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The Merry Cemetery - Church of the Assumption, Maramures, County Sapanta, Romania

Everyone has their own way of remembering deceased relatives and friends, but often their gravestones tell little of the person themselves – just the regular RIP. The town of Sapanta has a different way of remembering their dead. Tombstones are depicted as bright, cheerful images relating to the person and offer more about how they died, including some really funny comments. One relates to a mother-in-law who, if awoken, would “bite off the head” of her son or daughter-in-law.