The belief is that this is the day when the living world and the spirit world are the closest, and family members and loved ones that have passed away, cross back into the living world to visit.
Families build elaborate altars to their loved ones, with soap and towels for them to clean up after a long journey and plates of lovingly prepared favorite foods to ease their hunger. The altars also have lots of local flowers, special candles, pictures, and notes and letters to the beloved one.
All day, November 1st and 2nd, we watched as hundreds of people streamed down the road past our home to the cemetary to clean and decorate grave sites. I have included some pics of the cemetary the day after, not a single grave not lovingly tended by family and friends.
Its really a lovely holiday. Enjoy the photos.
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