El Remante Cemetery

The dead are tucked away, behind a few cabana rentals, beside a tiny dirt path, hidden on the edge of the jungle.
The dead are tucked away, behind a few cabana rentals, beside a tiny dirt path, hidden on the edge of the jungle. Crazy color can’t be scary, can it? Flashy adornments appease the dead, keeping lonely spirits in a cheerful mood. It doesn’t seem like a sad place because the flowers wear happy colors. It’s silk instead of scary.
 I once roamed the El Remante Cemetery in Guatemala and communed with the dead. They showed me a rainbow. 😊
Happy Halloween!
A Mot-Mot.
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Sharon Wagner is a supernatural writer, inexhaustible travel blogger, and illustrator of children’s books, including Maya Monkey. A creative from birth, she never stops dreaming of magical worlds to unravel with words. Her debut novel, The Levitation Game, launches this summer. When she’s not traveling the jungles of Central America, Sharon lives in Minneapolis with her husband and two cats.

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12 Comments

  1. Such beautiful colors, and no, they can’t be as scary being so bright like that! So many U.S. cities are so drab in comparison to other places. Cars too. Drab. I went to Puerto Rico, and the houses were bright and colorful and so happy looking. The photo with the writing reminds me of the shrine to Mary at the fisherman’s beach there.

  2. Hello,
    I have wondered around cemeteries, this one is very unusual. The flowers are pretty and colorful.
    I love the Mot-Mot, it reminds me of the Blue Jay. Thank you for linking up and sharing your post.
    I appreciate the comment too. Take care, have great day and happy week ahead.

  3. Very colourful cemetery. Recollected a childhood spelling challenge – “Outside a cemetery, sat a harassed cobbler and an embarrassed oculist, picnicking on a desiccated apple and gazing at the symmetry of a lady’s ankle with unparalleled ecstasy. “

  4. Interesting post, Sharon. In Italy, we found most are buried above ground in cement crypts, much like in New Orleans. There seems to be an aversion to being below ground. The graves are always well tended with many mementos and flowers. My husband and I volunteered for many years in an old historic cemetery in Brooklyn called Green-Wood Cemetery where historic tours and events took place. I have lots of old blog posts about it, So many famous people were buried there.

  5. Hello Sharon :=)
    Thank you for finding me.:=) I had great difficulty in posting my link, but it may have worked this time. This cemetery is the most colourful one I have ever seen. The flowers both real and made, brighten up this wonderful jungle space until it looks like a celebration. The Mot-Mot is a beautiful bird. The blue colour is stunning to look at.
    All the best

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