November Free Walking Tour

Dates: October 30, 2009- Friday at 3p.m. to about 6p.m. And November 8, 2009- Sunday at 3 p.m. to 6p.m.

Assembly area: in front of Manila North Cemetery ( Dimasalang street ) beside Chinese General Hospital

Time: 2:30p.m. To 3p.m. (Photography is not allowed in other areas)

Note: First come, first serve basis reservation

Tour itinerary:

Manila mounts, monuments and mausoleum tour

Items to bring: candles, incense and flashlight

Manila North Cemetery ( Cementerio del Norte) is Manila largest public cemetery occupying 54 hectares of land , is considered the biggest and one of the oldest cemeteries in Metro Manila. Beside it are two other important cemeteries, namely the La Loma Cemetery and the Manila Chinese Cemetery. The cemetery is owned by the Manila city government and has initiated an expansion program to build more "apartment tombs" and a crematorium.

Notable personalities buried within the cemetery were FPJ, President Roxas, President Osmena among others.

Manila Chinese Cemetery

Manila Chinese Cemetery is the second oldest cemetery in Manila after La Loma Cemetery and was designated as the resting place for the Chinese citizens who were denied burial in Catholic cemeteries during the Spanish colonial period. The cemetery was witness to many executions during World War II. Among them were Girl Scouts organizer Josefa Llanes Escoda, literary geniuses Rafael Roces and Manuel Arguilla, star athlete-turned-guerrilla spy Virgilio Lobregat, and Chinese Consul General Yang Guangsheng. Apolinario Mabini was also buried in the cemetery before his remains were transferred to Batangas.

Chong Hock Tong Temple (宗福堂)
Built in the 1850s, this is the oldest Chinese temple in Manila. Though not as elaborate, the architecture is still reminiscent of those in Fujian province as well as those in Singapore and Malaysia with their colorful friezes and uniquely upturned eaves.

Contact: Mr. Lawrence Chan – L_rence_2003@yahoo.com

Partners: Manila North Cemetery, Filipinas Stamp Collectors’ Club, and Chinese Cemetery

hm, Day of the Dead / All Saints in the Philippines isn't really that spooky...

very spooky ang pista minatay s'amin.

Chinese hospital and chinese cemetery...lol maybe even the ghost r instik

must have been messed in the head, i thought it was about All Saints Day. Cemeteries really are scary (especially in the provinces), but the celebration on the Day of the Dead makes to spookiness go away.