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On November 2nd each year, Maltese families gather to honour their departed loved ones in a tradition known as the Blessing of the Cemeteries.
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English: On November 2nd each year, Maltese families gather to honour their departed loved ones in a tradition known as the blessing of the cemeteries; in Tarxien, this commemoration includes an evening Mass at the parish church, followed by a solemn procession to the cemetery, where the parish priest, accompanied by altar boys, blesses the graves as the community follows in prayer.
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