All Saint’s Day and All Soul’s Day – Cebu Cemetery

All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day is celebrated on the first and second day of November every year. In the Philippines, this holiday is often referred as Undas. It is also sometimes referred to the Filipinos as Araw ng mga Patay, which is a translation of ‘day of the dead’. This is almost similar to ‘Obong’ in Japan

Most of us, visit the cemetery on those days. Family members and distant relatives usually gather. When we gather we bring food and beverages for ourselves and offer some to our dead loved ones. It is believed, that they eat those food together with us. We light candles, give flowers and pray for their souls.