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