The holiday honors the dead, and the faithful observe it by lighting candles and placing gifts at graves.

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Jokela High School was closed for the rest of the week, but some of the 460 students gathered there overnight and into Thursday, crying and lighting candles for the victims.

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In Catholicism, the lighting of candles is a symbol of prayerful intention.

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So we began the weekly Friday-night ritual of lighting the Shabbat candles and saying the prayers over the bread and wine.

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The only lighting is from candles because there is no electricity.

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The memorial event in Mackworth saw local people lighting lanterns and adding candles to a memorial shrine.

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Providing a constant light during daylight hours the bottle bulbs are promoted as a better choice than candles and electric lighting that may have dangerous or faulty wiring and could cause fires.

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Candles became important parts of religious ceremony, their lighting used to mark holy days and accompany prayer.

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Electric lighting is no great boon to anyone who has money enough to buy a sufficient number of candles and to pay servants to attend to them.

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