Date With The Dead: A Silent Dinner (A High Tea Ritual Of Remembrance)

“In silence they speak” 

🍵 Event Description :

A Date with the Deceased: Silent Dinner is a ritualized high tea held in honor of our beloved dead. Guests are invited to dress in black, bring a photo or small token of a departed loved one, and join a beautifully set table where silence is kept — not out of absence, but out of presence.

Each seat is shared: one for the living, one for the departed.

This is not a séance, nor a performance, but a devotional act of remembrance and reverence. As tea is served and treats are placed, you are invited to sit in silence, commune inwardly, and hold space for the stories, sorrows, and sweetness your loved ones may bring to the table.

You may be surprised what comes through in the quiet.

🎩 How It Works:

• Dress Code: All black attire — formal or ritual-inspired.

• Bring: A photograph or item belonging to a loved one who has passed.

• Silence: The event is observed in complete silence from entry to exit.

• Food & Drink: Guests are served a curated high tea — tea, sweets, and light fare — in silence.

• Atmosphere: Candles, low light, and ancestral altar elements. A table set not just for us, but for them.

📜 History of the Silent Dinner:

The Silent Supper (or Dumb Supper) is an ancient tradition with roots in Samhain, ancestor veneration, and folk spiritual practices across Europe and the Americas. Traditionally held near the end of harvest season — when the veil between worlds is thin — the Dumb Supper is a meal conducted in silence to honor the spirits of the dead.

“Dumb” comes from the old word meaning “mute” — not unintelligent. The silence is a sacred container: a space for reflection, connection, and often, unexpected communication. The belief is that when the living go quiet, the dead may speak more clearly.

Your event reimagines this with a modern twist: a high tea of quiet elegance, a place where the line between grief and grace is lovingly blurred.

* Dietary requirements available on request