Inside Romania's Happy Cemetery Where people are remembered with humor and happy goodbyes.
Inside Romania's Happy Cemetery Where people are remembered with humor and happy goodbyes. Established in the 1930s by Stan Ioan Patras, a local poet, sculptor and painter, the cemetery is not like any other in the world. Patras was a talented artist and locals hired him to carve the oakwood crosses for the graves of loved ones, which he also painted in bright colors on a deep blue background. At some point he started adding memorable and humorous accounts and limericks from the lives of the deceased on the crosses, or a depiction of the manner in which they had died. Over a period of 40 years, Patras finished hundreds of such works of art at the "happy cemetery", which helps the community to mourn their dead by celebrating their lives.
Size: 4240px × 2832px
Location: Sapanta village , Maramures county, Romania
Photo credit: © Ionel Sorin Furcoi / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: cemetery, color, county, cross, culture, grave, graveyard, happy, humor, landmark, maramures, merry, mountains, place, romania, sapanta, spot, tomb, tourism, tourist, tradition, travel, village, wood, woodwork
