Blessed Tamala

 

Credit: H. B. Griggs (c. 1870–1940), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

 

 

Blessed Tamala to you. This is the first day of the 3-day Festival of the Dead in Filianism. Find more info at Tamala: The Feast of the Dead at The Chapel of Our Mother God. On incorporating the secular holiday into the festival, they have this to say:

"Over the past century in the west, the pumpkin lantern has become the fundamental popular symbol of this festival. As often happens (for symbols are living things) it is highly appropriate, incorporating fearfulness, and the playful dispelling of fear, with light and the concept of a lantern that guides the way; and including also the benevolence of Our Mother in Her abundant fruits of the earth as well as the joyful unity and playfulness of the community of the faithful who are always "as little children" under the loving protection of Our Mother God."