MUKAH: All Souls Day is no less important for Christians here as the annual occasion helps kins of the deceased to unite and come together to visit the graves of their loved ones to pray and pay their respects.
All Souls Day falls on November 2 every year and are among the holy days in the Christian calendar.
On Tuesday (Nov 2) the occasion here was no different, except it was observed according to the standard operating procedures (SOPs) due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
In compliance with the SOPs, there were no cemetery blessings this year.
Only night mass was held at Sts Peter & Paul Roman Catholic Church, about 300 metres away from the main cemetery, which was located at Jalan Mohd Pauzi. It was attended by a limited number of people.
Like the previous years, All Souls Day here also witnessed people coming from far and near to unite with their family and visit the graves of their departed loved ones to pray and place flowers and candles on them.
A man, identified only as Ishak, was among some Muslims, whose other family members are Christians, seen at the grave site of his ancestors at Kampung Tellian Ulu here on Tuesday.
He said that it has been his practise for the last few years to come to the grave site to pay his respects to his departed family members.
“I am visiting the graves of my late mother, her siblings, as well as my grandfather and grandmother,” he told New Sarawak Tribune as he and his family members placed flowers and candles at the graves.
The government pensioner, who is in late fifties, was accompanied by his wife, daughter and grandchildren.
