În drum spre cimitir (Cercetare Nereju 1927)

Iosif Berman · 1927

Photo published in the volume “Nerej, a village from the ancient land of Vrancea,” author Dr. Paula Popoiu and Ion Cherciu, Ed.“Encyclopedic” Bucharest, 2007. Research Nerej; the one who immortalized all the important moments of this monographic campaign was the photographer Iosif Berman (1892-1941), journalist and official photographer of the Royal Court; he was present, almost, in all the monographic campaigns of the villages with the teams of Professor Dimitrie Gusti. In addition to making the snapshots taken from the life and activity of the village, he was also a very good portrait artist. Folk customs related to death and burial in Romanians from the Moldavian area, older bosom than other Dates, and it is believed that the human soul continues to live after death. On the way to the cemetery (burial place) the alley stops 12-24 times, stops that are called “knees” or “resteli,” where a gospel is read. These stops are made only at the intersections, at the trots and in front of the church. In the picture we see a group of men and women (who are part of the alley accompanying the dead to the cemetery) kneeling in front of the priest reading a book. People are dressed in traditional folk harbor.