La Toussaint is.
La Toussaint is a two-day celebration of two related Roman Catholic holidays. The first of November is All Saints' Day. It's a public holiday in Belgium. Families come together and usually go to the cemetery to honour their deceased relatives and put chrysanthemums on their graves. These flowers are, strangely enough, associated with death. People never give them as gifts!
The next day, November second is All Souls' Day. This is the day people are supposed to go to the cemetery but since it's not a public holiday, the Belgians tend to go on the first.
Off I went to the Ixelles Cemetery to see what I could see with my camera, so come along with me! It's a cold, blustery autumn day so wear your gloves and a warm coat and we'll see what's different in a Belgium cemetery from a Canadian one.
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| just like a city with avenues and lanes |
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| memorial to those who died in both World Wars |
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| The Solway family's tombstone was created by the Art Nouveau architect Victor Horta |
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| Chrysanthemums are associated with death here |
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| a bronze statue snipping the thread of life with his scissors |
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| columbaria |
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| Most graves are covered with a large slab of marble or stone
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Oh! Well done!
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