All Souls’ Night
“What man can live and never see death?
Who can save himself from the grasp of the grave?”
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The Feast of All Souls finishes quietly.
As the day gives way to darkness, entire families gather in Fort Cochin’s cemetery.
Candles are lit beside graves of the departed.
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The community remember their dead.
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“Requiem æternam dona eis, Domine,
et lux perpetua luceat eis…”
“Grant them eternal rest, O Lord,
and let perpetual light shine upon them…”
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Pictures taken in Fort Cochin cemetery on All Souls’ night.
First quote from Psalm 89:49 (Grail translation)
Requiem passage taken from the opening of “Missa pro defunctis” (Mass for the Dead)
Neither Use Nor Ornament 