Rituals and ceremonies take place across Martinique during All Saints (Toussaint). Families remember their dead, leaving candles at the graves of the deceased, and churches across Fort-de-France are illuminated for candle-lit vigils of remembrance.
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Rituals and ceremonies take place across Martinique during All Saints (Toussaint). Families remember their dead, leaving candles at the graves of the deceased, and churches across Fort-de-France are illuminated for candle-lit vigils of remembrance.
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