塞勒姆万圣节之夜今晚收官：400架无人机点亮North River、纪念建城400周年
位于美国马萨诸塞州埃塞克斯县的 Salem 市，今晚（10月31日）将为持续整个10月的万圣节庆典 Haunted Happenings 收官：晚10时，400架无人机将在 North River 上空列队表演，纪念 Salem 建城400周年；今天中午起，市区多个舞台先有现场音乐演出，为晚间的高潮暖场。
据 Destination Salem 发布的官方新闻稿，Haunted Happenings 是全球规模最大的万圣节庆典之一，每年吸引来自世界各地的游客超过100万人次。本届庆典10月1日以 Salem 商会主办的 Haunted Happenings 大游行开场，整月活动还包括10月17日在 Derby Wharf 举行的「码头女巫帽」聚会——居民与游客戴上女巫帽合影、挑战世界纪录，为建城400周年造势。
Destination Salem 执行总监 Ashley Judge 在新闻稿中表示，今年的庆典恰逢 Salem 建城400周年，主办方格外期待迎接全球游客，体验十月 Salem 的独特氛围。主办方建议访客把游客信息中心（245 Derby Street）作为行程起点，并鼓励使用火车、渡轮与卫星停车场接驳等公共交通前往。
Salem 的万圣节庆典始于1982年，最初只是一个周末活动，如今已发展为持续整月的盛会；这座城市因17世纪末的女巫审判历史与万圣节氛围闻名，被称作「万圣节之都」。
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Salem's Halloween Night Finale Is Tonight: 400 Drones Over the North River Mark the City's 400th Anniversary
The city of Salem, in Essex County, Massachusetts, closes out its month-long Halloween celebration, Haunted Happenings, tonight, October 31: at 10 p.m., 400 drones will perform over the North River to mark the 400th anniversary of Salem's founding. Live music takes over stages across downtown from noon today, building up to the nighttime finale.
According to the official press release from Destination Salem, Haunted Happenings is one of the world's largest Halloween celebrations, drawing more than one million visitors from around the globe each year. This year's festivities opened on October 1 with the Salem Chamber of Commerce Haunted Happenings Grand Parade, and the month also featured Witch Hats on the Wharf on October 17, when residents and visitors gathered at Derby Wharf in witch hats for a community photograph and world record attempt honoring the 400th anniversary.
Ashley Judge, Executive Director of Destination Salem, said in the release that this year's celebration, coinciding with Salem's 400th anniversary, welcomes visitors from around the world to experience what makes October in Salem so special. Organizers suggest starting at the Visitor Information Center at 245 Derby Street and encourage the use of public transit, including trains, ferries and satellite parking with shuttles.
Salem's Halloween celebration began in 1982 as a weekend event and has grown into a month-long festival. Known for its late-17th-century witch trials history and Halloween atmosphere, the city is billed as the Halloween Capital of the World.
Related: Salem's Haunted Season in Massachusetts Peaks as Kids' Festival and Markets Open on the Same Day
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图片来源：图：Salem 万圣节期间，身着女巫装扮的游客走在街头（往年资料图）。Michelle Callahan 摄，CC BY 2.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Visitors in witch costumes on a Salem street during Halloween festivities (file photo). Photo by Michelle Callahan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
