Kalag-kalag 2007

I like cemeteries. I like the quiet and serenity they offer. I sometimes think of them as sanctuaries. So I especially like it when kalag-kalag rolls around and we go home to the province and visit our town cemetery.

Before the private cemetery opened right next to the municipal one, my ancestor's graves were scattered all over the municipal cemetery due to lack of space. Kung asa pa pwede ilubong, adto. But then a company opened a private cemetery in our town and we wasted no time in transferring our dead to a proper burial vault. I would have wanted a mausoleum with a roof and all but the zoning of our plot prohibited that. Mura sad ug subdivision, naa mga building requirements.

my father's side of the family

the chaos of the municipal cemetery

my mother's side (pili lang ko asa ko gusto ilubong :D )

the more organized private cemetery

Now, we save time because we don't have to hunt all over the cemetery trying to remember the graves of our dead. We only visit two places now. My father's side of the family and my mother's side. My mom says na I have a space na daw sa plot namo. Now I have somewhere to live when I'm dead. But not when I'm still alive because I have no house to call my own just yet. :D