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All Saints Day
6:00 am
Fri November 2, 2012

New Orleans Celebrates All Saints Day At Cemeteries

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Credit Erin Krall / WWNO
Earlyn Pickering Jaster tends her family's tomb.
Credit Erin Krall / WWNO
Jaster sketches her family's tomb at Lafayette Cemetery Number 1.
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A family tomb at Lafayette Cemetery Number 1 gets some attention.

While much of the United States considers November 1 as just the day after Halloween, New Orleans marks a more spiritual holiday. Many in the city spend All Saints Day sprucing up cemeteries.

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