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All Saints’ Day

November 1, 2011 by · Comments Off on All Saints’ Day 

All Saints’ Day, Although Halloween is very popular among children and promoted by commercial interests for people in search of entertainment, all Poles travel to cemeteries across the country to remember the dead.

In Poland, Halloween is an event the way, which is celebrated by children and adults who go to restaurants and clubs for entertainment.

But all the saints of the day in a multi-day event that sees families met and the unit of miles between the cemetery and sometimes, if not more, between the cities to visit the graves of the dead.

Although All Saints’ is nothing more than a single day, the celebrations related to this day is usually linked with the nearest weekend. The Polish economy will slow, as people take to the road. Although All Saints is a national holiday, by law, requires most businesses to close, usually employees are expected to take a break in the days surrounding the holiday. And companies make adjustments to meet the demands of Polish culture.

Although the tombs to visit are mostly those of family and friends, the Polish people make an effort to remember those who have helped Poland or contributed in some way to Polish culture.

All graves are cleaned and decorated with flowers. Visitors leave burning candles.

For those who are now in the cemetery without the people who remember it are the Poles who make a concerted effort to walk through the cemetery, finding these graves, and leave a candle.

Special attention is paid to the graves of military heroes, famous writers, actors and politicians. A large number of candles can be found decorating their graves.

Walking through a graveyard of All Saints Polish night is an experience not to be described. If it is recorded in the video experience is simply not possible to capture the sense of the beauty of being surrounded by thousands of candles in different colored containers with reflected light bouquet after bouquet of flowers.

All Saints Day

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All Saints Day, Public cemeteries in the city remained quiet closing time Tuesday as hundreds of security volunteers maintained order in such places, police said Tuesday.

Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) Director Melvin Ramon Buenafe said his office has not received any reports of major incidents during the celebration of All Saints Day on Tuesday. He said that cemeteries were not very crowded as others have already visited the graves of their loved ones during the previous days.

Based on its monitoring at noon on Tuesday, Buenafe said the volunteers and the security police confiscated only a few items such as illegal liquor bottles, bowls, and other weapons.

He said at least 1,000 troops were sent on Tuesday in several cemeteries in the city, and the implementation of security volunteers since last Saturday.

Volunteers helped human trafficking, searches on those who entered the cemetery, near the cemetery and patrolled to ensure peaceful and orderly observance of All Saints Day on Tuesday.

Police in the city remains on high alert, Buenafe said, because

criminals can exploit the fact that the houses were empty as families go to the cemetery to see a Filipino folk tradition. He said police will also secure the ports and terminals, people begin to return to the city for work and school after the long vacation.

In Mandaue City Police Director Noel Gillamac said that since last October 28, sent staff to eight public and private cemeteries in the city and the North Bus Terminal. Desks were also set up public safety, in charge of staff willing to help public support needed.

Gillamac said that compared to previous years, the crowd at the North Bus Terminal was easier to use because many chose to travel at the start of long weekend and avoid last minute rush.

He reminded homeowners to secure their homes, preferably the appointment of a neighbor or caregiver to monitor while visiting the cemetery.

At the same time, reminded the public not to leave electrical appliances unattended to avoid fire.

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