She Who has no Earth Cannot be Buried

[steepholm]

I'd not heard about Venice's mock funeral, which took place on 14th November to mark the passing of the city's population below 60,000, but this Awfully Big Blog Adventure post by Michelle Lovric offers a very interesting and unexpected perspective on the event. Check it out.

Comments

[sovay]

That's beautiful. Thank you for passing it on.

[owlfish]

My mother was at the Rialto market for shopping that morning when the regatta was scheduled to pass by but, like most regattas in Venice, it was running late enough that she didn't bother sticking around for it. It was from her perspective at the time just yet another regatta.