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Roadside memorials
DIR By: nataliestpete
Date: May 30, 2018, 12:06 pm
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Hello,
Sorry for the sad topic. Do you have this tradition?
What’s your attitude?
My brother died as a result of a car accident but I’m not
fully understand this tradition.
It’s widely spread in Russia including cities. Some places
such as the road between St.Peterburg and Finland “are
flooded” by roadside memorials.
Russian roads are really in bad conditions. I’ll attach
the pic I took earlier today when was driving from Finland to St
Pete.
Thank you
PS Dark humour ::)
If you catch a bouquet at a wedding, perhaps you get married,
If you caught a wreath at a funeral, would you have a chance to
survive?
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Re: Roadside memorials
DIR By: Alharacas
Date: May 31, 2018, 5:46 pm
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It's understandable that some people would want to mark the
place where somebody died who was important to them, I suppose.
In large parts of Germany (especially in the south), in Austria,
and also in some areas of Bohemia and Moravia, there is a
tradition going back to the middle ages: people would build
little column-shaped shrines at places where somebody had had an
accident. However, there were also other reasons for building
these little monuments (there are lots and lots of them about
where I grew up): some mark a place where somebody had had a
really lucky escape, some were just supposed to give the
traveller an opportunity to pray by the wayside, some served as
a kind of road sign, pointing to the nearest church dedicated to
the saint depicted on the shrine, and some were markers for
crossroads.
There are lots of photos in the wikipedia article, if you'd like
to know what these things look like:
HTML https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bildstock
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Re: Roadside memorials
DIR By: MartinSR
Date: June 1, 2018, 12:46 am
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These shrines (In Polish "kapliczka" = the tiny chapel) are
popular here too. Similar things are the crosses placed where
the road splits in 2 directions.
The death memorials are different things. They were very popular
here about 10 years ago as I think. Now there are not so many of
them, probably due to regulations placing them close to the road
is not legal, because they can attract driver's attention
unnecessarily. In Poland they are usually crosses with flowers
and long burning candle (Imagine seeing it during the night
drive). Sometimes there is a photo or name of the person
attached. When the person who died in the accident was riding a
motorcycle - his helmet hangs on the cross (similarly to dead
tankists' graves during the war).
It was a way of memorizing the person dear to their family, but
also the warning to the others, that the place may be dangerous.
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Re: Roadside memorials
DIR By: Truman Overby
Date: June 1, 2018, 12:46 pm
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What you see in the states are small white crosses alongside the
road. They're maybe 3 feet high { about a meter for all of you
metric people }. I wouldn't say they're real common but I see at
least one every day. Thirty years ago you never saw them.
The crosses commonly have the decedent's name on it and
sometimes the date. And once in a while flowers. The government
hasn't **** down on them even though most of them are in the
government's right of way. I suppose they don't want to be seen
as cruel.
P.S. The system replaced a word with stars. Since when is 'c r a
c k e d' a bad word?
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Re: Roadside memorials
DIR By: nataliestpete
Date: June 2, 2018, 10:16 am
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Thank you :)
I was trying to understand why I personally don't want to see
these signs.
1) My brother is always in my heart. I love him more than
anybody. He was ( and is) a part of me. It's too emotional for
me. I rarely visit a cemetery. Thank you, mum, for understanding
me then and please forgive me now. So, hard to have any extra
memos.
2) It reminds me how fragile our life is. Though it should work
as a warning, especially for speedy drives like me, I only have
distractions and a bad mood.
It's like being at a cemetery.
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Re: Roadside memorials
DIR By: the lost minion
Date: June 2, 2018, 4:09 pm
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--- Quote from: Truman Overby link ---
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> Cracked down
>
> P.S. The system replaced a word with stars. Since when is 'c r
a c k e d' a bad word?
>
--- End Quote ---
LOL. I'll look it up some day, I suppose. Try tricking them and
write stoned down.
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Re: Roadside memorials
DIR By: nataliestpete
Date: July 7, 2018, 9:22 pm
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--- Quote from: Alharacas link ---
>
> It's understandable that some people would want to mark the
place where somebody died who was important to them, I suppose.
>
>
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I understand too. Perhaps. Or at least that people are
different.
I just do my best to avoid negative emotions which I always have
when I see ( and I can't manage those) Roadside Memorials.
I mean for me, memory is a bit different. However, I not could
wisely avoid tough memories. I did the terrible things driving
myself insanely as I thought it was a way to overcome a tragedy.
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Re: Roadside memorials
DIR By: Aliph
Date: July 8, 2018, 6:52 am
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Sorry for your brother, of course the best way to remember him
is to cherish his memory in your heart. I never lost anybody
that way so I cannot imagine how I would behave. Where I live,
people usually put flowers after an accident. There aren’t any
permanent shrines however. Maybe there would be a benefit for
them, it reminds people to be careful on the road. An accident
can happen at that place.
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Re: Roadside memorials
DIR By: nataliestpete
Date: July 8, 2018, 10:52 am
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Thank you, Alpha.
I’ve just asked the guys from Brazil and Iran if they have this
tradition. Yes, it exist there as well.
Also, I’ve got an answer from a Japanese man.
In Japan, they believe that spirits of died people exist and
are floating somewhere even after the death. So road memorials
are to show them that they are not alive any more, and also that
they are not forgetten.
It has religious reasons in Japan, though in other countries
everything is about emotions/feelings.
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