三十多年来，Dolores Balladares Pelaez 在香港生活工作，从未回菲律宾过“万灵节”（Undas）——这一每年为期两天、旨在缅怀亡者的传统节日。
For over three decades, Dolores Balladares Pelaez has lived and worked in Hong Kong without once returning to the Philippines for Undas, the annual two-day observance honouring the dead.
今年，她正从远方为已故父亲和四位兄弟姐妹安排祈祷，但将再次缺席家乡的聚会。
This year, she is arranging prayers from afar for her late father and four siblings, but will once again miss the gathering back home.
周四上午，这位 56 岁的家政工人给拉古纳省的母亲和侄女打电话，商量聘请一位祈祷领领人上门主持仪式。她的嫂子们……
On Thursday morning, the 56-year-old domestic helper called her mother and niece in Laguna province to discuss hiring a prayer leader to visit the family home. Her sisters-in-law...