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Brazil Cities Set Extended Hours, Masses and Traffic Plans for All Souls’ Day

Authorities target crowd flow with extra buses, earlier openings, on-site assistance, anticipating large turnouts.

Overview

  • Fortaleza will run 23 reserve buses, reinforce 19 lines to cemeteries and deploy 85 AMC traffic agents with targeted street blocks near major burial grounds.
  • In the Federal District, Campo da Esperança cemeteries open at 7h with free internal vans at the largest units, while Polícia Militar and Detran-DF handle security and traffic control.
  • Maceió’s public cemeteries operate from 7h to 17h with masses, tents, seating and rose distribution, alongside a temporary ban on reforms, washings and embellishments at graves.
  • Natal set traffic interventions from 15h Saturday to 18h Sunday around eight public cemeteries, with mobility agents guiding drivers and pedestrians and supporting religious services on-site.
  • Interior hubs expect heavy visitation with added services such as health checks in Caruaru, digital and WhatsApp tools to locate graves in parts of São Paulo, dengue-prevention guidance and localized road closures; Campinas-region projections top 150,000 visitors.