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Village in North-Western extremity of Romania, in Maramures county, situated on the river Tisa, at the foot of the Ignis Mountains in Eastern Carpathians, on the border with the Ukraine. Spa known for its springs of bicarbonated, clorided, sodic, calcic, carbonated, isotonic mineral waters which are bottled here and marketed in the trade network as therapeutic mineral water. The commune has an original, one-of-its-kind cemetery, The Merry Cemetery, which was craftsman Stan Patras's idea in 1935. The croses carved and coloured by Stan Patras and his apprentices represent in caricature the good aspects and especially the imperfections of the deceased. The commune of Sapanta is also famous for its cottage industry turning out beautiful traditional woolen blankets, men's folk hats and folk costumes.
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Merry Cemetery
Local name: "Cimitirul Vesel"
Local phonetic: [Chee`mee`tee`rool - Veh`sehl]
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Centru, Sapanta
State of Maramures, Romania
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The Merry Cemetery is famous for its colourful tombstones with native paintings describing, in an original and poetic manner, the persons that are buried there as well as scenes from their lives. The unusual feature of this cemetery is that it diverges from the prevalent belief, culturally shared within European societies -- a belief that views death as somethinmg indelibly solemn. Connections with the local Dacian culture have been made, a culture whose philosophical tenets presumably vouched for the immortality of the soul and the belief that death was a moment filled with joy and anticipation for a better life. The cemetery's origins are linked with the name of Ioan Patras, a local artist who sculpted the first tombstone crosses. In 1935, Patras carved the first epitaph and, as of 1960s, more than 800 of such oak wood crosses came into sight. Eventually, the Merry Cemetery became an open-air museum and a national tourist attraction.
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