Oeiras Cemetery
A body is first buried in a temporary grave; then, after some years, the skeletal remains are removed and placed in a small crypt to save space. However, I don't think this is mandatory as old gravestones can be seen among the 'new' ones. And, of course, there are the mausoleums too.
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A body is first buried in a temporary grave; then, after some years, the skeletal remains are removed and placed in a small crypt to save space. However, I don't think this is mandatory as old gravestones can be seen among the 'new' ones. And, of course, there are the mausoleums too.
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28 comments:
I wonder if we have an ossuary in Sweden. I will have to find that out.
Primeira vez que vejo um cemitério assim, achei bem interessante e gostei do branco, flores e da serenidade do lugar.
Abraços e uma ótima semana pra vc!
Léia
I have seen these in the US, but never so colorfully decorated. This is a beautiful tribute.
I've only seen this in Asia before.
Not sure there are ossuary in the Philippines, either. Like Steffe, I'll be checking... Are ANY of the flowers live?
This seems to be a reasonable way to honor the dead loved ones. Our cemeteries limit the kinds of decorations allowed on traditional tombstones because of upkeep...moving the grass, for example. I prefer being scattered to the wind!!
belle composition et bon choix d'angle
Uma linda homenagem a todos esses anjos e às famílias!
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Um beijo e boa tarde****
I'm impressed by the amount of flowers at each of the grave sites.
wow, very nice. everyone came by and placed flowers and experienced memories.
Beautiful ossuary! It reminds me of a cemetery in New Orleans. The flowers are so lovely and colorful! Wonderful capture for the day as always, JM! Hope you have a great week!
Sylvia
My final resting place will be the National Veterans Cemetery in Bushnell, Florida and there is a large ossuary there.
This is quite beautiful. But, again, it's your photography that makes it even more so. Superb composition and colors! A joy to look at!
@Francisca: There are real flowers but most of them are fake.
Achei linda as flores, depois que vi que eram túmulos.
Oh wow, this is a lovely one. The ossuaries I know are just mass tombs and at first I thought this was a columbarium.
That's very interesting: taking "shifts" in the ground. I'm with Kate. Scatter my ashes and be done with it.
This looks so attractive! Beautifully organised. Dromana cemetery has smaller ones that look like bricks in a wall!
This looks quite nice.
It is almost the same here, but those fake flowers look more beautiful...
I too am amazed by all of the flowers.
magnificent flowers to honor beloveds.
It looks very colourful.
What beautiful pictures, the flowers are just lovely.
Herding Cats
It is neat , tidy, colourful and saves space but It seems a little impersonal. My mother in law's ashes were buried in one similar in Switzerland
I dont really understand this. You bury the deceased. Wait a few years. Did up the bones. Places the bones in a drawer in a wall.
Yes?
Sounds like a lot of double handling to me. Why not just shove the body into the drawer in the first place? Unless the bones are cremated, not much space would be saved.
Pity the poor person who has to remove the bones one at a time from the earth and break off any remaining flesh or 'joinings'.
Do like the image though, with all its flowers.
@Julie: The body needs a few years to decompose. Then, only the bones are put on a kind of small coffin inside the drawer. I find this absolutely sinister!!! I want to be cremated and I my ashes will not be kept anywhere. Someone will have to throw them into the ocean and that's about it.
Good luck with your plan, JM. I hope it will be a long time from now.
Ossuaries (bone boxes) were used also here in Israel in antiquity.
In Europe the system looks to me to be a compromise, maybe for those whose religion forbids cremation (e.g. Judaism and once [or still?] Catholicism).
These are very attractive.
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