Săpânța

Săpânța is a commune in Maramureș County in northern Romania. It is very known for its "Merry Cemetery" wich it is famous for its colourful tombstones with native paintings describing, in an original and poetic manner, the persons who are buried there as well as scenes from their lives. The unusual feature of this cemetery is that it diverges from the prevalent belief, culturally shared within European societies – a belief that views death as something indelibly solemn.