SAPANTA, ROMANIA: Bizarre headstones at the Merry Cemetery shows both the dark and the humorous sides to death. WELCOME to the Romanian cemetery that could house the world’s most cheery tributes to the dead or the most BAD TASTE. From the bizarre like being executed and then beheaded by soldiers and milking a sheep to everyday scenes in the lives of the departed these colourful headstones are one of the strangest sights a funeral-goer is likely to see. Decorated in bold colours these hand-carved eccentric wooden headstones have humorous poems carved as epitaphs, giving further insight into the
SAPANTA, ROMANIA: Bizarre headstones at the Merry Cemetery shows both the dark and the humorous sides to death. WELCOME to the Romanian cemetery that could house the world’s most cheery tributes to the dead or the most BAD TASTE. From the bizarre like being executed and then beheaded by soldiers and milking a sheep to everyday scenes in the lives of the departed these colourful headstones are one of the strangest sights a funeral-goer is likely to see. Decorated in bold colours these hand-carved eccentric wooden headstones have humorous poems carved as epitaphs, giving further insight into the character of the dearly departed. American born freelance travel writer and blogger Amanda Williams (27) explained more about the pictures.
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Keywords: art, cemetery, colour, dark, death, graveyard, headstones, humour, poetry, romania
