TODOS LOS SANTOS "UNDRAS"

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Todos los Santos 'Undras' began as a very solemn occasion where every
Filipino (at least the Christian/Catholic ones) go to cemeteries where
their relatives are buried and conduct a vigil there. Undras at its
core is a very Filipino tradition that emmbodies the value of family
ties, family unity.

They would visit the cemetery the day before to clean up the burial
site (repaint the tombstones, mow the grass around the grave, etc) so
that on the day itself, the grave would look respectable.

And on the day itself, people are probably in a somber mood while they
pray for the souls of their departed relatives in the hopes of getting
them out of purgatory.

Nowadays though, it?s a more pleasant and merry occassion. It becomes a
chance for relatives to have a get-together. Of course there is still
the prayers but there is also the catching up with family and relatives afterwards.


Tayabas Municipal Cemetery
Lovely Meadow Memorial Park
Tayabas, Quezon