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Please come join Threshold Collective and Artist/Death Doula Annie Wilson on Wednesday, November 1st at The Maas Building for a celebration honoring our beloved deceased. Doors open at 6 PM. There will be an honoring ritual, brass Second Line band, tamales, and drinks! Day of the Dead, Samhain (pagan, Galic), All Saints Day, All Souls Day, Halloween, Allantide (pagan, later Christian, Cornish), Dziady (‘Forefathers Eve” pagan later Christian, Russian), and more are all holidays celebrated right around November 1st the world over to honor and call back ancestors, and in recognition that at this time of the year the veil between the worlds is thin, and our ancestors can come. If you can, bring a photocopy of a photograph if your beloved deceased, if not we’ll provide pen and paper to write their names and we will honor them together. Then Philly Second Line will play! “Historically, the African-American community began second lines as neighborhood celebrations. The neighborhood organizations offered social aid to freed slaves, such as loans and insurance, and used the second-lines as a form of advertising. Second lines were also used to honor members who died in their community, which launched the idea of second lines at funerals” (neworleans.com). Suggested donation 10$ for the band!