One last look at the cemetery

After leaving the cemetery, I decided to walk up to the wall and reached up and placed my camera on the top of the wall to take a photo of the later afternoon sky with the cemetery in the foreground.

The wall was too tall to see over, but I was pleased with the scene the camera captured even if I could not see it except through the elevated camera LCD screen.

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Leaving the Cemetery

The gate and walkway into the cemetery immediately transforms the mood from the hustle and bustle of everyday life into one of quiet, reflective reverence.

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The last light on the arbor

When I began my little series of photos from the suburban San Jose cemetery, I showed the walkway lined with vines and flowers.  I am close to concluding the series with the is photo of the arbor catching the last rays of the sun.  I had the sweet light of the sun for only about 5 minutes then the sun ducked behind a cloud.

Tomorrow I will conclude this cemetery series.

Yesterday I shared a little news of a religious nature that traced its origin back nearly 400 years, so today I am sharing some contemporary pop culture.

Paul McCartney has added a concert date in Costa Rica.  His current world tour will include several stops in Latin America, and one of those will be in the national soccer/football stadium in San Jose.

A row of crosses

I will use the occasion of this additional photo of the cemetery in San Jose to share some religious news from Costa Rica.

At the suggestion of President Laura Chinchilla during her recent meeting with the Pope in the Vatican, the Vatican will soon be displaying a statuette that is a replica of the patron saint of Costa Rica, the Virgin of Los Angeles, also known as La Negrita.

The statuette will be displayed on a marble base in St. Anne's Chapel in the Vatican.  The original statue of the Virgin is kept at the spot where it first appeared and reappeared in Cartago, where a Basilica stands to commemorate the event.

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The Angel Moroni from the Cemetery

This is a telephoto shot from the cemetery looking towards the Mormon Temple.  The Angel Moroni on top of the empale, which was barely visible in the photo I posted yesterday, is prominently featured in this photo, with the two blocks of space between the cemetery and the Mormon temple compressed.

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A Duality of Angels

Duality is a common theme in Latin American cultures.  In this photo, the angel in the cemetery is echoed in the distance by the Angel Moroni, which is on the top of the Mormon Temple and is visible in the distance near the center right of this photo.

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What a difference 10 minutes makes

I walked around taking photos of the monuments in the cemetery for a few minutes, including the photograph at left.

Then, after a few minutes the late afternoon sun broke through the clouds and cast a golden light on the cemetery.

I quickly walked around the cemetery and took another set of photos of the same scenes that I had already photographed, but in better light.

The second photo below was amen exactly 10 minutes after the first photo.  What a difference the light conditions can make just a few minutes apart.

Tomorrow I will show an even more dramatic illustration of the difference in lighting conditions.

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San Jose Cemetery Statues

Cemeteries with above-ground memorials and statuaries provide photo opportunities to align up angles among the statuary, as I hope I accomplished with the composition of this photo.

On our travels we will at times enter cemeteries to photograph the memorials and pay reverent tribute to the culture of the local population.  Cemeteries are a window into the culture, as memorials can reflect the faith and values of families.

The cemeteries in Latin America are particularly compelling. The Recoleta Cemetery in Buenos Aires is the most impressive that we have seen, and it is a major attraction for visitors, domestic and international.

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San Jose cemetery statuary

This is a photo of some of the graves within the suburban San Jose cemetery that I encountered on my walk.

Costa Rica is obviously a very Roman Catholic country.  Each year as many as one million people make a pilgrimage to the cathedral in Cartago during a holy week in August.  That is about one-fourth of the country's population.

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San Jose cemetery

The photos I have been showing the last few days have been from a cemetery that I came across on my little walk from the San Jose sanMarriott.

The front entrance to the cemetery had the architectural features of a Spanish colonial church.  Some of the tombs hae statuary.  I will show a few more photos from my walk around the cemetery.

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Covered walkway

Walking through the gate shown in yesterday's photo revealed this flower-covered walkway.

Tomorrow I will show what the rest of this place looked like.

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Spanish colonial style tower and walls

After I walked passed the Mormon Temple, I next came upon this scene.  This looks somewhat like a church.  Tomorrow I will show what is inside, behind these tall walls.

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