(1 Nov 2005) SHOTLIST

1. Various of people trooping to the cemetery
2. Wide of cemetery
3. Family on top of tomb
4. Family near relative's tomb
5. Wide of person cleaning tomb of relative
6. SOUNDBITE (Tagalog) Joselito Mizal:
"This is a special day for the departed ones and it only happens once a year."
7. Wide of a lady using ladder to reach relative's tomb
8. Lady offering flowers and candles
9. Wide of a block of tombs the tilt down to a family having a meal
10. Tilt up of people eating
11. Wide of family having a meal
12. SOUNDBITE (Tagalog) Gertrudes Rivera:
"We visit here to pray for the departed. That also gives me a chance to have some sort of release."
13. Wide of block of tombs
14. Mother and child in front of tomb

STORYLINE

Millions of Filipinos gathered in cemeteries across the country on Tuesday to celebrate All Saint's Day by paying their respects to the their deceased relatives.

Traditionally the day to remember the departed, the public holiday also gives families some much needed time together, with many enjoying picnics beside the graves of their loved ones.

Offering prayers, candles and flowers, a lot of people in this predominantly Christian nation still believe that praying for the souls of their loved ones will help those who died in the afterlife.

Some do it to ease their own suffering.

"That also gives me a chance to have some sort of release," said one woman.

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