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Part of my family came here from Vilna. I wonder if I've got relatives buried under this shit 🤔

"Two years after #Vilnius, the capital of #Lithuania, vowed to preserve a former #Jewish #cemetery the #Soviets had destroyed, the government said it wanted to revive plans to build a conference center there, rekindling protests by local #Jews and beyond."

jns.org/lithuania-reneges-on-v

Graveyard within a graveyard: Where some silk flowers and trinkets go to die
Strewn along the edge of the employee parking lot at a LaSalle cemetery are piles of hundreds of faded silk flowers, birthday cards sealed in plastic and teddy bears with weathered fur. It’s become its own kind of burial ground.
#death #cemetery #flowers #LaSalle #News #Canada
cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/gra

boston, massachusetts
june 1968

granary burying ground

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#photography #film #blackandwhite #bw #blackandwhite #boston #massachusetts #buryingground #cemetery #graveyard #people #children #1960s

Returning from our trip has been a harsh awakening. The contrast between my personal journey and the world's struggles has been a tough pill to swallow. It's left me feeling creatively blocked and uncertain about sharing our trip photos. They feel insignificant in the face of current events. Yet, I believe it's essential to hold onto hope. I'll continue to post, not in spite of current events, but because of them.

A better world is possible.

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Morning of the Living Dead 🍻 for #spookysaturday

This evening I have for you a translated passage (I did my best! 😂) from Alessandro Cervellati's - Certosa Bianco e Verde (1967). This book is filled with anecdotes and stories about UNESCO world heritage site - "La Certosa", Bologna's Monumental Cemetery. Here is one of them:

"Popular tradition has no anecdotes concerning ghosts in our Certosa. But incredible things have happened all the same: On 7 August 1925, some women who had gone to the Certosa spotted a black stain in a recess in the underground area to the west around 10.15 a.m. : It was a dead man who, by mysterious chance, had not been yet buried. The Sir. Bernardi, the Certosa custodian, the priest Augusto Bastelli and two municipal guards rushed in. As the priest was about to give him absolution, they realised that the dead man was breathing, and indeed, with a yawn, he was coming back to life: in fact, he was a certain Antonio B., a resident of Via Sant'Apollonia, who declared: in order to enjoy the cool air, after a few stately drinks, he had found nothing better than to be locked up in the cemetery and find himself an ideal bed in a tomb in the Certosa". 💤 ✨

(The statue was sculpted by Bolognese Carlo Monari and is of Enea Cocchi. He died at the age of 18 in 1867.)
#photography #amateurphotography #cemetery #creepy #eerie #dark #moody #funny #story #literature #alessandrocervellati #bologna #italia #statue #italy #spookyvibes #europe #cimitero #statua #unesco
Mousey the Rat 🐁 for #fotovorschlag "Tiere (ohne Hund/Katze)" / "Animals (Without dogs/cats)"

While roaming through the Monumental Cemetery in Ferrara we came upon this cute little custodian! They seemed very friendly and happy to see us, so we left them a little snack (oats and nuts). Looks can be deceiving and we believed that they were a mouse until we saw their impressive tail - so we named them Mousey the Rat! ✨

#photography #amateurphotography #animal #rat #cute #cemetery #snacks #ferrara #tail #mouse #rodent #city #urban #grave #moody #evening #italy #cimitero #monumentale #old #topo #ratto #pantegana