Or, quite simply, betrays the embarrassment of seeing a cemetery in such dire conditions ? Why are they placing the monies on the tombstones instead of throwing them in the lag - I'm just thinking aloud because I do not want to listen to the answer I'm getting: Lotto-bid-win. Bachelor Grove twinned with the "Cimitero delle fontanelle" in Naples? You continue further to observe: you're doing good journalism.
The US is a mixture of many religions, denominations, and sects. It was explained to, that the "offerings at the graves are a mixture of Santria, and Voodoo. This would be a sort of Caribbean influence. Then there is mimicry; folks see the offerings, and without understanding its origin, they offer something towards their own good luck. The poor cemetery condition is partly the lack of goverment stewardship, and also the mess that too many visitors can leave behind.
I put up a new BG video last night. BG in Hi-def. It was mostly a chance to mess around with a new camera but there were some "unexplained glitches that I cannot account for. Yes, many people have dropped off offerings at the large granite monument, it's usually stuffed animals, coins, and other small tokens. This last visit did not show any of that junk. There has been a little bit of a clean up attempt, but the Forest Preserve District still has a long way to go!
Pennies on tombstones? I missed that before. That's interesting. In Rome, foreigners or plain visitors throw coins in the Fontana di Trevi with the prayer to be able to come back to the Capital, someday. Is this habit of leaving behind you a token of your visit to BG a way to bend to your wishes Fortune ( are Americans prone to throw away coins ? ) or an imitation of times when they used to close dead' eyes with a pair of coins?
Going there no matter wether by day or night forces you to ask yourself the inescapable question: 'what am I doing here?' The sight of all those lost souls with lit cameras, losing their time fishing ghosts, fairies, goblins, aliens, Illuminati and angels & demons ( when not evoking'em with the aid of grimoires purchased from the newsstand ). All people who go to BG as at the supermarket of the supernatural, shopping basket in hand.
Your comments are an excellent take on the real phenomena that occurs in Bachelors Grove, that is, the living who visit. I cannot answers your question of "why," directly, but I suppose the motivation is linked to people "wanting" to be "scared." In the US, Halloween is now the second largest grossing holiday, in terms of merchandise sold. Also, in the last several years, a large number of television programs have been created to explore these so-called phenomena. It's entertainment....
@ipfeldspar Yours is a bright interpretation of the facts at your disposall, elf-entertainment belongs to leisure time and this marks the difference between the phenomenon of BG and the tradition of supernatural gone wild we historically know in Europe and duly has forced secular and spiritual governments to intervene more than once.
People behave in BG - no, not really normal, but always so as not to cause scandal.
As if the dead had so much free time as the living.
Or, quite simply, betrays the embarrassment of seeing a cemetery in such dire conditions ? Why are they placing the monies on the tombstones instead of throwing them in the lag - I'm just thinking aloud because I do not want to listen to the answer I'm getting: Lotto-bid-win. Bachelor Grove twinned with the "Cimitero delle fontanelle" in Naples? You continue further to observe: you're doing good journalism.
CaptainCaptcha 4 months ago
The US is a mixture of many religions, denominations, and sects. It was explained to, that the "offerings at the graves are a mixture of Santria, and Voodoo. This would be a sort of Caribbean influence. Then there is mimicry; folks see the offerings, and without understanding its origin, they offer something towards their own good luck. The poor cemetery condition is partly the lack of goverment stewardship, and also the mess that too many visitors can leave behind.
ipfeldspar 4 months ago
@ipfeldspar So you assume something I did not dare speak openly: the connection with Santeria, the Caribbean derivation. You left me speechless.
CaptainCaptcha 4 months ago
I put up a new BG video last night. BG in Hi-def. It was mostly a chance to mess around with a new camera but there were some "unexplained glitches that I cannot account for. Yes, many people have dropped off offerings at the large granite monument, it's usually stuffed animals, coins, and other small tokens. This last visit did not show any of that junk. There has been a little bit of a clean up attempt, but the Forest Preserve District still has a long way to go!
ipfeldspar 4 months ago
Pennies on tombstones? I missed that before. That's interesting. In Rome, foreigners or plain visitors throw coins in the Fontana di Trevi with the prayer to be able to come back to the Capital, someday. Is this habit of leaving behind you a token of your visit to BG a way to bend to your wishes Fortune ( are Americans prone to throw away coins ? ) or an imitation of times when they used to close dead' eyes with a pair of coins?
CaptainCaptcha 4 months ago
Going there no matter wether by day or night forces you to ask yourself the inescapable question: 'what am I doing here?' The sight of all those lost souls with lit cameras, losing their time fishing ghosts, fairies, goblins, aliens, Illuminati and angels & demons ( when not evoking'em with the aid of grimoires purchased from the newsstand ). All people who go to BG as at the supermarket of the supernatural, shopping basket in hand.
We should worry if it was not ludicrous.
CaptainCaptcha 4 months ago
Your comments are an excellent take on the real phenomena that occurs in Bachelors Grove, that is, the living who visit. I cannot answers your question of "why," directly, but I suppose the motivation is linked to people "wanting" to be "scared." In the US, Halloween is now the second largest grossing holiday, in terms of merchandise sold. Also, in the last several years, a large number of television programs have been created to explore these so-called phenomena. It's entertainment....
ipfeldspar 4 months ago
@ipfeldspar Yours is a bright interpretation of the facts at your disposall, elf-entertainment belongs to leisure time and this marks the difference between the phenomenon of BG and the tradition of supernatural gone wild we historically know in Europe and duly has forced secular and spiritual governments to intervene more than once.
People behave in BG - no, not really normal, but always so as not to cause scandal.
As if the dead had so much free time as the living.
CaptainCaptcha 4 months ago
Try going there later in the day or at night when other people arent there
rockprogmetal 2 years ago