Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Ancestor day

Ancestor day by mdelagrange
Ancestor day, a photo by mdelagrange on Flickr.

As I was leaving this morning the family that owns our building was out front burning (fake) money - they were also burning several inscents on a table they set up outside. One of them told me it was ancestors day. You regularly see money burning but I guess today is a bit more special. This is our neighbor's fire left unattended (didn't think I should gawk at my landlords...). Anyway, while my own beliefs don't compel me to make offerings to my deceased ancestors I can appreciate that they do honor theirs in their way.

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