So I wanted to go to the cemetery for the All Souls' Day (night rather), having those recollections of fascination from my first visit when I just moved to Ljubljana, major fascination being namely the sight of fried sausages and hot wine stalls right by the cemetery gates, and of course a sea of pretty red candles all gathered in big flaming spots on the ground, like lava... Stuff like that.
But apparently my inner calendar - and let's admit that, wikipedia also was convincing me it is today, while the world says it was yesterday?
Another revelation is that you cannot stay there later than 19:00, which is another big surprise for me. It's like curfew for the dead, isn't it? Forever treated like a primary schooler, this is truly a nightmare of mine.
Still most probably will go there tonight, although my heart will be heavy about missing the sausages and having to leave before the spooky times roll around...
Trying to figure out this whole situation made me spend quite some time on the cemetery's website, which is surprisingly (or not?) way more high-tech than the most governmental/municipal/educational institutions' web pages, with "get it on google play" buttons nonchalantly hanging about, a charming reminder of the mundanity of the inevitable. Well I should admit that the cemetery I've got my eye on is of some architectural value and it is this, not the burial side that is being addressed with the google play application (what? no app store?), still it left me quite amused.
Amused by the cemetery homepage, right.
This is roughly how every Monday in my life goes.
Indeed now while we are at it I noticed I have quite a lot of graveyard-related things up in my mind ready to be shared, but something tells me maybe I shouldn't waste them on these silly blog posts but put them to a better use.
Anyway. Cute communist propaganda aesthetic of the week, here you go:
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