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Butte honors its early Chinese residents with ancient tomb sweeping ceremony
Ancient tomb sweeping ceremony honors the dead amongst Butte s Chinese community
By: John Emeigh
and last updated 2021-05-17 21:10:55-04
BUTTE â Butteâs often overlooked Chinese residents were being memorialized on Saturday in an ancient ceremony that honors the dead and ancestors known as a tomb sweeping ceremony.
A Qingming Festival was held at Mount Mariah Cemetery in Butte that includes burning fake money to speak with dead ancestors, sweeping the graves and placing willow sprigs at the headstones. Many people from Butteâs early Chinese community were buried in the corner in the back of the cemetery.