Üks Eesti ajalooline kalmistu täna – Rakvere linnakalmistu
This article gives an overview of the evolution process of Rakvere city cemetery. The author analyses the spatial structure of the cemetery, which involves burial quarters, landscape and greenery. For centuries, Rakvere city cemetery has served as the last resting place for the people connected wit...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Estonian |
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Eesti Kirjandusmuuseum
2013-12-01
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| Series: | Mäetagused |
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| Online Access: | http://www.folklore.ee/tagused/nr55/tuulik.pdf |
| Summary: | This article gives an overview of the evolution process of Rakvere city cemetery. The author analyses the spatial structure of the cemetery, which involves burial quarters, landscape and greenery.
For centuries, Rakvere city cemetery has served as the last resting place for the people connected with this town. The cemetery has been expanded repeatedly, but it has finally reached its maximum possible size. This has created a necessity for new solutions, considering the increasing proportion of cremation funerals and changes in the customs related to death. The expansion of the globalising way of life gives rise to
modernised funeral culture: beliefs and conceptions are modified and new traditions are being established. It is imminent that all this brings about changes in the structure of the existing historic cemeteries. The article gives recommendations for the better
planning of Rakvere city cemetery in the future, in order to also preserve the old and valuable – our historic cemeteries. |
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| ISSN: | 1406-992X 1406-9938 |