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, a contraction of the words costume play, is a hobby in which participants called cosplayers wear costumes and fashion accessories to represent a specific character.

Cosplayers often interact to create a subculture, and a broader use of the term "cosplay" applies to any costumed role-playing in venues apart from the stage.

Any entity that lends itself to dramatic interpretation may be taken up as a subject and it is not unusual to see genders switched.

Favorite sources include anime, cartoons, comic books, live-action films, television series and video games.

Anime is a style of hand-drawn and computer animation originating in, and commonly associated with, Japan.

Halloween costumes are costumes worn on or around Halloween, a festival which falls on October 31.

An early reference to wearing costumes at Halloween comes from Scotland in 1585, but they may pre-date this.

There are many references to the custom during the 18th and 19th centuries in the Celtic countries of Scotland, Ireland, Mann and Wales.

It has been suggested that the custom comes from the Celtic festivals of Samhain and Calan Gaeaf, or from the practise of "souling" during the Christian observance of Allhallowtide.

Wearing costumes and mumming has long been associated with festivals at other times of the year, such as on Christmas.

Halloween costumes are traditionally based on frightening supernatural or folkloric beings.

However, by the 1930s costumes based on characters in mass media such as film, literature, and radio were popular.

Halloween costumes have tended to be worn mainly by young people, but since the mid-20th century they have been increasingly worn by adults also.

Costume is the distinctive style of dress of an individual or group that reflects their class, gender, profession, ethnicity, nationality, activity or epoch.

A fashion accessory is an item used to contribute, in a secondary manner, to the wearer's outfit, often used to complete an outfit and chosen to specifically complement the wearer's look.

The term came into use in the 20th century.