The Merry Cemetery (Romanian: Cimitirul Vesel pronounced [t͡ʃimiˈtirul
ˈvesel]) is a cemetery in the village of Săpânța, Maramureş county, Romania. It
is famous for its colourful tombstones with naïve paintings describing, in an
original and poetic manner, the people who are buried there as well as scenes
from their lives. The Merry Cemetery became an open-air museum and a national
tourist attraction. The unusual feature of this cemetery is that it diverges
from the prevalent belief, culturally shared within European societies – a
belief that views death as something indelibly solemn. Connections with the
local Dacian culture have been made, a culture whose philosophical tenets
presumably vouched for the immortality of the soul and the belief that death
was a moment filled with joy and anticipation for a better life (see also
Zalmoxianism).
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Bicaz is a town in Neamţ County, Romania situated in the
eastern Carpathian Mountains near the confluence of the Bicaz and Bistriţa
Rivers and near Lake Bicaz, an artificial lake formed by the Bicaz Dam on the
Bistriţa. Bicaz used to be a border town until 1918. Six villages are
administered by the town: Capşa, Dodeni, Izvoru Alb, Izvoru Muntelui, Potoci
and Secu. The town is located in the proximity of two important tourist
destinations in Romania: Ceahlău Massif (12 km north) and Cheile
Bicazului-Hăşmaş National Park (25 km to the west). The impressive Bicaz Dam
built on the Bistriţa River in the 1950s (one of the biggest in Romania) and
the resulted Bicaz Lake are also popular tourist sights. Durău, the only ski
resort in Ceahlău is located about 30 km north.
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