All Saint's Day or Todos Los Santos or Undas in the vernacular is one of most celebrated holidays in the Philippines. Some people think that it's even bigger than Christmas because it's the only day where family members would go back to their hometown to pay respects for their dead relatives. Some families would even start their preparation one or two weeks ahead by cleaning the family plot (or Mausoleum for the well-to-do), doing some paint job, a little gardening and cooking suman and other kakanin to be brought to the cemetery come November 1. On the day itself, families go to the graveyards, lit candles and bring flowers for the dead, bring some food (usually suman and kakanin) for the living and spend the whole day at the cemetery.
As for me, I spent my Undas, with childhood friends, in Lecheria, Calamba, Laguna - something that I havent done for quite sometime. Below are some of the pictures we have taken.
Governor ER Ejercito, giving free bottled water to the Calambenos who visited the cemetery
