All Saint’s Day in Sweden
All Saint’s Day in The Woodland Cemetery | Allhelgona på Skogskyrkogården
An UNESCO World Heritage Site.
A man walks past graves of those killed during the unsuccessful Warsaw Uprising against the Nazis, on August 1, 1944, which lasted 63 days, at the Powazki military cemetery in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009. All Saints Day is a national holiday in Poland during which Poles visit graves of their loved ones to light candles and lay flowers. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski
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Holy cross at Skogskyrkogården cemetery in the night of All Saints day, Stockholm, Sweden.
Sainte croix du cimetière de Skogskyrkogården durant la nuit de la toussaint. Stockholm, Suède.
Author: Bloodice
Cruz de Petalos de Cempasuchil
The Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos in Spanish) is a holiday celebrated mainly in Mexico and by people of Mexican heritage (and others) living in the United States and Canada. The holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and relatives who have died. The celebration occurs on the 1st and 2nd of November.
El Día de Muertos es una celebración mexicana de origen prehispánico que honra a los difuntos el 2 de noviembre, comienza el 1 de noviembre, y coincide con las celebraciones católicas de Día de los Fieles Difuntos y Todos los Santos. Es una festividad mexicana y centroamericana, se celebra también en muchas comunidades de Estados Unidos, donde existe una gran población mexicana y centroamericana. La UNESCO ha declarado esta festividad como Patrimonio de la Humanidad.
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LIFE: USS “Maine” memorial at Arlington Cemete… - Hosted by Google
USS “Maine” memorial at Arlington Cemetery, where coffin of Polish patriot Ignace Jan Paderewski remains temporarily chained to mast until Poland is free from tyranny.
Arlington, VA, US
May 1965
George Silk
