Cemeteries prepare to receive thousands of visitors for Mother's Day

Santo Domingo.- A few days before the celebration of Mother's Day in the Dominican Republic, the country's cemeteries are already preparing to receive hundreds of families who will visit the graves of their loved ones, in a tradition that is kept alive every year among Dominicans.

In the National Cemetery, the National District City Hall has intensified the conditioning and cleaning work to ensure that visitors can attend without inconvenience this Sunday. The director of Public Services of the National District City Hall, Pamela Martínez, explained that various maintenance works have been carried out throughout the cemetery.

“Here, as you have seen upon entering, the touch-ups of the content paintings, signage, and patching have been done; the walls, the entrance, and the administrative office have been painted,” indicated Martinez.

Likewise, it was pointed out that the cleaning brigades have reinforced the weeding and garbage removal work within the cemetery. "We have reinforced the cleaning, we have applied herbicide throughout the cemetery to slow down the growth of grass and weeds. We also have brigades trimming and machete workers removing all the weeds, in addition to workers who have been taking all the garbage to the outside to then remove it in trucks," he added. Martínez assured that everything is ready to welcome families during Mother's Day, including a reinforcement of security. "We are going to have national police, municipal police and also CIUTRAN agents," he expressed. The official highlighted that, although the number of visitors may vary each year, the tradition of going to cemeteries on this date continues to be very significant for Dominican families.

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"For Mother's Day, a lot of people always come. For Father's Day, attendance drops a little more, but this tradition continues," he affirmed. In addition to the refurbishment work in the cemeteries, flower sales also begin to pick up in the surrounding areas.

Consulted vendors assured that the most requested flowers for this date are sunflowers and white roses, options that many families use to honor the memory of their mothers and other loved ones.

Finally, Pamela Martínez invited people to visit the cemeteries and also to maintain the family pantheons. "Invite people who have their loved ones here in the cemeteries of the National District to come and visit them and also to give maintenance to their pantheons, which is very important," he concluded.