Halloween is not celebrated here in the same way as in the US. The holiday is truly for a celebration of All Souls Day. Families go to the cemetery to visit the love ones that they have lost. Flowers are placed on the grave site or a candle is lite in remembrance. This is not a sad time but a very festive and happy time. Many families go and spend the day at the cemetery playing cards or mahjong. Just as in New Orleans many of the tombs are above ground because of the sea level.