me’

REUTERS

Saudi Arabia has celebrated Halloween this year with pomp and scary costumes in a celebration that once used to be banned in the middle eastern country, leaving people’s opinions divided.

Revellers stalked the streets of capital Riyadh wearing masks and spine-chilling costumes to celebrate the government-sponsored “scary weekend” which took place from Thursday.

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