Halloween, not actually a Christian event yet a celebration gaining popularity in the Philippines. The event used to be only celebrated in the enclaves of the rish in Makati and other gated communities where children, dressed in "scary" halloween costumes, make the rounds from house to house in the traditional trick or treat
Now, Halloween costumes and decorations dominate malls and other business establishments. Costumes such as pumpkins and ghosts and witches can be bought in supermarkets in October, preceding the national holiday of All Saints Day and All Souls Day, on which Halloween is marked.
On All Saints Day, people flock to cemeteries to remember their departed loved ones, something that used to reserved on All Souls Day. Metro Manila will look like a desert town with people leaving for their home provinces only ti rush back to the city on or after All Souls Day.
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