The Crypt

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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