Over 1M Manila North Cemetery visitors expected on All Saints’ Day

MANILA, Philippines — More than 1 million visitors are expected to visit their loved ones’ graves at the Manila North Cemetery this All Saints’ Day alone, the cemetery director said Sunday.

Ngayon aabot po ng milyon ito, more than one million. Tingin ko mas marami ngayon kasi kahapon konti lang e, naka 150,000 lang tayo e.” said Manila North Cemetery Director Daniel Tan.

(Today, we are expecting more than one million. The way I see it, more people will come today because yesterday, we only had around 150,000.)

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“‘Di tulad last year, mga ganong panahon ng 31, dami nating naitala. Siguro dahil bukas holiday, kaya ganun ang nangyari sa atin,” Tan added.

(“This is unlike what happened last year, on the 31st, we have already recorded a lot. Maybe it’s because tomorrow is also a holiday,)

He said the observance of Undas has so far been “generally peaceful” with no untoward incidents reported. The same was echoed by the police in the area.

On November 1 last year, this cemetery recorded 1.7 million visitors.

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As of 2 p.m. Sunday, foot traffic was at 155,400, bringing the running total crowd estimate to 811,200 since the authorities started their monitoring when the cemetery opened.

People may visit the Manila North Cemetery this Sunday from 5 a.m. to 8 p.m. /gsg