Comments on: At the Calamba cemetery during the day

By: Lydia

Lydia — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 16:01:27 +0000

Hi Estan,
Just surfed in. Why Calamba? That’s my hometown.
By the way, are you going to Jakarta? Tell me. I will link you with a good friend there.
Lyd

By: estan

estan — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 04:01:14 +0000

gibbs, beliefs are always interesting

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Luminous night at the Talisay City Cemetery | langyaw — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:37:51 +0000

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By: Cebu flower market for undas/kalag-kalag | langyaw

Cebu flower market for undas/kalag-kalag | langyaw — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 04:56:30 +0000

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By: Gibb

Gibb — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:20:40 +0000

estan, i really don’t know the power of calamansi to ward off bad spirits.

I also recall that a neigbor of ours gathered a few branches of a citrusy shrub. For her sister who was pregnant that time. She said it wards off the aswang.

It bore reddish to maroon fruits the size of marbles and had small leaves and thorns.

By: estan

estan — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 03:45:37 +0000

gibb, that’s something new for me, that is, using calamansi leaves. significance?

dong, thanx for that term. here we call it “krus nga dako,” meaning “big cross.”

By: dong ho

dong ho — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 03:13:00 +0000

i like those flowers inside used cans. it shows the value of being practical specially in a thrid world country like ours.

“At one central part in Calamba Cemetry is a huge cross where visitors can offer their prayers, flowers and candles.”>>> we call this Krus Mayor. not sure if you have a term for that there. we usually light candles there for the souls on other places which we wont be able to visit.

By: Death in Stone: Relieves of old cemeteries in Cebu | langyaw

Death in Stone: Relieves of old cemeteries in Cebu | langyaw — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 12:30:33 +0000

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By: kouji

kouji — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 07:47:54 +0000

fascinating post and images. i live in manila, but visiting cemeteries hasn’t really been a tradition for my family.

By: gibb

gibb — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 11:22:24 +0000

I remember grandma’s palina ceremony. She’d gather some dried leaves and some bits of melted candles. She would then light the small pile of leaves and ask us to gather around it before heading back home.

Sometimes in lieu of that ceremony we would just rub our bodies a few lemonsito leaves. I guess it serves the same purpose of warding off bad spirits.

Of course I don’t practice it anymore.