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Photo Essay: Eclectic Cemetery of Sucre

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I have a small obsession with cemeteries.

I always, always, always visit the local cemetery when I get to a new town.

I prefer the small town cemeteries in Latin America because they are simple and colorful.  You get the feeling that people visit their loved ones much more frequently because the graves are always decorated and clean.  The decorations are usually personal items, photos, or homemade adornments, showing that people take the time to make something special.

Despite being a large-ish city, the cemetery in Sucre did not disappoint.

There are lots of adornments and color.

What I did not expect was the grandeur in some areas.

It reminded me a little of the Recoleta and Chacarita cemeteries in Buenos Aires.

The old flowers are put into piles making room for new ones.

 

There is a lot of new Construction.

Even though there is an old, historical feel in most of the cemetery, new buildings are going up.

Check out more photos from the Sucre cemetery!

Comments

  1. Those are really cool photos. The first one looks more like a festival, party or celebration – very colorful.

    I too have an interest in cemeteries. Although, I don’t photograph them.

    I don’t feel right doing it or something. I don’t know, it’s weird.

      • I think for me, I feel uncomfortable photographing cemeteries because it’s such a special or sacred place (to me) or being as that’s one last resting spot.

        For me, I feel it is akin to taking a photo of somebody who has just died or a dead body. I don’t feel right doing it.

        I’m not knocking or anything. They’re great shots and I really enjoy them, especially the colorful one. =)

        I have a friend that does some amazing and really unique night photography of cemeteries. I wanted to give it a shot but just couldn’t – I don’t really know why.

        Thanks for sharing.

        Cheers.

  4. Cemeteries kind of creep me out. I’ve clearly watched too much True Blood over the past few years–and that one movie with Ashley Judd (Double Jeopardy) in which she gets locked in a tomb in New Orleans. Eek!
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  8. I love the immense history that cemeteries contain! Especially small, personal ones. I agree that large cemeteries can feel impersonal and morbid, but some of my best memories come from experiencing the history and culture inherent in small cemeteries.
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  9. I too find cemeteries a little creepy – and honestly a waste of nice land – but it seems friends and guests always want to go so I take them. This place does look interesting and you photographed it beautifully.
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  16. I went to a couple cemeteries when I was in Peru and what I remember is all the colour. They are so different to anywhere else.
    Pere Lachaise in Paris is still one of my favourites to wander through and photograph though.
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