Photo exhibition

Many Scottish traditions relating to the expression of loss and remembrance have faded over time. The pre-Christian festival of Samhain, when the boundaries between the physical and spiritual worlds were thought to be thin, was celebrated on 1st November. People set places at the dinner table to welcome back the souls of dead family members. Later came the Christian festival of All Souls Day, or the Commemoration of All Faithful Departed. Now, we are more likely to celebrate Halloween, revelling in the spooky and the mysterious, without that element of remembrance. (Photo: Rebecca Patterson)