My first Halloween: treats, costumes, pumpkins

Note: Brenda Keino, a Kenyan journalism student, is experiencing her first U.S. Halloween. She wrote this story for a Kenyan newspaper to explain the U.S. tradition.

[img_assist|nid=6086|title=Click on photo to enlarge or download|desc=Gabriela Elias (left) and Esther Kauffman carve pumpkins to make scary faces. – Photo by Brenda Keino.|link=popup|align=left|width=250|height=188]WASHINGTON - The room is dimly lit. Eerie music plays in the background. Hooded figures move around, but one in particular stands out. She is Medusa, a Greek goddess.