A cemetery with funny drawings and sarcastic verses.
A funny cemetery in the Romanian town of Sapanta.
They pay tribute to the dead in a completely different way.
Each grave is decorated with a tombstone with funny drawings and
sarcastic epitaphs that colorfully describe the reason for the death of a
person.
A strange but very funny tradition of installing brightly colored
headstones appeared in the town back in 1935, when a carpenter named
Stan Ioan Patras made an unusual headstone at the funeral of his wife.
This fact caused a wave of indignation among the public, and a report
was even written to Ceausescu himself.
However, after several
decades, more than 800 graves with a similar design can be counted in
that place. The cemetery itself was named Cimitirul Vesel ("Merry
Cemetery").
Drawings
carved on oak tombstones and short epitaphs reflected the reasons why a
person died, or facts from life. So, for example, on one of the plates
you can read: “Here is my mother-in-law. If she had lived for 3 more
days, then I would have been lying here. "
Stan Ioan Patras made tombstones until 1977. After the death of the carpenter to this day, his work is continued by his student Dumitru Pop.
The "Merry" cemetery has become a popular attraction, without which no tourist route passes.
The Merry Cemetery is a Romanian tourist attraction.
The "Merry" cemetery is not the only picturesque place about the dead. An unusual burial site can also be found in Guatemala.
