Is Adelle Onyango Justified In Wearing This As Her Haloween Costume?

It is Halloween folks. Like Halloween in the US and other western countries. Halloween is a festival that dates back to the medieval era and can be traced back to the Celts. The festival that has evolved overtime was termed as heretic, because people celebrated the dead.by wearing masks and costumes and offering food treats to the dead in a bid to placate them. When Christianity was starting, the Roman catholic church, in a bid to convert people to Christianity endorsed Halloween. 

“As a result of their efforts to wipe out “pagan” holidays, such as Halloween , the Christians succeeded in effecting major transformations in it. In 601 A.D. Pope Gregory the First issued a now famous edict to his missionaries concerning the native beliefs and customs of the peoples he hoped to convert. Rather than try to obliterate native peoples’ customs and beliefs, the pope instructed his missionaries to use them: if a group of people worshipped a tree, rather than cut it down, he advised them to consecrate it to Christ and allow its continued worship”

Enough of the lore, The festival is slowly picking up in Kenya. All manners of people are celebrating “Mardi Gras” believing it to be Halloween where men and women masquerade in varied forms of disguise which may include: masks, facial alterations via make-up and or costumes. Whatever.

But Are we ready for Halloween yet? 

This morning, i was going through my timeline when this photo caught my attention

The photo of Adelle Onyango, a media personality posing with her boss at their office, she dressed up as a nun while her boss dressed up as Catholic Father. 

You might want to note that I have always followed Adelle religiously, mainly because she shares a name with Adelle, She that sang “Rolling in the deep“

The first time I saw the photo I was fascinated, it had to itself a startling vintage effect. Perfect for Haloween. 

Then i saw the Original photo. 

I was taken aback! Adelle chose  to keep her nose-ring while posing as a nun, while Her boss wore a crucifix adorned with Rasta colors with a bible at hand. Haloween still?

Why would they chose to dress like this while there was a variety of costumes that they could have chosen from?

On her Instagram Adelle would caption this photo “Can i get an Amen?The irony is my boss (father Pete for today) curses more than me.

Halloween or not I feel that this is horribly wrong, it could be interpreted as blasphemy, but again this is just me. While Halloween is itself an intriguing fete, judging from the sensibilities of  the Kenyan people, this is wrong. dress up like a house elf, or a ghoul or a ghost, but keep matters of religion out.