Thursday, November 4, 2010

mY aLL sOULS dAY oBSERVANCE


All Souls Day is one holiday for us Filipinos to remember and visit the resting place of our dead family members and friends.  This is also our time to offer prayers for the dead and the opportunity to gather as family.
I got the chance roam around the city that day and was able to see how Cotabateños celebrate the  it this age.  It became a gathering for everyone where most spend their time remembering their dead, eat together, and have some chit chat.
At the Marian Hills Memorial Park, colorful tents and umbrellas served as the shade in the tombs where family members  flock.  Some lit the candles and focused in praying while others are fixing the flowers they brought.
This Filipino tradition shows how families are close and values our dead.  Others might have forgotten this but most of us still join our families and even live with them for with our family we are safe and valued.



2 comments:

bent78 said...

ui i know this place.. marian hills to..

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