01/11/2024
🕯️🇵🇱 November 1st - All Saints' Day in Poland 🇵🇱🕯️
Each year on November 1st, Poles gather to honor loved ones who have passed on All Saints’ Day🌹 Families visit cemeteries across the country, adorning graves with vibrant flowers and lighting candles to create a sea of warm, flickering lights that beautifully illuminate the night.
Facts About All Saints' Day👇:
🕯️The lighting of candles symbolizes the eternal memory of loved ones and is seen as a connection between the living and those who have passed.
🕯️Vendors set up outside cemeteries, selling candles and flowers (especially chrysanthemums, symbolizing mourning and respect), creating a unique and bustling atmosphere.
🕯️All Saints’ Day is a public holiday, meaning most businesses and schools are closed, allowing families time to travel and visit graves.
🕯️With so many visiting cemeteries, public transportation adds routes, and road traffic increases significantly around cemeteries to accommodate the influx of visitors.
This day is a deeply meaningful time for reflection, family unity, and honoring loved ones, connecting generations in shared memory. 🕊️