It’s been a while since we’ve posted anything, since the first snows… it’s getting towards the end of our project, so we’ve been finishing thing. Actually, this is one project which we started mid october, just before the snow. I don’t think we’ll be able to finish it now, but here is what we did.
Some of the crosses in Joelahtme cimetary are getting pretty old, and were made in forged metal, a real art-work. regularly, some of them disapear, broken, ruined by time or men. This is why the reserve wanted us to keep a trace of the crosses that were there, so as to have a list at least, which they could start protecting.
We therefore started a catalog, with pictures of each cross, and mesured the length and width of each one. The hardest part is reading a cimetary map. It’s very detailed, but it’s hard to see if the one you are in front of is 27b or 38c, especially in estonian cimetaries where they have trees and grass growing. there are no strait gravelled alleys the idea here is to bury people in a pleasant, natural setting. I think that’s much prettier, a bit like in these irish countryside cimetaries, with the silhouette of the crosses overlooking the sea…
Didn’t want to get into a long dissertation on cimetaries, but here is a short movie clip, to show what was our work, with a gospel-blues music taken from the film “O’Brother where art thou”.
Enjoy !