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Public Farewells at Père Lachaise: Piaf’s Funeral

Examining the public farewell as a media event: choreography, crowd management, and ritual imagery.

12/2/2025
18 min read
Historic funeral crowd scene

Public funerals produce archives: photographs, news, and collective memory. The cemetery becomes a stage for farewell.


Components

  • Crowd flow: Managed paths.
  • Media: Fixed vantage points.
  • Ritual: Flowers, song, silence.

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Historic funeral

Farewell as public ritual — memory made visible.

Autor

Media Historian

Media Historian

Como caminante y narrador de París desde hace años, creé esta guía para ayudarte a orientarte en Père Lachaise — de leyendas y amores a memoriales discretos y la ternura cotidiana del recuerdo.

Tags

Père Lachaise
Édith Piaf
Funeral
Media
Crowds

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