Worldfocus » decoration day http://worldfocus.org International News, Videos and Blogs Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:04:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en Liberians scrub tombstones and dance to celebrate the dead http://worldfocus.org/blog/2009/04/15/liberians-scrub-tombstones-eat-dance-to-celebrate-the-dead/4916/ http://worldfocus.org/blog/2009/04/15/liberians-scrub-tombstones-eat-dance-to-celebrate-the-dead/4916/#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:26:40 +0000 Worldfocus http://worldfocus.org/?p=4916 Liberia’s Decoration Day is a national holiday that mourns the losses or celebrates the lives of lost loved ones. They bring parties to cemeteries to clean and decorate gravestones, eat and dance.

While producing the the signature series “Liberia’s Long Road Back,” Worldfocus producer Megan Thompson had a chance to witness the holiday at a cemetery in Monrovia.

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