Wherein Alan pays a visit, with aunts Virucha and Helena, to Chacarita, the cemetary/mausoleum with the Belloni/Pagliere family crypt. If that is not strange enough, Carlos Gardel's tomb at Chacarita shows that Argentina can be just as perverse as Graceland.
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Coming up to it. |
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The crypt. |
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Abuela's parents. Graciana Castaignet de Belloni and Manuel Belloni. |
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Graciana and Manuel. Close up. |
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Abuela. Elvira A. Belloni de Pagliere. 100 years old in 1989. |
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Abuelo. Alejandro Sebastián Pagliere. 96 in 1973. |
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Great grandparents. |
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Papi. |
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Papi con sus padres. |
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The tomb of Carlos Gardel, Argentina's "The King". Of the tango, that is. |
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Can't get a plaque in edgewise. |
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The ultimate offering. Place a lit cigarette between his fingers... |
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... and he is happy. |
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Flowers at the feet of el tanguero. |
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The door. |
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