November 1st is All Saints Day in Hungary. It is a national holiday that actually begins at sun down on October 31st and finishes at sun down on November 1st. We held English Class on the 1st and then went to the cemetery. Everyone said that we need to have this experience. We got there at 8:15 and found out that they lock the gates at 8:00. They told us this in Hungarian and in German.
Lucky for us November 2nd is All Souls day so we were able to walk through the cemetery and see the beautiful tombstones with flowers and candles on them. This is a statue near the front gate.
Christians who celebrate All Saints Day and All Soul Day do so in the fundamental belief that there is a prayerful spiritual bond between those in purgatory those in heaven and the living.
This picture was taken with my flash on so that you can see the beautiful flowers and candles.
The stores are full of the candles to buy.
The elders got this picture with the moon in back of the tombstones. The moon is the big light.
The people were very reverent as they stopped at this statue.
It was definitely something that we were glad to experience.
I never would have thought of you walking thru a cementary on Halloween - go figure. Maybe a good thing the gate was locked. Love you
ReplyDeleteThat looks really neat! What a fun adventure you two are having. If we didn't miss you so much we'd tell you to adventure for longer!
ReplyDeleteWow what an experience! It actually looks really cool at night. I am glad you are able to see so many neat things. Take care!
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