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Custom (Etiquette) In Seychelles When Someone Dies

I have no grandparents, they’re all dead.  I knew my Seychellois grandparents very well, we lived with them for a few years when we immigrated to this country about 2 decades ago.  My grandmother died about 5 years after we moved here, and my grandfather died in 2004.  My grandmother knew that she was going [...]

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All Saints Day at the Seychelles Cemetery

November 1 is All Saints Day and here in Seychelles with the majority of the population being Catholic, today is an official public holiday.  My mum wanted to put flowers in the graves of her parents and her adopted brother so earlier this week I told her that I would accompany her so I could [...]

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