New Orleans Cemetery
Apr 9, 2021 17:40:36 #
In New Orleans you cannot be buried under ground because of the water level. People were buried in above ground buildings. Here are some pictures of a New Orleans cemetery. The picture that really moved me was the statue of the grieving woman.
Apr 9, 2021 18:29:52 #
Apr 9, 2021 18:43:55 #
Nice set. Many southern Louisiana communities have this issue. After floods and hurricanes, buried coffins will "pop up" and float away. Gruesome but true.
Apr 9, 2021 18:44:43 #
Nice work Matt. You are quite correct concerning the water table, it is very close to the surface due to New Orleans being below sea level. Did you get a chance to visit any other cemeteries?
Don
Don
Apr 9, 2021 20:25:08 #
No Don. This was the only cemetery I visited. There was so much to see and photograph I ran out of time.
Apr 9, 2021 20:52:01 #
Great shots - Good composition - Be careful when you are at this cemetery. It's haunted. It's been on Discovery channel several times.
Apr 10, 2021 07:41:24 #
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Apr 10, 2021 14:37:32 #
Good shots.
From Wikipedia:
For above-ground tombs in New Orleans, when a burial is needed, the cemetery sexton opens the outer tablet marking the opening to the vault of the tomb. The vaults typically are walled-off behind the tablet with brick, which also must be removed. The remains of the corpse that was most recently interred in the tomb are then placed in a bag and moved to the bottom of the tomb. In local lexicon, this space at the bottom of the tomb is referred to as a "caveau" or as a "receiving vault". Moving the remains in this way makes room for the remains of the corpse to be buried. By local tradition, the tombs cannot be opened in this way for at least one year and one day, the belief being that this allows for adequate decomposition of the previous corpse. Following appropriate funerary ritual, the cemetery sexton again walls off the vault opening with brick and replaces the tablet. Generally the names of the deceased and their birth dates and death dates are chiseled onto the tablet or alternatively elsewhere on the tomb. The above-ground tombs are generally not air-tight, so that suitable gas exchange can occur for decomposition of the corpse. The tradition of waiting one year and one day between openings of the tomb was not always sufficient for adequate decomposition, even under the harsh conditions of the climate of New Orleans. These burial practices continue in contemporary times.
From Wikipedia:
For above-ground tombs in New Orleans, when a burial is needed, the cemetery sexton opens the outer tablet marking the opening to the vault of the tomb. The vaults typically are walled-off behind the tablet with brick, which also must be removed. The remains of the corpse that was most recently interred in the tomb are then placed in a bag and moved to the bottom of the tomb. In local lexicon, this space at the bottom of the tomb is referred to as a "caveau" or as a "receiving vault". Moving the remains in this way makes room for the remains of the corpse to be buried. By local tradition, the tombs cannot be opened in this way for at least one year and one day, the belief being that this allows for adequate decomposition of the previous corpse. Following appropriate funerary ritual, the cemetery sexton again walls off the vault opening with brick and replaces the tablet. Generally the names of the deceased and their birth dates and death dates are chiseled onto the tablet or alternatively elsewhere on the tomb. The above-ground tombs are generally not air-tight, so that suitable gas exchange can occur for decomposition of the corpse. The tradition of waiting one year and one day between openings of the tomb was not always sufficient for adequate decomposition, even under the harsh conditions of the climate of New Orleans. These burial practices continue in contemporary times.
Apr 10, 2021 16:11:13 #
sgtmatt wrote:
In New Orleans you cannot be buried under ground because of the water level. People were buried in above ground buildings. Here are some pictures of a New Orleans cemetery. The picture that really moved me was the statue of the grieving woman.
nice photos, but a bit creepy
Apr 10, 2021 16:27:02 #
sgtmatt wrote:
In New Orleans you cannot be buried under ground because of the water level. People were buried in above ground buildings. Here are some pictures of a New Orleans cemetery. The picture that really moved me was the statue of the grieving woman.
Picturesque cemetery yielding marvelous images🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀
Apr 10, 2021 18:49:36 #
Apr 11, 2021 10:44:27 #
viking22
Loc: Brooklyn NY to Wayne NJ to PBG FL
The movie Double Indemnity was filmed there. Ashley Judd, Tommy Lee Jones.
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