Rita connolly seduced with her gentle voice, like liam omaonlai. I am sure that the groundskeeper must have wondered where and why those stones were there. Its called that with good reason each grave is marked, not with an austere, cold stone, but with a lively, beautifully carved wooden cross, painted in the radiant blue. Rev john edward merry 18491926 find a grave memorial. Fortunately, the actual tour takes place during the day. Webm audiovideo file, vp8vorbis, length 1 min 6 s, 720. Stream tracks and playlists from cemetery on your desktop or mobile device. Voices of the past is a walking touremphasis on walking. Daveys acclaimed voices from the merry cemetery suite was inspired by the famous romanian cemetery in sapanta, the lyrics adapted from. Voices from the merry cemetery 7, tarasan ioanna youtube.
Each one comes with a whimsical poem and a painting of the departed doing something he or she loved. The merry cemetery spirarefree memorials and obituaries. Information from its description page there is shown below. Voices from the past cemetery tour funtime theater. Behind the church of the assumption in this small town of 5,000 living souls in northern romania theres a unique cemetery, known as the cimitirul vesel the merry cemetery. Voices from the merry cemetery dun laoghaire choral society. Apr 30, 2002 dating from 1935, the cemetery was ignored by the romanian communist regime. Shaun davey introduces rita connolly in the national concert hall dublin in september 2009 with a taste of his new creation based on. The crosses are blue, though many of them make you feel anything but, and. May 30, 2015 the house by the cemetery suffered a particularly torrid time at the hands of those unscrupulous censors. Maramures is located in the geographical heartland of europe. Jun, 20 at the cimitirul vesel or merry cemetery, over 600 colorful wooden crosses bear the life stories, dirty details, and final moments of the bodies that lie below. The song of tarasan ioanna from shaun daveys voices from the merry cemetery, performed at the ateneul roman, bucharest in 2011, by the mens choir of sibiu university directed by pr. We wish you a merry christmas death metal version stoned.
Merry cemetery in sapanta, romania new york times article. Freesound halloween graveyard at night howling wind. The merry cemetery in maramures, romania iolanda scripca. It doesnt have the gloomy atmosphere and dreary grave markers. This smalltown romanian cemetery is filled with darkly humorous graves. Jan 27, 2016 this smalltown romanian cemetery is filled with darkly humorous graves. The original cinema version was cut by 34 seconds prior to the uks video recordings act 1984 when it was promptly banned and successfully prosecuted. May 14, 2014 voices from the merry cemetery, composed by shaun davey duration. Merry cemetery in romania isnt your average cemetery.
Voices from the merry cemetery 5, the drowned boy youtube. Not only are the grave markers here colorful and ornate, but this cemetery is all about. The cemetery s uneven, sandy slopes could be difficult for some to navigate, and the tour moves along at a brisk pace. Obituary, john edward merry effingham republican, april 12, 1926 john edward merry, son of daniel and eliza ann merry, was born january 18, 1849, and departed this life march 29, age 77 years, 2 months and 11 days. Every tombstone has a painting, that may vary from a selfportrait, to what that persons job was, to how that person passed away. Find album release information for voices from the merry cemetery shaun davey on allmusic.
The point we use is located at these gps coordinates latitude. Voices from the merry cemetery shaun davey similar. This part of romania is more than worth an entire vacation, in fact, youll find that not even one full week is enough to cover everything there is to do and see. Maramures is a land of wooden churches, mythological richness, impressive landscapes and very ancient customs. Press notes for shaun daveys the relief of derry symphony. Check out voices from the merry cemetery by shaun davey on amazon music. Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the sound view cemetery.
The merry cemetery is located in the village of sapanta, in the heart of maramures county in the northern part of romania, close to the border with ukraine. Davey composed voices after a visit to romania at the behest of the ireland romania cultural institute. And merry our lads and be a good landlord till youll come next to me. Cemetery island documentary the cemetery detective duration. The drowned boy, section 5 from shaun daveys voices from the merry cemetery, performed at the ateneul roman, bucharest in 2011, by the mens choir of sibiu university with soloists liam o. Ironically, joseph would be the first buried in the little cemetery when he passed away on september 11, 1841. The merry cemetery is a cemetery in the village of sapan. On one grave marker sits a communist official named ioan holdis, a seal with the hammer and sickle in his hand and a bible open on the table before him. Cimitirul vesel or the merry cemetery in romania is filled. The artisan became a narrator who got to write the village chronicle location. We wish you a merry christmas death metal version by stoned cemetery, released 14 december 2014 we wish you a merry christmas we wish you a merry christmas we wish you a merry christmas and a fucking new year we wish you a merry christmas we wish you a merry christmas we wish you a merry christmas and a fucking new year good smoking we bring to you and your kin good drinking for christmas. Death is no laughing matter in most parts of the world. The united nations cultural organization, unesco, declared the merry cemetery to be a world heritage site. Instead, it has colourful tombstones that depict scenes from the lives of the deceased.
Voices from the merry cemetery by shaun davey on amazon. Following the funeral services the body was laid to rest in the mt. As the name suggests, the merry cemetery in sapanta, romania is the total opposite to your usual image of a cemetery. The suite of twelve songs are inspired by the epitaphs and pictures on the wooden crosses in the merry cemetery which surround the parish church of sapanta in northern romania. Voices from the merry cemetery shaun davey releases. Merry christmas from the family chords by montgomery gentry.
Sep 08, 2016 voices in the cemetery laura aanenson september 8, 2016 jim, a fellow find a grave contributor and blogger jokingly suggested conducting a seance after reading my post about the elusive lily flower. The merry cemetery, with its original approach to death and life, is a vivid image of the diverse attractions you can find in maramures. Discover and download music with our free personalized discovery tools. It wasnt until near the end of his life, in the early 1970s, that the merry cemetery, as the town has dubbed it, was discovered by the outside world when a french journalist publicized it. Jan 01, 2010 the war in ireland consumed more years than i can remember and as an ameican i only thought it was a war over religion and thought it silly. One of the earliest stories of this little cemetery came from a collection of. It is located in sapanta, on the border between ukraine and romania.
Dj producer mind tar slagwerk angoisse sacred phrases mpmpress booking. G c mom got drunk and dad got drunk g c at our christmas party g em we were drinkin champagne punch c d and homemade eggnog g c little sister brought her new boyfriend g c he was a mexican g em we didnt know what to think of him c d til he sang feliz navidad g. Contribute, create and discover gravesites from all over the world. The merry cemetery of sapanta maramures travel guide romania. Jul 30, 2017 in fact, his headstones made the merry cemetery one of the most visited cemeteries in europe. A very merry and unscary romanian cemetery one voyage. Daveys acclaimed voices from the merry cemetery suite was inspired by the famous romanian cemetery in sapanta, the lyrics adapted from epitaphs on traditionally carved wooden crosses. It has carefully preserved the culture, traditions, and lifestyle of a medieval peasant pa. This paradoxical name is due to the vivid colours of the crosses and the amusing or satirical epitaphs carved on them. In 1935, a local woodcarver inspired by a longforgotten tradition began filling this cemetery with a forest of vivid memorials. Although the cemetery is dubbed merry, many of the memorial poems are downright morose. In the twentyfour years of my life i spent in romania, i never had the occasion to visit a unique place in transylvania called the merry cemetery. Nov 02, 2014 this is how it has been for almost 80 years at the merry cemetery a oneofakind place in the village of sapan.
In fact, the communists embraced the merry cemetery. Impressed by the lively colours and funny words, the french named it the merry cemetery. People from all over the world still come to sapanta to see the merry. The merry cemetery is famous for all of its colorful and interesting tombstones. More i will not say i am in a world of peace i lived 60 years dead in 1988. I went to every grave with a star of david, said a prayer and put a stone on the grave. The original character of the cemetery is first of all suggested by its name. Voices from the merry cemetery, composed by shaun davey. In the 1950s it was discovered by a group of french travellers passing through sapinta. Apr 14, 2015 patras singlehandedly carved, wrote poems for, and painted well over 800 of these folk art masterpieces over a period of 40 years. Spotlight uses a special english method of broadcasting. The music was specially composed for the male voice choir of sibiu university under the direction of fr sorin dobre, combined with uilleann pipes, vocal, organ. Voices from the merry cemetery by shaun davey on amazon music.
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