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Touted as being considered one of Poland’s most uncommon burial plots, a pocket-sized ‘forest of remembrance’ has been unveiled in Poznań.
Occupying a portion of town’s Junikowo Cemetery, the peaceable 180 sq/m house has been situated inside a wooded clearing framed by a small, knee-high fence.
Purposefully free from the regularly flamboyant elaborations present in different cemeteries, the house has been designed for biodegradable urns and can, finally, be a spot for pals and households to scatter the ashes of their family members.
The house has been designed for biodegradable urns and can, finally, be a spot for pals and households to scatter the ashes of their family members.
In response to metropolis officers, no tombs or gravestones can be added: “It has a pure and minimalist character,” reads a press release. “Locations of particular person burials is not going to be marked in any approach by slabs or tombs, and neither will bouquets or wreaths be allowed.”
As an alternative, two stone boulders have been positioned on the entrance, and it’s on right here that the names of the deceased can be carved on particular request. Ought to folks want to depart flowers or candles, they are going to be ready to take action by these decorative rocks.
The Forest of Remembrance will allow contemplation and guests will have the ability to bear in mind the useless among the many rustle of the bushes,” continued the assertion.
As an alternative of tombs or gravestones, two stone boulders have been positioned on the entrance, and it’s on right here that the names of the deceased can be carved on particular request. Ought to folks want to depart flowers or candles, they are going to be ready to take action by these decorative rocks.
“Falling leaves and foliage will kind the pure décor of this particular place of reminiscence, while the pure association of the plot will imply it is not going to require cleansing, corrections or any further decorations.”
While Poznań already operates an identical idea on the Grunwaldzka facet of the identical cemetery, the wooded, pastoral nature of this new plot makes it distinctive.
In response to metropolis officers, the Forest of Remembrance will allow contemplation and guests will have the ability to bear in mind the useless among the many rustle of the bushes.”
Furthermore, its opening – and the publicity it has acquired in each the nationwide and native press – has been cited as additional proof that Poles are trying more and more in direction of non-traditional burial choices.
This, although, has performed according to basic international developments. Initially seen because the protect of the brand new age way of life, forest burials and gardens of remembrance have proved to be a worldwide pattern and have been constantly cited as being each sustainable and environmentally pleasant.
In response to one supply, their cresting recognition is partially as a result of symbolism they afford, providing a method to ‘return to nature’ while concurrently bridging the hole between life, dying and rebirth.
Its opening and the publicity it has acquired has been cited as proof that Poles are trying more and more in direction of non-traditional burial choices.
Moreover, the minimal ecological influence has additionally gained admirers provided that extra conventional burials have been blamed for releasing poisonous chemical compounds and undegradable substances into the ecosystem.
Now one other forest of remembrance has additionally been deliberate in Poznań, this one within the metropolis’s Miłostowo cemetery.
