Tomb Sweet Tomb

The day after Halloween is All Saints Day, which in New Orleans is a big event 
as family members clean and paint their relatives graves. I'll miss this one, 
but I'll be there for next year. From my understanding, All Saints Day was 
created to supercede the Pagan holiday Halloween, and since it did not stop the 
Pagan sinners from celebrating, another day - All Souls Day was also created. 
Guess 2 holy days beats out 1 sinner day. If it was not for some sinning 
Catholic Virginians and the immigrating Irish, Halloween in America might not 
have lasted.

All 4 images are from St. Louis #1 Cemetery, located just outside the French 
Quarter and across form the Iberville projects. In other words, travel with 
some company or a firearm as there is only one way in and one way out.This 
cemetery used to take up 4 blocks and now is contained in 1 block. No, of 
course we did not remove the tombs, we just build stuff over them. There are 
some Civil War generals here, a Voodoo Queen, Revolutionary soldiers, and one 
rich but died penniless creator of the game "craps".

All images w/M6 TTL .58, 50/f2 Summicron, Kodak BW400 

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/zoeica/Travels/Cemeteries/

Chris Williams

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