Like in most European countries, we celebrate All Saints' Day on November 1st and All Souls' Day on November 2nd.
On the 1st of November most families visit cemeteries to remember deceased loved ones.
We decorate the family grave and relatives' gravestones with flowers and light candles.
The Chrysanthemum is the flower of this day. There are fields of Chrysanthemum everywhere on the streets. Traffic is paralyzed but there is no financial crises on this day. It's the biggest day of the year for florists.
The graveyards look wonderful with all those candle lights on.
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We celebrate All Saints Day (and All Souls Day) the same way. The graveyards are all filled with yellow Chrysanthemums. We don't use candles. Very nice pictures you've taken.
How beautiful! Your photos are breathtaking and thanks for the information about the two days! A truly beautiful look at your world!
Enjoy your week!
Sylvia
Very nice and interesting! Halloween is yet a typical american holiday, though it's gaining ground in Europe - so I heard.
Cheers, Klaus
I daresay you're wrong kjpweb, Halloween used to be a North of England and Scottish thing.
"The name 'Halloween' and many of its present-day traditions derive from the Old English era."
wikipedia
I love graveyards that have lights in them. Excellent post!
All Souls Day is a beautiful holiday and I wish we celebrated it in Canada. The photo of the lit candles is stunning!
We likewise celebrate it the same way here in the Philippines. People trek to cemeteries on All Saint's Day here as well. Your photo of the candlelit cemetery is just awesome.
in the philippines, we celebrate all saints day on the first and all souls day on the second of november. we usually go to cemetery on the first. great first photo.
Très belle coutume, pour nous c'est plus pour les enfants et les bonbons. ByeA+
Gorgeous. People in Sweden visit graves too on All Soul's Day.
It is more manfully that Halloween.
Beautiful!
A wonderful custom, I wish we did that in the UK.
What a wonderful tradition to have a special day to remember your ancestors. The cemetery looks beautiful with all of the light.
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