All Saints Day (November 1st) is a big deal in Central and Eastern Europe. It is a major holiday with every thing closed and the entire population heads out to cemeteries to tidy graves, place flowers and light candles. In Zagreb the main cemetery is not accessible by car on that day because of the enormous traffic jams so a constant stream of free buses ran to and from the city centre. Flower, candle and lantern sellers did a roaring trade as did the cafes.Shrines are really popular as well and the people so serious about it all..... not like pagan New Zealanders.
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