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Title: All Souls’ Day jitters, or what? … Post by: HaroldC on August 16, 2003, 04:00:00 AM Looks like 1 November will be smack in the middle of my visit.
She’ll be emotionally charged, for sure: Let’s see, we’ve been chatting and talking every day for over three months, together almost constantly- officially courting, for a week- is he EVER going to ASK me? And here we are with the family at mother’s two-year-old grave. And so will I- take above and stir in: Let’s see, I’m out in a baranggáy, wandering around in a cemetery with LOTS of strangers speaking an unintelligable tongue, 8000 miles from home- in Muslim territory, and it’s getting dark … Trick or treat, Kano. Title: Re: All Saints Day... Post by: Ray on August 16, 2003, 04:00:00 AM ... in response to All Souls’ Day jitters, or what? …, posted by HaroldC on Aug 16, 2003
The cemetary proceedings often go on for 2 days, All Saints & All Souls. In many areas, they have all night "parties" at the cemetaries. Great fun! Oh, and they don't have Halloween or Trick-Or-Treat over there. Ray |