It's Halloween and it reminds us that all of us will really go to the Great Beyond. We humans know how to make our fear of death manageable. Halloween today is celebrated in malls with the children wearing their fearful yet cute costumes. We make our fear of death not so morbid anymore.
November 1 is All Saints' Day and November 2 is All Souls' Day in Christian calendar. Both two days will give honor to the dead, the first is for all the unknown saints who gave their lives for the faith and the second is for all the dead ones including our dear relatives.
Why there is a need to remember the dead? It's because we love them while they lived. They could be a mother or father, wife or husband, son or daughter, friend or lover, etc. Besides, someday we'll also die and we also want to be remembered.
So, whatever nationality you have and whatever custom for the dead you believe, we're united in our belief to respect and remember our dear departed loved ones.
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