City/Town:S?pân?a
Name of the place:Cimitirul Vesel
Country:Romania
Province/Département:Maramure?
Region:Transylvania
Number of inhabitants:3336
Location:https://goo.gl/maps/8gjys1oArroKRDzG7
Reasons for its inclusion:Cimitirul Vesel-Cimitero Allegro - Cementerio Alegro it has the particularity of having its tombs decorated with wooden funerary stems painted in bright colors in naïve-Balkan style: each of them represents a scene of the life, activity or causes of
Related organization:Municipality of Sepanta
Related stories or tales:In 1935 the local craftsman Stan Ioan P?tra? (1908-1977) carved a first epitaph on an oak cross decorated in bright colors. In doing so, he revived the ancient Wallachian traditions that included happy funerals, festive funeral rites, libations and t
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Videos:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cimitirul_Vesel_de_la_Sapanta.webm