cemeteries from around the world
Posted by rocksea and sarah on 02 Nov 2009 | Category: life, photography
Cemeteries – they remind us of our forgotten past, and hint us on our imminent future.
Wherever we go, if time and distance permits, we try to make a visit to the local cemeteries. Cemeteries around the world have distinct styles, and talks a lot about the people of that region. They have a lot in common too…
With all due respects to the life that passed by, here are a few from our collection of >> Cemeteries from Around the World <<
Cemetery at the Alps: at Valsavarenche, Aosta, Italy
Turkish Cemetery at the Island of Rhodes, Greece
Cemetery at Kadamattom, Kerala, India
![Samurai [Nanbu Clan] Cemetery at Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan](http://www.rocksea.org/images/cemeteries/slides/japanese_samurai_cemetery_hakodate_002.jpg "Samurai [Nanbu Clan] Cemetery at Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan")
Samurai [of the Nanbu Clan] Cemetery at Hakodate in Hokkaido, Japan
Snapshots from the famous European Cemetery at Certosa, Bologna, Italy, which have many artistic and environmental graves:
Past fuels the Present.
An italian lizard and its family have its home here.
Lizard among the Succulents on the grave.
and am sure you would like this photograph taken by Sarah, titled “Resurrected”:
Cemetery at the Alps: at Valsavarenche, Aosta, Italy
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Leema from India
Nice collection
Hokkaido, Japan looks the best of the lot!
Samurai cemetry in Hokkaido, Japan is wonderful !
The first comment, superb photos Roxy.
Your photos as always are marvellous and contains adequate colors.
Thanks for introducing these cemetries, I never saw such varieties before.
A malayalam praise for your photos…
“Kidilam padangal mashe”
abhilashae, happy for your encouraging comments, as always
Cemetery at Hakodate in Hokkaido, Japan – Doesn’t look like one infact!
The lizards pic is good! Last one – interesting
Swaram,
you can say the last one is just a sequel to the cat, goat and the lizard in the previous pictures…
Kadamatom as in Kadamatom Kathanar’s church…that one…awed by his stories (not the recent serial)
Never been a fan of cemetries. Last place I wanna go, even today – All Souls Day (Nov 2)!!
I love cacti, maybe b/c MJ has had a collection at home ever since I remember, we look forward for their beautiful unique flowers…
The rosettes look lovely…
Ashes
PNA, hey!
Yes, the very ‘story-ous’ kadamattom church. My grandfather rests there.
MJ??…hmmm…Michael Jackson!?
We have been tending these rosette succulents in a shallow tray, in our small balcony garden. Plenty of sunlight and the least of care is what they require…they make my mornings when I look out into the balcony.
Really nice collection showing all the diverse cemetery designs. My favorite shot is the b&w one with the cat. Great use of selective color in that one.
Nice collection there. I have clicked some here too. They are so well maintained and beautiful.
BTW how did Sarah manage to click the ghost in the last one?
sarah had seen this ghost many a times that she was not that scared to give a shot
Kudos,Sarah!
mohan, lakshmi, andy, thanks for the thoughtful comments
interesting cemeteries & the flora n fauna around them.. cemeteries r no longer scary..infact they look quite pretty
I used to have awesome pictures of a churchyard cemetery on a foggy morning, but that was film days, when pictures got lost…. you’ve got some lovely cemetery pictures here too, thanks for sharing!!!
The Japanese conservation of space is extended to their cemetries -vertical instead of horizontal – I don’t want to die in Japan, lest I am forced to stand in peace rather than RIP
The last one is the best ! didn’t know sarah was a photographer too !
Yes sarah is great at photographing living ghosts
They don’t have that much space constraints in hokkaido as the island is large and less populated. So the houses and other structures are also spacious compared to rest of japan. The vertical ones are of course just the tombstones, not the graves hehe
Besides, it is on the sea-mountain-side, so you may want to reconsider your choice 
Beautiful composition.
Nice shots and even in a cemetry you have managed to capture the animal world…. [the last one the best
and Sarah's caption for the same is too good]
but as one commented, a cemetry would be the last place that I would like to wander with just a camera!
ur shots also reminded about my mother… she told me that for years she used to think that RIP meant Return If Possible…
yes we were fascinated by the eco-friendly decisions they made for their graves
An apt article with wonderful pics posted on All Souls Day…
Very nice series of pictures. i find cemeteries fascinating too but I haven’t photographed any. The eco-friendly one with the plants and wildlife is most interesting! Thank you for the tour.
Very nice collection!
that is really an interesting post. not many would wander around cemeteries…
and beautiful photographs too .
and thank you for dropping by my blog, and ur comment.
I’ve also always been fascinated by cemeteries. Somehow feel very peaceful there. Probably beacuse a few of my very dear ones are in one of those. Loved the one in Bologna. Did you know that family vaults are slowly disappearing here beacuse of space constraints? The thought that everyone has six feet of sand when they are no more may be good, but I miss the well kept, decorated ones where generations lay together.
Hey bindu, glad to read through your feedback. Cemeteries could indeed give a peaceful, unexplainable feeling…
You said famiy vaults are not feasible anymore due to space constraints. Where? and what else are they doing?
very good collection of pics
Great pictures!
True ‘Past fuels the Present.’
You would love to photograph the cemetery in Ross Island (Andaman Nicobar Islands) it is surrounded by wild, beautiful ruins – one is also likely to find foot long centipedes and dangerous snakes, deer, snails and frogs there
LOL@ Resurrected in the last one
hey IHM, thanks for the information. Andaman Nicobar is one of our for-sure future destintions; will look out for the cemetery at Ross Island.
that was a cool and different collection!
Nice compilation of pics. Interesting Post.
flyaway, elaine, mridula, marlin, kanak, deeps, alakananda, sm, laura, joshi and sonali:
thank you for the thoughtful comments