November is universally an important month for celebrating the memory of our departed loved ones.
The Mexican and South American cultures place great emphasis on celebrating the day of the dead “El Diá de los Muertos”by bringing food and candy skulls to their graves. In many towns great processions are organised, where photos and memorabilia of the dead are brought through the streets amid noise of drums and chants. Nowhere has this tradition been more adapted than in San Francisco where its cosmopolitan culture has embraced the tradition with great fervour in the Mission District.
The Catholic tradition also places much emphasis on November as a special month of remembrance with its belief that the Church is made up of 3 essential components, the church of the living, the church of the saints and the church of the dead. They set aside November the 1st as all saints day and November the 2nd as all souls day. They believe prayer is the most important bonding between these three component parts of the church.
In this month of November, remember your dead with a thought or prayer.
