This Romanian graveyard has a surprisingly delightful sense of humor
The Merry Cemetery's incongruously colorful headstones and witty epitaphs smirk and wink in the face of death
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(Image credit: (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)Containing more than 1,000 sky-blue crosses meticulously decorated with geometric patterns, red rosettes, and lively illustrations, the Merry Cemetery celebrates the ec)

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(Image credit: (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)Before his death in 1977, Patras made about 700 headstones, including his own, in the Merry Cemetery. Since then, an apprentice of the late Patras, Dumitru Pop Tincu, h)

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