What an amazing Procession last night! I love this event more and more each year. I walked in remembrance of my Tiny Girl this time. So many people (estimated at 20,000!) of wildly varied ages and backgrounds come to honor their dead – humans and animals alike. It is such a peaceful, sometimes wistful, and energizing experience all at once.

If you haven’t participated yet and are curious, here is a video from 2008. Please plan on walking with us next year! Just to explain a bit: the organizing group, Many Mouths One Stomach, has a mission of promoting Festal Culture which they refer to as:

“The expression and fulfillment of core human needs through public celebration, ceremony, and ritual. The All Souls Procession is an event that was created to serve the public need to mourn, reflect, and celebrate the universal experience of Death, through their ancestors, loved ones, and the living.”

I’ll explain more in my next post and add some pictures from my point of view while walking last night.

Kristine