All Souls – All Saints
The end of October in America signals Halloween and not far away, Thanksgiving. Filipinas celebrate both of these in a slightly unique, only in da Pilipeens way. They have Halloween and Trick or Treat much as they do in America, mostly copied from what they see on TV and the movies. They also have a very important family get together where they share a meal, usually not turkey unless they are upscale and well off.
No, Filipinas will gather in the cemetery where their relatives lie interred and enjoy a picnic on their tomb. Most people in the Philippines are interred when they die. Cremation is becoming more common but usually the body lies on view at the family home for up to 9 days and Mass is held every night. Finally the body is interred in a coffin, inside a concrete sarcophagus. Rarely is the body buried below ground level. The family plot annually becomes the scene of a typical, happy Filipino family fiesta with time and tidings shared with the departed.
Many families spend the entire night at the cemetery, the children happily playing around the tombs of the many residents. While not a time for gift giving per se, tokens of affection and love are always welcomed.
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