October 27, 2021, is Wednesday already in the middle of the week. And the news that goes is the cemeteries will be closed on Friday so we need to visit it as soon as possible to clean and paint the tomb of our beloved who departed from this Earth. And that soonest is this morning I had to wake up early to go there with my mom and my uncle.

So have a blessed day to all of us and hope everything will turn out fine on this hump day. November is nearing and it is time for Halloween. But in my country, we do not have a lavish celebration. We have our way of how we celebrated it.

Celebrating Halloween

We Filipinos celebrate Halloween differently we do not have to carve lanterns out of pumpkins, we do not have trick or treats for the children, or apple bobbing. Though in some parts we were adopting the trick or treating for the kids and having a fun party on Halloween.

Filipinos celebrate Halloween differently we have flickering lights of candles, lots of prayers, flowers, and groups visiting the cemetery this is how I grew up this is the tradition I carry up to now.

When we are still free and there is no pandemic in our country I remember clearly that we need to wake up early when November 1 strikes need to be dressed up and have breakfast quickly for we need to go to two cemeteries and the other is far from home so we need to travel for an hour to get there.

When I was a teenager it was three cemeteries we need to go on, one for my grandfather on my mother's side and one for a grandmother on my mother's side also, and for my grandfather on my father's side. So you see I need to follow my elders to visit these tombs every year.

Now that the pandemic hits my country it is prohibited to go to cemeteries in large crowds and before November 1 comes cemeteries were close so we made sure that before it closes we go there and clean and pray for our departed loved ones. This is now how we celebrated Halloween. No large crowd not like before that we could even have chitchat with another visiting relative like a mini-reunion. No parties either no trick or treat for kids in malls. We may be influenced by Western tradition but still, the simple tradition most Filpino follow prevail.

Going to the cemetery is a most Filipino tradition that is still followed by many. Like me, I still do this every year this is how I show that I still care and miss them and most of all I love them even they are not here with us physically. This is how Halloween is celebrated.

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