Hi there! It hasn't been heard anything of you for a long time. Could you tell me anything of this day? I know about el Día de los Muertos in Mexico, but they are not the same, as far as I can see.
Hi! yes, I´ve been kind of busy (and lazy :)) so I hadn´t posted in a while. I´ve been reading,though, and I have to tell you that I loved your last pictures. El día de los muertos (or "de Difuntos" as we call it here)is similar to the Mexican one in that it´s a day for reflection and for remembering your own dead ones, but it´s not so festive as it is there. Here, it´s considered a sad day, a day to be sad about the people you´ve lost. People, mostly women, go to cemeteries and clean and decorate their families´graves. There are lots of flowers and candles this day on the graveyard. I like going over there just after dusk because it´s really beautiful. By the way, it´s November 2nd. Don´t you celebrate anything similar where you are from?
Yes, we've got a day of that kind. It's called Radonitsa. The name seems to be a derivative of an ancient Slavic word meaning "joy" (they say it's connected with the joy of the Resurrection). Actualy this day is a legacy of pagan culture of the Slavs. Some days after Easter people also come to the cemeteries, bring some food and drinks to their dead ones and feast together with them. Candles are also left on the graves. But I think that only believers do that.
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El día de los muertos (or "de Difuntos" as we call it here)is similar to the Mexican one in that it´s a day for reflection and for remembering your own dead ones, but it´s not so festive as it is there. Here, it´s considered a sad day, a day to be sad about the people you´ve lost. People, mostly women, go to cemeteries and clean and decorate their families´graves. There are lots of flowers and candles this day on the graveyard. I like going over there just after dusk because it´s really beautiful.
By the way, it´s November 2nd.
Don´t you celebrate anything similar where you are from?
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