so-you-travel:Travel Tip #15: Go to the cemetery. Yeah it is a creepy thought. Why spend your vacati

so-you-travel:Travel Tip #15: Go to the cemetery. Yeah it is a creepy thought. Why spend your vacation in a place filled with dead people? Dead people you don’t even know. Well think of it this way every country has a custom when it comes to their dead. The custom changes depending on religion, climate, and tradition. In china you can see the Hanging Coffins of the Bo People. In France especially in the cities they have the catacombs where the bones are piled in artful designs to show respect. In Egypt you go to a pyramid and see the crypts. In Japan you can see old Buddhist cemeteries in the middle of the woods with paths lit by fire lanterns. You can see all these interesting and cool places if you go to a cemetery. More often then not you will see something you never thought would be in a cemetery. Plus it is free and nothing is better then a free way to see the world. Travel Tip #15B: if you happen to be in Europe around haloween, DEFINITELY GO TO CEMETERYCemeteries in Europe, especialy central and easter Europe, are quite different from endless rows of prety much the same tombstones you are used to from USA. The most of old cemetaries look like those goth/horror cemetaries you would think ghosts and ghouls come from because, for most cases, they are centuries old. And by centuries i don’t mean they are from 18th century. By centuries i mean that they ocasionaly dig up Roman coins and Celtic pottery from 9th century when they are digging a new grave kind of old. This is what i mean:But slavic contries specificaly have one realy prety tradition when it comes to all hallows day and that is - instead of partying like there’s no tomorow dressed as pirates and sluty nurses, we go to cemetaries to light up candles in memory of our passed family members and friends. Usualy, it’s not just one cadle per person, the amound of candles i’m talking about can be quite huge to the point there’s no need for electric lights even at the dead of night. So while there’s little to none weird or slightly disturbing cultural traditions to talk about other than cadles themselves, the sight is one of the pretiest you can get in this cold rainy season.Also, if you happen to come across one of thesethat’s a cross without a name where anyone can add more candles for dead people which are burried elsewhere so feel free to add one or a dozen too.Happy (soon comming) halloween guys -- source link

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