All Souls Day

Photo from Manila's North Cemetery, 'All Souls Day', November 2007.

P.S. I visited the North Cemetery the first time in October 2002. During that time the cemetery was full of squatters and stank like a dysfunctional sewage plant. This time, nearly all tombs were freshly painted and even the videoke machines were absent. I am sure, the souls appreciated the prayers to abridge their time in purgatory.