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Why are Greeks exhuming their parents?

Greece doesn鈥檛 have a crematorium and now city cemeteries are full. Most graves are leased for three years and then the remains are exhumed to make room for another coffin.

(Photo: Thessaloniki鈥檚 main cemetery. The grave of Christos Kitsios who鈥檚 children attended his exhumation)

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