For me the cemetery my late son is buried is one of my "happy" places... I don't reject it - I accept that feeling/ emotion for what it is. A comfort zone for a grieving mother..
One of the best cemetery trends I've heard of recently is putting them on the edge of parklands and nature preserves to create a more natural buffer between development and protected lands (which developers often want to build right up to the edge of). But putting cemeteries around the land, it keeps buildings and roads further away and allows nature more space to thrive. I LOVE this idea and hope to see more of it.
With the amount of chemicals humans consume in their lifetime + the kind of diseases humans get & the treatment they undergo ... human body is definitely very harmful to the soil & groundwater. Even vegetation will have to adapt to use the decaying remains , else simply not grow where the body is
I love cemeteries. I wish we’d put more information on headstones but even with limited information cemeteries are fascinating ways to see into our past.
I live across the street from an old cemetery in a gold mining town where a mine collapsed a hundred years ago. I walk my dog through there and love reading the names on the plaques.
A buddy of mine had a start up where you could put a QR code on the headstone that would take you to a website about them and link them with the rest of their family
Imagine thou'rt in the churchyard, weeping heavily before the grave of thine deceased kin, and there's just a merchant a few paces away shouting, "dost thou wanna buy a funny hat? FUNNY HATS FOR SAAALE!"
Went to a education camp with my class. Our guide took us on a hike to a graveyard where we all sat and had a picnic. After eating, everyone wandered around looking at tombstones. It was kinda cool.
This just wouldn't fly where I live, parents would immediately start filing complaints about their kids being traumatized and graveyards being invaded, or whatnot. So sad. 😒
@@georgeoldsterd8994 I believe old world culture like Europe, Asian and Mid eastern know best how to handle death. Include the dead in daily life through tradition, culture, song other. Make the cemetery apart of life. For example a gathering place, like a park or market place. Americans are shielded from death.
@@hackman669 I'm European though 🤷 It's ironic really, we have one of the biggest graveyards in Europe, there are towns that have graveyards right next door to people's homes, but people still freak out if children go there outside of dedicated religious holidays. Maybe they're worried that graves might get messed up or stuff like flowers and candles will get stolen (as it often happens in some graveyards), maybe parents are just being superstitious, and with the whole western view on children education in "safe" environments coming in in the recent years, maybe it's just outright stupidity. But it is what it is. 😒
I would prefer to bury the dead with no coffin and plant a tree on it; so the death can bring life, and if it is a fruit tree the better, that means food as well. Imagine if that becomes a common practice: the Cemeteries will be forests
I thought that burying it in the ground without a coffin was bad for the ground, so if the coffin and the body rot together, then that would be counted as good
When I was a kid my friend and I would sometimes spend Saturday afternoons walking through cemeteries reading headstones. We made a game of it. Whoever found the oldest grave won. I remember feeling bad for the really old ones, some dating back the 1830's. I thought, here's someone nobody even remembers let alone visits. I made up my mind at that time to never be buried. I didn't want to end up as some old forgotten soul no one cared about hanging around a graveyard. But as I move closer to the end of the ride my thoughts have started to shift. My parents were both cremated and we spread their ashes at sea but now we have no place to visit them. I'm not sure who will visit me but perhaps having a little marker showing that you existed isn't such a bad thing.
@@dancingtrout6719 There were two old graveyards within a couple miles of the house I grew up in. The one with the graves from the 1830s was the oldest in the area. There was another old one a bit closer that dated back to the 1850s. That one had the most beautiful headstone I've ever seen. It was made from a tree stump about four feet high. The woman's husband carved her name into it then placed a rope around it. I don't know what sort of finish he used (some kind of lacquer) but he coated the entire stump, rope and all, and it has held up for more than a hundred years. I went back through the old neighborhood a couple years ago with a friend. We drove through that cemetery and the marker is still there, a beautiful tribute from a husband to a wife who was dearly loved and died young (she was in her early 30s when she passed). I should have taken a picture of it, being that is so unique but it didn't dawn on me to do so. Like I say, I always felt sad for the people who passed and are eventually forgotten as time marches on. They haven't buried anyone in either cemetery for a long time. Old monuments to another era.
@@itinerantpatriot1196 yes its a mystery who the people below the grave stones are , i know what you mean.. I feel sorry for people ..back in 42 they sent my dad to war and when it was over 50 million people died, lots of their towns and cities destroyed and are gone for ever... real people. .. Thanks for your story...
@itinerantpatriot1196 Hey, look at it this way. Maybe 1 day a bunch of little kids will also make a game of finding your "oldest" gravestone, and someone can easily come and pay respects to you. Maybe someone would even talk to your grave, as you'd be a company who would always listen. 😊
Disneyland is actually having a problem with that xD It has become very popular for people to scather the remains of their loved ones in Disneyland. Janitors often have to deal with ashes left in popular attractions such as the haunted mansion xD I believe they even have a walkie-talkie code word for this specific situation!
They don’t want to be cremated but want their remains scattered. Those remains being flesh and bone of the person, in a children’s attraction. That’s funny
I love visiting cemeteries. I find beautiful things, giant trees, sacred spaces, pieces left by loved ones that remain forever untouched. One cemetery in my city is now a park with trails and plaques for public history while still being a burial place. I've visited cemeteries in many countries to take photos and be near solid history. Where its appropriate I've also hiked and even picnickes in cemeteries ♡
Before watching: What's so fascinating about cemeteries? After watching : You do learn something new everyday And also, can't believe the main character of this video died... Rest In Peace
This video was riddled with coincidences: today a friend asked me at what moment is a person considered dead, the restaurant I went to had a biker gang, and my game skin was a well themed spirit and we mentioned London, New York and Hong Kong at a game of trivia.
Well my boyfriend told me the only thing in cemeteries are spirits. He has seen alot of paranormal things in his life it affects him to this day. Not ghosts or anything like that, more scarier things.
The way we bury the dead also show our relationship with death in general. We mourn the loss but we also find peace within knowing our relatives are among us in our memories. I think it would be a cool idea to see cemeteries revert back to large, colorful gardens where people's remains are used to help the soil grow trees and flowers. It could be good mentally as it would maybe help people see death not as a fearful or terrible end but rather just a part of the cycle of life as well as a way to also celebrate the lives that their passed love ones lived.
My mum used to enjoy a walk around the local cemetery. She would read every tombstone she viewed. She is now in that cemetery and I will continue her tradition every time I visit her grave. I will read every tombstone along the journey to hers and find peace in my heart for those who have passed, even if be in anguish.
Cave Hill Cemetery in my city of Louisville, KY is gorgeous, especially in the spring. Waterfalls and swans, huge and elaborate headstones and statues. It's such a beautiful and peaceful place!!
Me too..Nice place to escape all the stress and noise for a little while and relax/reflect.I feel more focused and see things in a different perspective when I leave.
I heard a story about how a guy donated his mother's corpse to science and after doing some research he found out the body was given to the military to test explosives.
My friend does just that, with her mom and grandma. It's peaceful, there's miles and miles of green space, and even a lake. They get to spend time with her grandpa, and each other. And as a bonus, wild wallabies sometimes show up, and just chill. She's in Australia, if that wasn't clear enough.
Cemeteries are so beautiful especially if surrounded by trees. It's one of my favourite place to have a quite stroll as the view never stops to change during different seasons. Grave stones in many European countries are made in different styles and you are basically walking through a museum of sculptures and history. It's even nicer when the candles are lit during special events. Absolutely magical as weird as it might sound.
@@nkamogelengmashele7350 Cemeteries should have a park like feel. In the US they are segregated by a little fence with nothing but headstones to remember the departed. Keep old grave markers for history. Instead host seasonal events, have a visitor center with gift shop and post cards, add a green belt with a pond, have benches and plazas. Owners of cemeteries would also benefit from the revenue due to visitor traffic.
When I die I want to be buried in just a sheet, with a tree planted on top on me. No embalming, no coffin, nothing. I just want to give back to the earth
@@chloe1227 cremation actually renders the body useless to a tree or any plant life for that matter, ashes are inorganic and the best way to give back to the earth is exactly how Alana said; no embalming, no coffin, no nothing.
You know I have all ways thought cemeteries were beautiful because they were allways full of light and greenery and tall beautiful trees so clearly we're been going to different cemeteries
In 2015 I got my Master's Degree in Sociology of Community and Organizational Networks presenting a thesis entitled "When Death takes thou on Holidays". In it I explained how cemeteries changed through the ages, their cultural and spiritual importance, religious views and philosophies about the afterlife, the cultural, architectural impact and touristic significance certain death-related places maintain today. My primary focus was to understand to what extent would be possible, with the current technology, to convert common use cemeteries in parks, green places immersed in nature within our cities. Through interviews I tried to understand if the inhabitants of the cities would be favourable to a place dedicated to the commemoration of the dead, free from the oppression of the concrete and pollutions brought by the coffins covered with zinc, which would be replaced by eco biodegradable coffins and eco-burials, creating room for planting trees and treating lawns. In addition, I asked if these same places could be used by the residents and the tourists to carry out educational, cultural and recreational activities. Needless to say, when I looked for a PhD to expand my research to an international level, only one University in the entire UE demostrated interest. But the only choices they offered to me were to compile the research without a bursary (I'm not a resident in that country) or to look for a loan (not exactly an exciting option).
I crated a family cemetery when my father passed away in 2007 and believe me I am comforted knowing he is on the land he loved while he was alive and its nice to just walk out there from the house and go anytime I want.
"It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart."- Ecclesiastes 7:2 (KJV)
Someone should work on a project to restore cemeteries to how they were. We should celebrate the lives of those who have passed rather than be sad over their departure. It may also help sooth loved ones of the dead by creating a more lively and joyful environment
Eden Rose Myers Agreed. Creepy cemeteries just make people more uncomfortable with death. More open, pretty cemeteries are more comforting for the families.
@@jennifershay8980 I remember being in Hawaii and passing by a cemetery while doing a guided tour of Honolulu. My sister said that it was one of the most cheerful cemeteries she'd ever seen.
when I die I want my remains made into paint and have a painting of me made using it so I can fallow people with my eyes, watching, *JUDGING,* for all eternity
When I die, I want to be turned into a gem and be made into a pendant or a ring. That way my family wouldn't feel depressed whenever they see me. Unless they decide to sell me to auction then I will forcefully haunt them until they keep me well polished and safe.
It's not Wadi Al-Salaam, it's Wadi As-salaam. There is an allophonic rule in Arabic which causes the of the definite article "al" to assimilate completely to any following sun letter, which are the coronals. While the letter laam is maintained in the Arabic abjad, it better serves the transliteration to show the assimilation, and especially pronounce it. Also, the word "necropoles" isn't pronounced "necro poles," as if it referred to some death-themed May Poles. No, it is pronounced like "necropoLEES," with a long sound.
Actually, it is very common in Western literature to keep the "al-" regardless of the following letter, even in scientific context. According to official transliteration rules, it's permissible only for Names/Places/Titles/etc.
@@Sovairu he probably read it in a scientific paper and didn't think it could be pronounced differently. Like necropolis. He is just the voice actor, we can't expect everyone to be an expert in arabic phonetics. At least he said wādī and not wady 😉
We actually can expect a narrator of a well-known professional UA-cam channel to be given proper direction on the pronunciation of various words, both foreign and native. I will not back down on Wadi As-Salaam. Furthermore, I will only back down on "necropoles" if the narrator's pronunciation is a specifically British pronunciation.
@@Sovairu agreed. The necropolis one sounded weird. Btw to be thoroughly precise, it wouldn't be Wadi as-Salaam but Wadi s-Salaam because it's an Hamza wasla lol. Have a nice day
When my grandmother died in 1981 they opened up the family plot and I went to see it with my father. I could see the remains of my grandfather and below him were his brother. They were both in the military so I could still see the uniforms, hair and bones and whatever. It might sound a bit macabre but I never met my grandfather or my great uncle so it’s kind of touching the past. Making a connection…
The fascinating history of cemeteries is more fascinating than we thought. narrators voice made it so mysterious. The animations are very creatively made.
There's a cemetery in Hollywood that hosts bands and sometimes movie nights. It's really chill and the grounds are beautiful to admire while you go for walks I wish more cemeteries were like that.
As an Asian, I have always been more familiar with the concept of cremation. Burials seem strange to me because did no one consider that they will one day run out of places to bury the dead? Also, I feel like Parsi people (followers of Zoroastrianism) have a really interesting practice. They have places called Towers of Silence where the dead body is put in a convenient place for the carrion birds to pick away at. It sort of completes the ecological cycle...
Islamic burial system is the MOST sustainable. You burry with nothing (no coffin) but a biodegradable cloth. Within years, the body mixes with the soil and you can bury someone else there. Infact Islam encourages that. In that way, a tiny ground can have a village worth of people. Infact, cremation produces far more carbon.
That alternative to burials (bird feeding) makes more sense to me, because all the other alternatives mentioned in the video are going to contaminate as well as the tombstone way, right?
So, theres a misconception that you can be cremated and then buried at the bottom of a tree. But cremation destroys all carbon (even your dna) so you wont actually be beneficial to the tree. :(
@@mfritz1830 you can still be buried naturally! you don't have to choose cremation or traditional burial, a green burial would give back to the earth and would certainly be beneficial to any tree near you!
It might be a little too late to ask this: But is "History vs" series over? That was my favorite chapter of your videos. I was wondering if you could cover controversial figures from Cold War that is not in the communist side. Like Chiang Kai Shek, Pinochet, Suharto, Park Chunghee etc.
Please do Suharto! Thank you in advance. I'm requesting him because one of his equally awful sons (already convicted for killing a judge in the past) is now running a new political party and people seem to have already forgotten that Suharto and his family was really awful.
I think a garden where every plant (trees, flowers, shrubs, etc) was fertilized by a deceased person is a great idea for a cemetary. Because then you also get a very nice public garden out of it, and the nameplates/signs/headstones nearby don't consume as many resources as a coffin does.
In one of the cemeteries here, people's BONES were exposed, from skulls to arms. The cemetery is currently in renovation because the older buildings are rotting where you see other people remains (the bone kind, not the flesh kind). It always haunted me as a kid.
Hawaii's cemeteries are very positive. A lot of people have picnics next to their loved one's stone. When I lived there I originally thought it was really rude but the longer I lived there I grew to appreciate it and saw it as a thing of beauty and that my POV was overly proper.
@Emmanuel Papadakis Just because my avatar is an anthropomorphic cat doesnt mean i'm a furry. Going by your logic then football teams are parties of furry. Heck Disney is then a furry. Everyone who works under disney is a furry and yes, everytime you have something with an anthropomorphic animal means _you're_ a furry. See the problem with your accusation?
@Emmanuel Papadakis So because i chose a japanese word it makes me a furry? Imagine you using that infront of japanese people who actually have an animal in their surname.
If I ever had a farm, I would want the tree-fertilizing burial, with a small headstone at the base stating who I was, how badass I was, and specifically requesting my descendants NOT to bang under me.
The narrators voice made it even more mysterious and magical.
Definitely
Agreed, seemed like the perfect voice for this video.
You're dead on.
miri m he he
He’s my favorite among the several narrators here in TED-Ed. I particularly liked his narration in “Why should you read...” series.
This animator is fantastic. Never have I been so visually entertained by graves.
@Natasel rule n o.
me when tim burton movies
Remus and kiki, the animators are really good at making these eye-catching visuals!
For me the cemetery my late son is buried is one of my "happy" places... I don't reject it - I accept that feeling/ emotion for what it is. A comfort zone for a grieving mother..
May he rest in peace and may your pain be a little less painful.
lots of love to you ❤️
Rest In Peace💜
So sorry for your loss Ma’am.
May God Make your Days grow more Peaceful to Heal and find Happiness.
Love and Light from London💌💖💝
So sorry may he rest in peace.
The narrators voice brought life to story and amazing animation as always.
Quahntasy - Animating Universe yyghyhjn.
Hijhbb
That's how narrators work
That's a Ted-ed for you
Ironic, that you say he “brought it to life”.
Remus and Kiki animated this
One of the best cemetery trends I've heard of recently is putting them on the edge of parklands and nature preserves to create a more natural buffer between development and protected lands (which developers often want to build right up to the edge of). But putting cemeteries around the land, it keeps buildings and roads further away and allows nature more space to thrive. I LOVE this idea and hope to see more of it.
I feel like this just gets us future neighbourhoods ringed by cemeteries where the developers have destroyed the former parkland.
@Emmanuel Papadakis what
I think that would draw people away because they might think it’s too morbid.
Love this idea XD
“ you know we are close to the hiking trail when you see grandma’s tomb stone”
With the amount of chemicals humans consume in their lifetime + the kind of diseases humans get & the treatment they undergo ... human body is definitely very harmful to the soil & groundwater. Even vegetation will have to adapt to use the decaying remains , else simply not grow where the body is
I love cemeteries. I wish we’d put more information on headstones but even with limited information cemeteries are fascinating ways to see into our past.
I love finding the military veterans from all wars. Much respect.
@@danimald.2407 same
I live across the street from an old cemetery in a gold mining town where a mine collapsed a hundred years ago. I walk my dog through there and love reading the names on the plaques.
Omg I always say the same thing like causes of death
A buddy of mine had a start up where you could put a QR code on the headstone that would take you to a website about them and link them with the rest of their family
Imagine thou'rt in the churchyard, weeping heavily before the grave of thine deceased kin, and there's just a merchant a few paces away shouting, "dost thou wanna buy a funny hat? FUNNY HATS FOR SAAALE!"
Dost thou wanna buy a funny hat! 😂😂YOUR COMMENT NEEDS MORE LIKES
Tf2 players be all over that.
Doth
😂😂😂😂
Are you from the 16th century?
4:46 He barely appeared in the video and I'm already sad that he died :(
that is Patrick 😂
At least he got to plan his funeral?? 🤔
true
F
i felt like that as well sigh
Went to a education camp with my class. Our guide took us on a hike to a graveyard where we all sat and had a picnic. After eating, everyone wandered around looking at tombstones. It was kinda cool.
This just wouldn't fly where I live, parents would immediately start filing complaints about their kids being traumatized and graveyards being invaded, or whatnot. So sad. 😒
One of our favorite you tube shows is Hollywood graveyard. It goes to graveyards and talks about specific people and their lives.very interesting.
@@georgeoldsterd8994 I believe old world culture like Europe, Asian and Mid eastern know best how to handle death. Include the dead in daily life through tradition, culture, song other. Make the cemetery apart of life. For example a gathering place, like a park or market place. Americans are shielded from death.
@@hackman669 I'm European though 🤷
It's ironic really, we have one of the biggest graveyards in Europe, there are towns that have graveyards right next door to people's homes, but people still freak out if children go there outside of dedicated religious holidays. Maybe they're worried that graves might get messed up or stuff like flowers and candles will get stolen (as it often happens in some graveyards), maybe parents are just being superstitious, and with the whole western view on children education in "safe" environments coming in in the recent years, maybe it's just outright stupidity. But it is what it is. 😒
@@internetcat6461 i know.
The negative perception of cemeteries is a grave issue.
FIINKS Mate you’re just hurting yourself
@@pear8875 It's DEADly.
You're killing me,
literally.
A few dozen more groans will leave you buried in complaints.
It's dead important we implement a renaissance of cemetery celebrations
I would prefer to bury the dead with no coffin and plant a tree on it; so the death can bring life, and if it is a fruit tree the better, that means food as well. Imagine if that becomes a common practice: the Cemeteries will be forests
a very great idea, bro
Read the Ender's Game series, that has a lot about burying people under trees after the first 2 or 3 books.
I thought that burying it in the ground without a coffin was bad for the ground, so if the coffin and the body rot together, then that would be counted as good
So your a cannibal
Even better, using bodies to protect forests from being cut down and developed
When I was a kid my friend and I would sometimes spend Saturday afternoons walking through cemeteries reading headstones. We made a game of it. Whoever found the oldest grave won. I remember feeling bad for the really old ones, some dating back the 1830's. I thought, here's someone nobody even remembers let alone visits. I made up my mind at that time to never be buried. I didn't want to end up as some old forgotten soul no one cared about hanging around a graveyard. But as I move closer to the end of the ride my thoughts have started to shift. My parents were both cremated and we spread their ashes at sea but now we have no place to visit them. I'm not sure who will visit me but perhaps having a little marker showing that you existed isn't such a bad thing.
you mentioned 1830's , Abe Lincolns sons werent even born yet in the year 1830
@@dancingtrout6719 There were two old graveyards within a couple miles of the house I grew up in. The one with the graves from the 1830s was the oldest in the area. There was another old one a bit closer that dated back to the 1850s. That one had the most beautiful headstone I've ever seen. It was made from a tree stump about four feet high. The woman's husband carved her name into it then placed a rope around it. I don't know what sort of finish he used (some kind of lacquer) but he coated the entire stump, rope and all, and it has held up for more than a hundred years. I went back through the old neighborhood a couple years ago with a friend. We drove through that cemetery and the marker is still there, a beautiful tribute from a husband to a wife who was dearly loved and died young (she was in her early 30s when she passed). I should have taken a picture of it, being that is so unique but it didn't dawn on me to do so. Like I say, I always felt sad for the people who passed and are eventually forgotten as time marches on. They haven't buried anyone in either cemetery for a long time. Old monuments to another era.
@@itinerantpatriot1196 yes its a mystery who the people below the grave stones are , i know what you mean.. I feel sorry for people ..back in 42 they sent my dad to war and when it was over 50 million people died, lots of their towns and cities destroyed and are gone for ever... real people. .. Thanks for your story...
@itinerantpatriot1196 Hey, look at it this way. Maybe 1 day a bunch of little kids will also make a game of finding your "oldest" gravestone, and someone can easily come and pay respects to you. Maybe someone would even talk to your grave, as you'd be a company who would always listen. 😊
stop the game with ur friend as a kid was so cute. its with these sorts of memories that we finally start to appreciate the beauty of the world
we need to replace gravestones with trees...more symbolic of life and also environmentally beneficial :D
Yes!!
Yeah but have you thought about how much acres of land a single tree takes up in a city
Cecile Wu look up capsula mundi
no as nobody not in a city, but a re-forested area
@@lestariabadi yeah I guess that could work but still It will be such a hassle and it will just block the way for future city development
"When I die, I want my remains scattered around Disneyland. Also, I don't want to be cremated."
- old comment I found in the internet.
Disneyland is actually having a problem with that xD It has become very popular for people to scather the remains of their loved ones in Disneyland. Janitors often have to deal with ashes left in popular attractions such as the haunted mansion xD I believe they even have a walkie-talkie code word for this specific situation!
Next, someone want his remain to be scattered inside a nuclear reactor.
Is there anything funny about that?
They don’t want to be cremated but want their remains scattered. Those remains being flesh and bone of the person, in a children’s attraction. That’s funny
@@rania9534.thank you,you get the joke.
I love visiting cemeteries. I find beautiful things, giant trees, sacred spaces, pieces left by loved ones that remain forever untouched. One cemetery in my city is now a park with trails and plaques for public history while still being a burial place. I've visited cemeteries in many countries to take photos and be near solid history. Where its appropriate I've also hiked and even picnickes in cemeteries ♡
"Wadi Al-Salam" means valley of peace btw
@@mariaaaa1128 perhaps it was used to mean river valley?, river is "nahr نهر" btw
@@mariaaaa1128 yeah it does, but it differs from dialect to dialect so it does mean valley in some dialects, and it does mean wadi in other
A wadi is a valley, ravine, or channel that is dry except in the rainy season.
I like that
@@pretentious_melancholic نويص
Before watching: What's so fascinating about cemeteries?
After watching : You do learn something new everyday
And also, can't believe the main character of this video died... Rest In Peace
shhhh spoilers
Also have you seen his friends mourning him? I find it kind of sweet how he befriended a biker gang
This video was riddled with coincidences: today a friend asked me at what moment is a person considered dead, the restaurant I went to had a biker gang, and my game skin was a well themed spirit and we mentioned London, New York and Hong Kong at a game of trivia.
in the end, we all serve Death
Humans do tend to have a 100% death rate. I'd be more surprised to learn that he didn't die in the end. :D
While I was Houseless and Living on the Streets, i would often seek refuge in a Cemetery for a peaceful night of Sleep.
have u seen ghost that time?
@@christaastika2684 why would you? People don't die in the cemetery.
@@mauriceosullivan6832 do you think that spirits are only allowed to be where they died? If so, why? Just curious
Well my boyfriend told me the only thing in cemeteries are spirits. He has seen alot of paranormal things in his life it affects him to this day. Not ghosts or anything like that, more scarier things.
@@gabanna837 Jesus saves🙏
In my country cemeteries are nice places full of flowers and greenery . I live in Transylvania! ( Romania)
So i heard its gaurded by a vampire and the dead rise up at night to have a party their .
@@pawanraj9475 aww! That vampire sounds nice...I wish I could attend a supernatural party
Yeah, same with me
@@pawanraj9475 I'm holding a party next week. Wanna come? Well... It depends what scares you most : vampires or Covid19. Lol.
Yo i think im a vampire i have one fang and like the taste of blood
(Im not kidding...)
4:52 , that guy in cloud. 😊
He was the guy who died in the end
He didn't look like a guy who'd have biker friends.
@@richardsantanna5398 he was the lawyer of the bikers or a bussiness biker
Maybe his name was McLeod
member of a 1% MC.
The way we bury the dead also show our relationship with death in general. We mourn the loss but we also find peace within knowing our relatives are among us in our memories. I think it would be a cool idea to see cemeteries revert back to large, colorful gardens where people's remains are used to help the soil grow trees and flowers. It could be good mentally as it would maybe help people see death not as a fearful or terrible end but rather just a part of the cycle of life as well as a way to also celebrate the lives that their passed love ones lived.
Cemeteries now: Sad, Depressing, Spook
Cemeteries then: *and then i saw her fACE*
*Now I'm the grim reaper!*
*Not a mace*
*Of kraut in my mind*
I’m the Grim Reaper! I’m gonna reap her soul tonight!
-now I'm a believer "
Meh.
There's a cemetery next to my house. I was scared all my childhood. Only if this video came earlier....
I know but instead I was attracted to them.
@@the_nowhereboy9052 lol me too
Goodluck with polluted ground water and occassional pestilence!
I bought a house in front of one last year
Grave is really thought of as a horror place in islam so i think thats why you must have fear instilled
My mum used to enjoy a walk around the local cemetery. She would read every tombstone she viewed. She is now in that cemetery and I will continue her tradition every time I visit her grave. I will read every tombstone along the journey to hers and find peace in my heart for those who have passed, even if be in anguish.
That's beautiful my friend, whenever I have the opportunity I'll do the same now
4:46 *_top ten saddest anime deaths_*
CQC why is it so sad
This trip was truly fun wasn’t it?
@@fruv19 is this what I think it is?
@@fruv19 iS tHaT a jOjO rEfeRenCe!?!?
Remindes me of mob psyko
*The animation is freakishly good*
Arent uthat one guy thats gets thousands of likes on a comment
Cave Hill Cemetery in my city of Louisville, KY is gorgeous, especially in the spring. Waterfalls and swans, huge and elaborate headstones and statues. It's such a beautiful and peaceful place!!
Live there
"Before we used to yeet the dead from a cliff"
-Some guy a long long time ago
I read it as "The fascinating history of CENTIMETERS"
now there’s an idea
We all did
Lol haha me too
Centipede
Americans can't relate
I’ve always liked going to our town cemetery not just to see relatives headstones but it’s always a calming place to go if I’m stressed 😩
Me too..Nice place to escape all the stress and noise for a little while and relax/reflect.I feel more focused and see things in a different perspective when I leave.
I would much rather donate my body to science when I die. Then they can finally figure out whats wrong with me
Same 😆
Oh no 💀
Bruh
I heard a story about how a guy donated his mother's corpse to science and after doing some research he found out the body was given to the military to test explosives.
Nahh i wanna go boom to spacae
What a fascinating concept! I always wondered what the history of cemetery would be. TED-Ed never ceases to amaze me. 👍👍
@@adithaiaiaia I know right!.. it's an intriguing topic..
I find cemeteries peaceful and beautiful. My husband thinks I’m crazy, but I would absolutely hang out and have a picnic next to my Grandpa’s grave.
My friend does just that, with her mom and grandma.
It's peaceful, there's miles and miles of green space, and even a lake.
They get to spend time with her grandpa, and each other.
And as a bonus, wild wallabies sometimes show up, and just chill.
She's in Australia, if that wasn't clear enough.
@@MC-ko2mx I would hope, a wallaby would scare me in missouri. Graveyard or not
@@MC-ko2mx that used to be a common thing especially in the American south. Decoration day especially. Memorial day to yankees
@@MC-ko2mx so cool! 😎 🦘
@@Rumpleskin That's very cool. I had no idea.
T: TOGETHER
E: EVERYONE
D: DESERVES (more)
ED: EDUCATION
Maybe I want to educate myself apart from the others. We don't have to do it "together!"
@@awesomemantroll1088 me when my mum finds my poop sock: 1:39
@@ultimatejim4343 your what?
This a superb, funky little animation. Thank you Ted-Ed, for my life.
I see mspa
Cemeteries are so beautiful especially if surrounded by trees. It's one of my favourite place to have a quite stroll as the view never stops to change during different seasons. Grave stones in many European countries are made in different styles and you are basically walking through a museum of sculptures and history. It's even nicer when the candles are lit during special events. Absolutely magical as weird as it might sound.
Why does a cementry have fence around it ?
Because people are *dying* to get in
edit: Wow so many likes
I am so *Graveful* to you all ;)
Ha ha ha ....was that supposed to be funny
To keep the walking dead trapped inside
@@hiteshpaighan4435 Yes. It was Not a *dead* joke
😂
Aditya Waghmare like for the second pun!
What’s fascinating is the fact that a 5 minute video gives you more information than a day at school
its about interest. your teacher can show you these same videos and you would find it boring
What school has history of cemeteries as a subject
That's sad but true
"hey dude, wanna go out to the cemetery for a cup of tea?"
Sure i m down lol
@@nkamogelengmashele7350 Cemeteries should have a park like feel. In the US they are segregated by a little fence with nothing but headstones to remember the departed. Keep old grave markers for history. Instead host seasonal events, have a visitor center with gift shop and post cards, add a green belt with a pond, have benches and plazas. Owners of cemeteries would also benefit from the revenue due to visitor traffic.
dude and tea in one sentence seriously sounds off to me
Awesome video!!!
Amazing animations + Interesting information = Ted Ed! ❤️❤️👍👍
One of my friends was a superintendent at a cemetery. Bob Lynn , he ran Friden's Cemetery in St.Louis Mo. for 30 years.
@@9Tailsfan Wow! 👏👏👏
When I die I want to be buried in just a sheet, with a tree planted on top on me. No embalming, no coffin, nothing. I just want to give back to the earth
When i die i want to be buried with a rose. Cause roses are hard to take care of so my family has to come see me huehueheuheuehue
Me too!
@@canned_can_chan4590 bork bork(now that's smart)
You wold have to be cremated unless you would want bone sin your tree! Lol
@@chloe1227 cremation actually renders the body useless to a tree or any plant life for that matter, ashes are inorganic and the best way to give back to the earth is exactly how Alana said; no embalming, no coffin, no nothing.
They manage to make these old stories so fascinating. And the animations are incredible in all their videos.
You know I have all ways thought cemeteries were beautiful because they were allways full of light and greenery and tall beautiful trees so clearly we're been going to different cemeteries
Agreed. And they're even better due to the relative lack of living people.
Do these videos give anyone else so much peace?
In 2015 I got my Master's Degree in Sociology of Community and Organizational Networks presenting a thesis entitled "When Death takes thou on Holidays".
In it I explained how cemeteries changed through the ages, their cultural and spiritual importance, religious views and philosophies about the afterlife, the cultural, architectural impact and touristic significance certain death-related places maintain today.
My primary focus was to understand to what extent would be possible, with the current technology, to convert common use cemeteries in parks, green places immersed in nature within our cities. Through interviews I tried to understand if the inhabitants of the cities would be favourable to a place dedicated to the commemoration of the dead, free from the oppression of the concrete and pollutions brought by the coffins covered with zinc, which would be replaced by eco biodegradable coffins and eco-burials, creating room for planting trees and treating lawns. In addition, I asked if these same places could be used by the residents and the tourists to carry out educational, cultural and recreational activities.
Needless to say, when I looked for a PhD to expand my research to an international level, only one University in the entire UE demostrated interest. But the only choices they offered to me were to compile the research without a bursary (I'm not a resident in that country) or to look for a loan (not exactly an exciting option).
Your thesis sounds fascinating. Any chance I can get a copy of it? I'd love to read it.
@@monicasaenz141 and yet you took the time to write this comment when you could have just clicked away. Interesting.
If you're in Germany, go visit the cemetery of Olsdorf in Hamburg. It's exactly what you're describing
Maybe approach it from an environmental conservation perspective, it might attract funding.
This reminds me of coco from Disney, always remember the dead.
Indeed
I crated a family cemetery when my father passed away in 2007 and believe me I am comforted knowing he is on the land he loved while he was alive and its nice to just walk out there from the house and go anytime I want.
"It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart."- Ecclesiastes 7:2 (KJV)
Someone should work on a project to restore cemeteries to how they were. We should celebrate the lives of those who have passed rather than be sad over their departure. It may also help sooth loved ones of the dead by creating a more lively and joyful environment
Eden Rose Myers Agreed. Creepy cemeteries just make people more uncomfortable with death. More open, pretty cemeteries are more comforting for the families.
@@jennifershay8980 I remember being in Hawaii and passing by a cemetery while doing a guided tour of Honolulu. My sister said that it was one of the most cheerful cemeteries she'd ever seen.
@@ichigopockychan Nature is quite amazing. It can change the mood or atmosphere instanly.
"Traditional burial" DOES NOT pollute anything.
Thats MODERN burial.
Traditional being?
@@hackman669 more natural, no embalming, no concrete or metal. Wooden caskets so everything can return to the Earth one day
when I die I want my remains made into paint and have a painting of me made using it so I can fallow people with my eyes, watching, *JUDGING,* for all eternity
i want to be soylent green
You judgemental dead, you. 😁
When I die, I want to be turned into a gem and be made into a pendant or a ring. That way my family wouldn't feel depressed whenever they see me. Unless they decide to sell me to auction then I will forcefully haunt them until they keep me well polished and safe.
Excuse me for saying this: creepy af girl.
I would rather diee before doing that😁😁😁😁
Its her choice guys, we have different options how to die
Did I write something wrong?
@@hiteshpaighan4435 but you would allready be dead
Graveyards guarantee a permanent green space, all the graveyards in Canada are beautiful with trees and plants!
Are cemeteries also included in the fabric of the community? Do they resemble a park or meeting area? Are there seasonal events that honor the dead?
It's not Wadi Al-Salaam, it's Wadi As-salaam. There is an allophonic rule in Arabic which causes the of the definite article "al" to assimilate completely to any following sun letter, which are the coronals. While the letter laam is maintained in the Arabic abjad, it better serves the transliteration to show the assimilation, and especially pronounce it. Also, the word "necropoles" isn't pronounced "necro poles," as if it referred to some death-themed May Poles. No, it is pronounced like "necropoLEES," with a long sound.
Actually, it is very common in Western literature to keep the "al-" regardless of the following letter, even in scientific context. According to official transliteration rules, it's permissible only for Names/Places/Titles/etc.
That still doesn't account for the narrator's mispronunciation. Which is why it is better to write the assimilation.
@@Sovairu he probably read it in a scientific paper and didn't think it could be pronounced differently. Like necropolis. He is just the voice actor, we can't expect everyone to be an expert in arabic phonetics. At least he said wādī and not wady 😉
We actually can expect a narrator of a well-known professional UA-cam channel to be given proper direction on the pronunciation of various words, both foreign and native. I will not back down on Wadi As-Salaam. Furthermore, I will only back down on "necropoles" if the narrator's pronunciation is a specifically British pronunciation.
@@Sovairu agreed. The necropolis one sounded weird. Btw to be thoroughly precise, it wouldn't be Wadi as-Salaam but Wadi s-Salaam because it's an Hamza wasla lol. Have a nice day
When my grandmother died in 1981 they opened up the family plot and I went to see it with my father. I could see the remains of my grandfather and below him were his brother. They were both in the military so I could still see the uniforms, hair and bones and whatever.
It might sound a bit macabre but I never met my grandfather or my great uncle so it’s kind of touching the past. Making a connection…
“Graveyards takes up space and harms the soil”
Alright man I got my man Hannibal Lector on speed dial no biggie
I’ve watched this like 10 times over the past several years and I intend to keep watching
The animation and this great narration is just
👌😣
*Perfection*
The fascinating history of cemeteries is more fascinating than we thought. narrators voice made it so mysterious. The animations are very creatively made.
4:40 The phrase "you really get under my skin" suddenly has a literal meaning.
Loving this narrator. Helps with the spookiness and his voice works perfectly for these kind of videos.
The animation here is fabulous.
I am from Germany and the ad shown before vid was by our military service, yt has got a nice sense of humor.
Playing a gig in a cemetery is the most metal thing ever
Just make sure your audience respects it though ☺️
Play cemetery gates by pantera
There's a cemetery in Hollywood that hosts bands and sometimes movie nights. It's really chill and the grounds are beautiful to admire while you go for walks I wish more cemeteries were like that.
As an Asian, I have always been more familiar with the concept of cremation. Burials seem strange to me because did no one consider that they will one day run out of places to bury the dead? Also, I feel like Parsi people (followers of Zoroastrianism) have a really interesting practice. They have places called Towers of Silence where the dead body is put in a convenient place for the carrion birds to pick away at. It sort of completes the ecological cycle...
Three towers. One for men. One for women. One for children.
Islamic burial system is the MOST sustainable. You burry with nothing (no coffin) but a biodegradable cloth. Within years, the body mixes with the soil and you can bury someone else there. Infact Islam encourages that. In that way, a tiny ground can have a village worth of people.
Infact, cremation produces far more carbon.
Problem with the bird picking is the disease and rotting of meat - not sustainable either
That alternative to burials (bird feeding) makes more sense to me, because all the other alternatives mentioned in the video are going to contaminate as well as the tombstone way, right?
2:06 just that savage yeet into the pit with them smiling 🤣
How about just burying people instead of placing them inside a box of metal, coffin, or whatever?
Ikr
its a sign of disrespect or something
many religions would find that inhumane, unfortunately
“Here they need this extremely expensive bed like box to lay in, but not enjoy”
It would probably cause contamination with local water sources
Cemeteries are home for some truly beautiful trees. I love walking in them.
4:53 He's smiling while watching his dead body being turned into tattoo ink.
Omg i never realised that!!🤣
lol 🤣🤣🤣
i love this man’s voice
I only watched this one because i saw Remus and Kiki animated it. They're TedEd videos are always the best.
I would like to be tree fertilizer 💁🏻♀️
*chop* *chop*
So, theres a misconception that you can be cremated and then buried at the bottom of a tree. But cremation destroys all carbon (even your dna) so you wont actually be beneficial to the tree. :(
@Emmanuel Papadakis yeah i was super bummed when i found out
@@mfritz1830 you can still be buried naturally! you don't have to choose cremation or traditional burial, a green burial would give back to the earth and would certainly be beneficial to any tree near you!
@@lenaissac243 but its not legal everywhere to do green burials. You cant even do home funerals everywhere, theres so many regulations
"When I die, I want my casket to be filled with beer and have everyone celebrate"
- unknown
...Do we drink from the casket?
@@CherryRedBanshee I'm sure my corpse won't mind
i want to be soylent green
I love cemeteries!!! Everytime I travel to New places I always check out the local cemetery
That's a great idea. I love cemeteries, too! They're eerily beautiful and haunting.
It might be a little too late to ask this: But is "History vs" series over? That was my favorite chapter of your videos. I was wondering if you could cover controversial figures from Cold War that is not in the communist side. Like Chiang Kai Shek, Pinochet, Suharto, Park Chunghee etc.
Hi paul han! Thanks for your interest! The series is definitely not over, so stay tuned, and thank you for your suggestions!
@@TEDEd I am more than excited for!!!
@@TEDEd YEE HAW!
Please do Suharto! Thank you in advance. I'm requesting him because one of his equally awful sons (already convicted for killing a judge in the past) is now running a new political party and people seem to have already forgotten that Suharto and his family was really awful.
Yeah, Please do suharto
Great video. The music, animations, and narrator mix so well together
I think a garden where every plant (trees, flowers, shrubs, etc) was fertilized by a deceased person is a great idea for a cemetary. Because then you also get a very nice public garden out of it, and the nameplates/signs/headstones nearby don't consume as many resources as a coffin does.
In one of the cemeteries here, people's BONES were exposed, from skulls to arms. The cemetery is currently in renovation because the older buildings are rotting where you see other people remains (the bone kind, not the flesh kind). It always haunted me as a kid.
Reminded me of Over the Garden Falls. Lovely Animation TED-ED!
Is that crossover between Over the Garden Wall and Gravity Falls? 😆
Sounds good 😆
I lived in a cemetery when I went to mortuary college in SF. Best experience of my life! Very peaceful AND safe!!!
"All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return".[Ecclesiastes 3:20]
Hawaii's cemeteries are very positive. A lot of people have picnics next to their loved one's stone. When I lived there I originally thought it was really rude but the longer I lived there I grew to appreciate it and saw it as a thing of beauty and that my POV was overly proper.
I love this channel because the time duration of the videos are not long.
yo that ending was unexpectedly wholesome
The animation is done with so much quality! Thank you!
when I went to visit my grandma, it was almost like she was giving me a hug, and walking around the graveyard with me. I miss you, grandma. rip.
2:34
maybe it's just me but isn't this how we all think of ancient Greece?
I will never look at cemeteries the same.
I work at a cemetery and usually find it very peaceful edging stones and just making the place look good I enjoy it
Just imagine telling your friend "Yoooo, lets go to the cemetery!!"
In Copenhagen, we often hang out in cemeteries during summer 😅 It is kind of cozy, really 😁
' should you age your wine in a wooden coffin?
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.yes!, it's better to casket'.
Ha ha ha 😁😁
Traditional burial will always be best, for tradition is the human way of life.
His voice is so good
It makes me be concentrated
Now those alternatives are legit sick. Imagine having your dead friend spell out RIP on your upper arm.
@Emmanuel Papadakis Just because my avatar is an anthropomorphic cat doesnt mean i'm a furry. Going by your logic then football teams are parties of furry.
Heck Disney is then a furry. Everyone who works under disney is a furry and yes, everytime you have something with an anthropomorphic animal means _you're_ a furry.
See the problem with your accusation?
@Emmanuel Papadakis So because i chose a japanese word it makes me a furry? Imagine you using that infront of japanese people who actually have an animal in their surname.
Lmao the biker gang mourning the glasses guy was an image I didn't know I needed
If I ever had a farm, I would want the tree-fertilizing burial, with a small headstone at the base stating who I was, how badass I was, and specifically requesting my descendants NOT to bang under me.
I'd rather they did for me, it'd be some action atleast
i want to be soylent green
I always tell my kids to plant me under a rose bush in my backyard! Note; it is a LARGE backyard. LOL
_What will you be doing when you are _*_100_*_ years old?_
Graham: *BREAKING OUT OF MY TOMB*
Friendship to turn into a tree and live another 100 years.
Then i will buy 100 oranges
Probably struggle remembering my own name when i'm 100
Cemeteries are glorious.For now I'm glad they still exist.
History is what make things creepy,haunting and interesting. Which is how I love my stories
The animation is soooo cute!