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Not everyone has heard the call to refrain from visiting the graves: a paratrooper disguised as elderly people has been floating in the city’s cemetery since Saturday morning. Traffic did not decrease on Sunday.
The most active are the elderly
If there were no masks on people’s faces, we would not suspect that the coronavirus is again correcting the normal rhythm of life: hordes of people, like a year or two ago, flocked to the city’s cemetery for a long weekend .
As early as Saturday morning, crews were lined up near the cemetery and traffic was regulated here by police officers. Dealers also covered the hoods of cars with flowers. It is true that we will not talk about prices this year. When large supermarkets saw discounts on candles and artificial flowers, merchants’ compositions for 5, 7 or 10 euros were only tempted by oblivion.
In any case, visitors to the masked cemetery did not forget, although they did not appear to hear the call to refrain from traveling: On Saturday afternoon, the parking lot near the main entrance to the Seniava cemetery was crowded, although there was usually only one car. The line of cars also stretched across the street near the second driveway. A similar image was seen in Romainiai, Eiguliai and other cemeteries in the city. Perhaps the most active were citizens of respectable age who flocked to the places of eternal rest. Those most at risk of coronavirus infection. Armed with bouquets, rakes, shovels and plastic bags, the ancients rushed past crowds of people, reminding runners approaching the finish line and asking why they were ignoring calls to stay home, assuring they had no other choice.
When, if not today? Soon they will close everyone in the house again and leave the graves in disorder.
“When, if not today? Soon they will close everyone in the house again and leave the tombs in disorder, ”recalled Agota de Kaunas from the spring quarantine. After a long rest, when she got to the cemetery, where her parents and sister were buried, the woman fell asleep: empty pots were thrown on the grave, the crows brought a container for food and broke it, and the tombstone was covered of birds. For the second time, her heart couldn’t bear such an image.
“And the parents with their sister’s coffin would tip over,” Kaunas Kaunas said.
I will go to various places
When asked if Lithuania did not have to follow the example of its Polish neighbors and close the cemetery for three days, the inhabitants interviewed were glad that such a scenario was not even considered in Lithuania. Visiting the cemetery during All Saints ‘Day and All Saints’ Day is, according to most, a sacred matter, and the chances of getting infected here are very low.
“It just came to our knowledge then. We don’t meet like in any stadium in Maxima or Žalgiris. And here there is fresh air,” said the couple of respectable citizens who did not intend to change their plans due to the deterioration of the epidemiological situation in the country.
The relatives are scattered throughout Lithuania. You want to visit them all.
Spouses visit supermarkets and stores much less often, restrict meetings with children and grandchildren, but the abandoned couple did not intend to leave their graves, their parents did not educate them in this way.
“There is nothing worse than an abandoned and untidy grave,” when asked if such behavior was not equivalent to playing with fire, the spouses simply shrugged. “Well, if he’s doomed, you won’t run from him.”
By the way, some of the residents interviewed promised not to limit themselves to a cemetery and to visit at least some located in different cities during the long weekend. For example, Ilona de Kaunas and her husband stopped for the first time in Eiguliai. Right after that, he planned to go to Vilnius. On Monday, the spouses decided to go to Šiauliai and Palanga, where the grandparents of one of the spouses are resting.
“The relatives are scattered throughout Lithuania. You want to visit them all. That’s what a long weekend is for. Next year, as far as I know, November 2 will be a working day, so we will not be able to change that circle, ”said the spouses.
Not everyone is in costume
By recording new records of coronavirus infections on a daily basis in Lithuania, the government, epidemiologists and even the Church have repeatedly urged people to refrain from visiting graves this year and thus at least slightly curb the growing number.
At the time, those who did not promise to stay home were urged to observe all safety measures: wear masks, do not gather, keep a safe distance, avoid sitting with relatives or acquaintances after visiting the graves. Not everyone promised to keep the last point, although they diligently donned the face masks. The vast majority of visitors to the cemetery wore masks diligently enough. Some, he said, for security reasons, others for patrolling police officers and threatening heavy fines. However, not all promised to respond to the request not to communicate with relatives and not to sit at the common table when they returned home.
“I don’t care, but let’s say people come from another city to visit the graves. If they feel good, why can’t they meet their family members? – Vytautas of Kaunas even got angry when he heard the question. – Tell me, supermarkets work, sports clubs work, cafes, although shorter, work. Of course, there is money flowing, and where there is no money, where there is talk of some tradition, of human values, our government sees a threat. “
Photo by Laimutis Brundza
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