All Saints' Day

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In Poland, my country, this day is veeeeery celebrated Poles visit the graveyards where their relatives and friends are buried, in crowds; they put flowers and candles on the graves of them Today my uncle, my mom and me went to two such graveyards near my town, where the earthly remains of our relatives are put to eternal rest, where we met in turn some other living relatives of ours.

I know that in English speaking countries, All Saints' Day isn't celebrated as much as here where I live but has anybody been to the graveyard today, maybe?

No we don't celebrate that here

So is that what you've been doing today then

Yes, I went to the two graveyards mentioned by me today In Poland this day is one of the most important days of the year. It is maliciously said that in Poland, people from the older generation are literally obsessed with the thought to show yourself wearing the best clothes to the relatives met at the graveyard on this very day. A veritable graveyard fashion parade. My godmother died in May and we met there her half sister and her family (she didn't talk to them for almost half the century).

I also saw the tombstone of my great great grandfather who died in 1937 - he was a witch doctor in his village my family comes from and he got immortalized by some other relative who was a writer in his book.

Wow that's fascinating stuff

It's very different to what happens in the UK

We, Poles, celebrate also the Saint Nicholas Day And, of course, the Saint Andrew's Day - it's such a poor man's version of your Halloween

Is that a catholic thing then

You can say so, as Poland is a country where almost everybody is a Roman catholic but luckily, Poland is undergoing rapid secularization -> https://tvpworld.com/88863928/religious ... -the-world