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Published: 2006-11-03 16:42:25 +0000 UTC; Views: 887; Favourites: 28; Downloads: 3
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On November 1st Polish citizens use to leave lights on the graveyards, for the beloved family members but also on the lonely and forgotten graves. In the darkness thousands of little fires lighten the cementaries - giving an unworldly and angelic atmosphere...Warsaw (Poland) Powązki Catholic Cementary, November 1st, 2006
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Comments: 16
much better than the french. we just go to put flowers on the tombs. that's all.
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This is truly beautiful. I love the expression of it. Great job!
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What a lovely traditon, It is kind of like Dia de los Muerte (Day of the Dead) in Mexico. But there the people also decorate the graves, and have picnics next to them. Plus they set out the favororite dishes of the deceased. Here in my city, we don't do things like lighting the graves so the forgotten graves stay that way - forgotten except for the #&*@! vandals!
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In Poland we don't picnic on graveyards; in fact such a behaviour is opined as quite unseemly. In the other way weather on Nov. 1st don't encourage to make some kind of party: usually it's raining and it's cold, sometimes even with ground-frost.
So, polish catholic people usually just bring some flowers, light candels, pray a little (if they like) and return home.
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Very beautiful photograph, I love the lighting of it
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Beautiful image - love the way those lights shine on the gravestones
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I think the sky should be little darker, but the weather was awfull (rain + cold) so I tried to took the images as quickly as possible and return home for some warm tea.
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I like the sky as it is, besides they're tough conditions to take photos in.
Drinking tea sounds like the right thing to be doing this weather, it's turned very cold over here in the last few days too. It was bonfire night over here yesterday - lots of fireworks, but my dog can't cope with the noise, so we stayed in with him - so no photographs I'm afraid.
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My little rat also is afraid of noise, he always tries to hide on my laps, under the T-shirt (clever pet...)
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Sounds like a very clever little rat - what do you call him? Trying to think whether a rat would have a hobbit, dwarf or elf name - or even an orc one? Hmmm reckon their ears make them more elven.
My dog's called Barney - didn't name him ourselves, he's a rescued dog, so he already had a name when we got him - he's a big soft wimp of a dog
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I call my rat "Lacan" after the famous french psychotherapist Jacques Lacan (1901 - 1981).
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In that case beware - he may be doing secret psychological experimentation on you!
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