Saturday, November 1, 2008

All Saint's Day & All Soul's Day

In Filipino tradition we don't really celebrate Halloween... Because Philippines is one of the Catholic nation in Asia we celebrate All Saint's Day and All Soul's Day every 1st and 2nd of November. Nowadays in Philippines some Filipinos probably just those in high class society or people who can afford to buy Halloween costumes were doing Halloween party as most Filipinos are known to be as a "copy cat". Just because a lot of rich Filipinos leave and work on other countries every time they come home they bring foreign tradition and share it to their family and friends. Sometimes acquires it from movies also.
Every 1st of November we celebrate the All Saint's Day, in this day mostly in the church a very special mass celebration for all the Saints in the world. The 2ND of November is the All Soul's Day. Remembering all the souls of families, friends and love ones who rest in peace. This day is a big day celebration in the cemetery. Before this day people were cleaning the cemetery, cleaning their love ones tomb and decorating. Every 2nd of November 24hrs in cemetery is so crowded, people are doing vigil, light a candle, say a prayer and some are partying and having picnic and some were camping. When i was in Cebu my boarding house is in front of a cemetery for rich people in Cebu and every All Soul's Day the streets were so crowded with people in the side walks and a lot of traffic enforcers in every corner leading cars after cars who were going in and out from that cemetery. There is one mall in the main street like 100 meters from the cemetery and their doing midnight sale every time. That is the nicest and cleanest cemetery i been through and very well maintained. You can find building structures of tomb and some were glass building, castles, a house it's very nice inside. There are different kind of structures and some are in the ground tomb also but still they said is still expensive. Some people in a normal day jog around the cemetery just ask permission form the guard. Very well maintained and guarded 24/7.


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