Fiesta of the Souls; All Saints' Day in English.
This is celebrated on November 1. During the days prior to
the celebration, the cemetery is cleaned and people make
and sell paper flowers to be put on the graves. Some
people also place alcoholic drinks or tobacco on the grave
of their loved one, whatever the person was fond of when
alive. On the day of the fiesta, the priest says mass in the
cemetery in the afternoon. People can pay to have the
older women of the church pray the Holy Rosary and sing
at the family grave site. This is called risponso. The
night of November 1 is called kalag-kalag from the root
meaning ‘ghost’ or ‘soul’. Similar to Halloween, young
people play tricks on others, for example, carrying
someone's small boat and putting it on the plaza stage, or
taking someone's potted flowers out of their yard and
placing them outside their fence.