Thousands of cemetery-goers, both residents and non-residents, flocked to the cemeteries in Angono, Rizal, on November 2, All Souls Day.
Mayor Jeri Mae Calderon said the three cemeteries in the Art Capital of the Country-Angono Public Cemetery, Saint Clement Catholic Cemetery, and Sympathy Memorial Park, were filled with visitors coming from all over the town and outside the municipality to keep the age-old tradition of remembering the departed loved ones on the second day of November.
The Angono Police said the crowd grew in numbers as night time came with no major incidents recorded by authorities.
A scene at the Angono Public Cemetery in the early afternoon on Nov. 12 (photo from Angono PIO)
At the tomb of National Artist for Music Lucio San Pedro, whose remains are entombed at the Saint Clement Cemetery, several Boy Scouts served as honor guards standing beside the gravesite of one of the two national artists who hailed from Angono.
Vice Mayor Calderon said the pathwalk at the public cemetery, which is connected to a newly built road, is undergoing continuous improvement.
Several peacekeepers, including barangay tanods and volunteers, assisted the police in maintaining order at the three cemeteries.
A man makes some finishing touches at an apartment-type tomb at Angono Public Cemetery on November 2 (photo from Angono PIO)
It has been an annual tradition in Angono that residents visit the grave of their loved ones every November 2 in keeping with their age-old practice in the municipality.