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Why do you bother to bring flowers and light candles in the cemetery? Do you do it for the living or for the dead?

It's something I am wondering about.
I know it's become tradition, like a means to gather with family and respect the dead.

But the dead are dead. Inside the tombs, they're bones. Inside the urns, they're ashes.

I mean no disrespect. I just genuinely like to understand. Deep down, if there is no one who would see you do it or who would expect you to do it, would you still do it? And why?

Would you do it for the living? For yourself? For the dead? Why?
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smiler2012 · 61-69
@Casheyane well i go to the cemeteryb religiously weather permitting and put flowers on my dads grave. i think i understand what you are saying there memory is in your heart and that is true but the flowers are a mark of respect plus as i keep his grave stone tidy . when the council walla cuts the grass my dad stone is a mess it drives me crazy as i think it is utter disrespect
Casheyane · 31-35, F
@smiler2012 Ah. I see. I know some people who do the same for similar reasons.