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Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I would like to know more about scared groves in Goa. Would anyone have any information on the same? Is anyone aware of any writings, textual material or other works including links to photographs, and films? Likewise does anyone know of cemeteries that are considered particularly peaceful? I do not mean something complex like the veritable work of art that is Le Cimetiére du Père Lachaise in Paris. http://www.pbase.com/gnavet/perelachaise I am also not suggesting any connection whatsoever, other than that of observing and experiencing that certain tranquility. Of course the groves in Goa besides preserving biodiversity; each maintain their distinct ecological profile, and it's the energies generated and divined over centuries, that make each one unique. http://www.goaenvis.nic.in/sacredgroves.pdf http://www.agroforestry.net/overstory/overstory93.html http://www.indianfolklore.org/pdf/newsletter/currentissue/july_2007/ifl_26-19.pdf My point being that generally in our cultures, spaces that could offer repose to the living and furthermore certain perspectives into the culture of the other, are either not known – to those of the same soil much less shared; and also that cemeteries are not regarded as space which ones visits to partake in anything other than a burial. The latter rarely have a bench or a boulder to sit on, and it is not often that the setting is verdant with lush trees and vegetation for that matter. I am often struck by the sheer desolation and a certain sense of rejection which pervade our cemeteries. I would appreciate any thoughts ideas, and fears (about cemeteries). venantius