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Honoring the dead in Cebu now up in demotix.com

November 1 2009, 7:55pm

My fourth photo story in Demotix taken during the All Souls' Day eve The images I took of the All Souls’ Day eve is now up at Demotix. It consists of 11 images all taken at the Talisay City Catholic cemetery at night. The work revolves around the dakung krus (literally, big cross) which is a common area where people offer candles and prayers instead of going from burial plot to burial plot and niche to niche. From that center, I went around the vicinity but limited my shots within the public area where the dead are buried on the ground and in apartment link niches stacked one on top of each other. As the night deepens, more people are coming and the main walkway gets crowded with visitors bearing candles and flowers. All Soul’s Day eve is also an occasion to catch up with relatives and friends as mini reunions are formed. “Day of the Dead” slideshow with free PDFSimilar Posts:

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