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© Peter Michael Rhodes
Photographer: | Peter Michael Rhodes | |||
Collection: | Travel | |||
Filename: | PMR040K-22 |
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Upload Date: | 2012-11-16 15:29:45 | |||
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Caption: | Romania, Maramures, Sapanta: Carved and painted wooden grave tablets inthe famous "Merry Cemetery" (Cimitirul Vesel) of Sapanta. Started by a local woodcarver, Ioan Stan Patras, in 1935, it has become an ongoing tradition and now attracts increasing numbers of tourists. Here, the epitaph of Stetca Anuta, weaver, and mother of six children. |
Keywords: | gravestones, wood carving, grave crosses, epitaphs |