00:00Today, even though those who love life are being ignored,
00:03the lives of various businesses and people who earn money from cemeteries are still alive.
00:08The details of the news of Mayra Espinosa of the Philippine Information Agency, Zamboanga.
00:15Filipinos are known as hardworking workers and are discarded in their search for life.
00:21But what if your search for life is accompanied by the dead?
00:26The people who earn money from cemeteries look for different kinds of life.
00:31This includes selling food and drinks, flowers, candles, cleaning and painting the graves,
00:38especially when the funeral arrives.
00:41Ms. Dolores Bukoy, who has been selling candles in cemeteries for 15 years,
00:46is very grateful for this kind of life because she feeds her children from what she earns.
00:53When I was young, I had a lot of children.
00:56Is this your business?
00:57Yes, this is my business.
00:59I used to sell cigarettes to buy cigarettes.
01:04Before, I didn't have money.
01:08Most of the residents in the cemeteries of Zamboanga City are caretakers.
01:17They also live here with their loved ones.
01:22Before, I was scared.
01:24But now, it's good that our neighbors are dead.
01:30I don't have to live with traitors and gossip.
01:34The residents or caretakers of the cemeteries don't remember their fear
01:40because what's important to them is to be able to find life and earn money
01:45for their daily food and necessities.
01:49Despite this kind of life, they still choose to do a noble job
01:55because they say that they are more afraid of life than death.
02:00From the Philippine Information Agency, Zamboanga,
02:03this is Myra Espinosa for Balitang Pambansa.
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