[Misc] graveyards

[kojak]

being all saints day and living in france
I've been to the cemetery with the misses
a ferie here and as usual very impressed with how the French remember their dead

everything clean and fresh flowers
I could spend all day walking round cemeteries,we're all just a date

lost my mother this year and ironically the last time I took her out was to visit a cemetery, she pointed out 2 or 3 Graves of relations,I knew they were in that cemetery but not exactly where

shame this day isn't given the respect it deserves in the UK
in the words of Lynott & Moore
death is just a heartbeat away

as they say in france
profitez bien

 

[Algernon]

These are a shit song

 

[amexer]

In Germany the same. Cemeteries are imaculate and vusited frequently. Always amazed seeing number of people walking with flowers on there way on Sundays

 

[Thunder Bolt]

jour férié - public holiday

Very few people know All Hallows Day or All Saints Day is November 1st with All Souls Day November 2nd.

 

[Seagull]

Was in Mexico a couple of years back for Dia de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead). People had little parties at their family grave plots, some gave their mausoleum a new lick of paint. It was very social. Lots of colourful iconography everywhere, esp skulls and skeletons. Many houses, shops and bars had extensive creative altars dedicated to the departed, including their favourite foods and drinks! I’ve since been making my own altar each year. It’s great!

 

[Hiheidi]

Surely they are a waste of land, and the trend is towards cremation and scattering ashes?

 

[Weststander]