PHOTOS: Clay Flew as Hungarians Competed in Grave-Digging Contest
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- Participants competed in grave digging at a cemetery in Nyergesújfalu, northern Hungary.
- Organizers used the unusual event to present the demanding profession of gravedigger and challenge taboos associated with death.
Clay flew through the air at a cemetery in Nyergesújfalu, northern Hungary, where participants took part in a grave-digging competition.
The unusual contest was not intended as a joke. Its organizers wanted to show people how demanding the gravedigger’s profession is while also breaking social taboos surrounding death.
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Originally published by iDNES in Czech. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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