Monday, November 1, 2004
Calamba Cemetery, Barangay Calamba, Cebu City, Philippines
Calamba Cemetery is reportedly the poorest in Cebu City. You can be interred here for less than a princely sum.
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Is All Saints Day a solemn occasion when one should strive to remember the dead?
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Or, is it a time to party?
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Well, this is the Philippines, so the answer must be both.
For me, it's a day to mingle with the crowds, breathe candle smoke, guard my pockets, and take pictures.
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Filipinos know how to say goodbye, to the living and to the dead. But in any case, they remember those who are gone.
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