Crete tourist guide

Cretan cemeteries and posthumous relocation of the dead

2023-11-01 18:50:42

To learn about local customs, it is worth visiting the kitchen and... cemeteries. While you don't need to convince anyone to look into pots, most people feel reluctant to visit cemeteries. We understand this, because looking at tombstones is not a typical holiday activity. Nevertheless, it is worth it, because Greek cemeteries are completely different from the vast Polish necropolises. Just look at the photos from two cemeteries: in the villages of Selia and Anidri.

Cemetery in Selia

Cemeteries in Crete are small, and village ones can be quite small. Just a dozen or so tombstones, a modest chapel, and often a beautiful view of the surrounding area. Tombstones are most often made of marble, white, decorated with a daily photo of the deceased person and an oil lamp whose fire must be kept constantly on. It often happens that the tombstone is decorated with a motif that shows what the deceased did during life.

Cemetery in Selia

Someone who visits a Cretan cemetery may ask themselves a question: how is it possible that it contains all the deceased inhabitants of the villages...

And here comes tradition and local regulations. For people outside the Greek cultural circle, this is surprising, but you must remember that everything is dictated by the limited amount of space and the specificity of the land.

After burial, the deceased person stays there for only a few years. It is worth adding that this "service" is paid and, depending on the region, a year of the deceased's "stay" in the tomb may cost up to half a thousand euros. Depending on the location of the cemetery, a few years after burial, the remains of the deceased are extracted from the grave and transferred to a small box. How much time passes before this mandatory "move"? This depends on the location of the cemetery. On average, it takes 3 to 5 years, in special cases 7 years. In cities, this time is shorter because the queue of people "waiting" for a place in cemeteries is longer. It is true that it is possible to leave the deceased in the grave for longer, but as time passes, this option costs the family more and more dearly.

Cemetery in Anidri

Boxes with bones are labeled and often have a photo of the person whose remains are buried there. Finally, the box with the remains is placed in a special crypt (ostofilakio) in the cemetery. And another dead person may end up in the tomb...

Anidri

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2023-11-01 18:37:53

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Opiszę Wam jak to wygląda w mojej wiosce(zachodnia część Krety).
Groby rodzinne są wykupione na własność(nie płacimy rocznego,,czynszu").
Kości w skrzyneczkach pozostają w grobie. Na Krecie pochówek jest inny niż w pozostałej części Grecji, groby są obudowane, mają cementowe ściany, na dnie jest ziemia. Trumna w grobie nie jest przykrywana wiekiem, bo nie jest zasypywana ziemią, tylko zakryta betonowymi płytami.

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2023-11-02 08:16:29

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Izabela Brzoska byłam w zeszłym roku na kreteńskim cmentarzu, widziałam przeszklone witrynki z przedmiotami zmarłych, np z zabawkami. Ciekawe.

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