1st of november, all saint's day.in the Philippines, this is supposedly the day when everybody treks to cemeteries to remember their dearly departed. that used to be the case when i was young... veeery, very young...
nowadays, all saint's day seems to be the day when most pinoys go out of town for some R&R, just like the holy week. this is how most of us observe these religious holidays now... boracay, baguio, palawan, tagaytay... just some of the places popular to out-of-towners to go to to "remember" their dearly departed (all saint's day) or do some "soul-searching" (holy week)...
but people still do go to the cemeteries. they go through the motions of offering flowers, lighting candles, saying a little prayer or in isolated cases, pray the rosary. that should take about half an hour maximum, and the rest would be socializing...
such are "shining" examples of Philippine tradition nowadays... the kind of tradition this generation passes on to their children. and this coming from a country, which its own citizens tout, as the only Roman Catholic country in Asia. with these "traditions", and everything that are going on in my country right now, how can you brag about that...?
and such is the hypocrisy of our society...
