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All souls Procession by Jamie Manser he all souls Procession provides many things to many people, with the overlying theme of honoring those who have passed from our A Reflection on the Event with Jessica Phillips that I want to put in the fire in terms of letting go. “I may not be wearing some elaborate outfit that makes it look like I’m part of a parade. It’s internal. But I think that the people coming together and acknowledging the cycle of life and death in such a creative way is such a nurturing thing. “the culture aspect that I find so fascinating is that it seems to be a very regional thing – a special force insofar as the Mexican culture and the tucson culture. It’s so earthy - because the streets are crowded and people are burning incense and all that stuff. “the fact that I work with dying people every day of my life, it’s really weird because I have kind of cut ties to it all in a sense, because I put my clinical hat on, but when it comes down to it, life and loss are major to all of us.” t lives. we spoke with tucsonan Jessica Phillips, a hospice social worker for the last four years, about what asP means to her. “the first time I saw it was probably in ’99. a few years ago, I finally got in the parade and it’s got such an amazing feel to it because it’s people of all walks and it has such high energy in terms of the art and the multi-media. “I feel like it’s really a collective in terms of community and it’s really spiritual because everyone can relate to life and death and loss. I was thinking about, this year, bringing a little satchel, with some meaningful things, and maybe a few notes november.07. downtown tucsonan 19 http://www.allsoulsprocession.org http://www.VikasPawaGroup.net http://www.VikasPawaGroup.net

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