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The Merry Cemetery: Where folk art conquers grief

August 24, 2019December 28, 2020 pdg 2 Comments Cimitirul Vesel, Maramureş, Merry Cemetery, Romania, Săpânţa, Sighetu Maramaţiei

Anyone who tries to tell you death is no laughing matter clearly hasn’t been to Romania’s Merry Cemetery.

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Romania’s singing sheepdogs

August 28, 2018September 19, 2020 pdg 0 Comments Maramureş, Romania, sheepdogs, Sighetu Marmației

One of my favourite experiences during my last visit to Romania involved a chance encounter with a shepherd, a pack of singing sheepdogs and a 19th-century-style road crash involving a horse-drawn cart.