Greetings to all, friends of this beautiful Hive Collectors Community, I hope that at the end of this month of June 2024 everyone is well, with health, prosperity and happiness.
I was going through the old photo albums, almost all of them from Aunt Chichita, and I found one that is full of cards for the dead, that is, invitation cards to liturgical events, masses, or commemoration of the anniversary of someone's death.
This is a practice typical of the 20th century, and even from the beginning of the 21st century, I don't know if it will still be preserved, at least in Venezuela it is a custom that has fallen into disuse, due to the economic crisis. I also believe the use of these cards is part of the Catholic faith, because Protestants do not do any liturgical acts after the death of the person, only the wake and burial, nor do they remember their deceased on anniversary dates. I don't know if other religions will use similar objects, I don't think so.
The high quality of the material, specifically the paper, cardboard, parchment and ink, has caught my attention, since there are cards that are approximately 60 years old, which are preserved in excellent condition; as well as the degree of detail of the figures, and also how sad or gloomy the images are. The range of sepia, brown colors is the one that predominates in these cards, with touches of white, gold and the presence of black in almost all the cards, which I consider, (some of them), mini works of funerary art, yes, is that this term exists.
The texts are extensive, and striking for how sad and resigned they can be. The images fundamentally convey sadness and resignation, which is understandable, since it addresses a topic that is in itself sad and for which we are not prepared, such as death.
As I already mentioned, I don't know if these cards are currently used in other countries around the world. I know well that here, in Venezuela, they were used a lot, even until the beginning of the second decade of this century; and I know this, because I used to transcribe some texts and diagram designs, for a person who was an artisan of this type of work, which he did fundamentally by hand, although the text and some images on the cards were printed. This person stopped doing that job at the end of 2012, because it was no longer profitable. Unfortunately I don't have any copies of those cards.
In any case, these objects that I share with you today, which were treasured by my Aunt Chichita, have their particular beauty, and serve as proof of how death was conceived in a certain historical period, and obviously, they deserve to be preserved as part of a collection.
Todas las fotos de este post son de mi autoría y fueron tomadas con mi teléfono UMIDIGI // These photos are my own, and were taken with my UMIDIGI phone
Los divisores son cortesía de @eve66 quien comparte bellos diseños que embellecen el maquetado de nuestras publicaciones. // The dividers used are courtesy of @eve66 who shares beautiful designs that embellish the layout of our post.
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Delegations welcome!
Delegations welcome!
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