Through a Cebu graveyard worker’s eyes, there is much life to see at a cemetery
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For Manileños, the day is called “Undas” but to Cebuanos, it is simply referred to as “Kalag-kalag” which literally means soul-soul. REPAINT. A child helps repaint the inscription on a departed one’s tombstone at the Carreta Catholic Cemetery, on All Saints’ Day, November 1, 2024. Photo by Jacqueline Hernandez/Rappler
Each of her clients would pay her P150 a month to sweep the dust and scrub the dirt off the gravestones. Tantaculoy spends at least an hour repainting the inscription on each headstone.She shared that it’s gotten to a point where she has gotten to know the families by heart — it is to no one’s surprise as the families, she said, also seem to remember to send her cakes on her birthdays.
For them, it is a natural instinct to assist the families who go about their usual rituals at the cemetery. According to locals, this is a ritual called “Palina” which is performed by most Cebuanos after every cemetery visit .,” Pinky Iyac, a candle vendor, told Rappler.
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