Is there a competition like this? International Grave Digging Championship is held...How did the game go?
Sep 29, 2025
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According to foreign media such as the Kyiv Post, the 8th 'International Cemetery Destruction Championship' was recently held in Hungary's ?r Sard region.
The tournament, which began in 2016, has been held consistently except in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19, and is organized by the Hungarian Society for the Operation and Management of Graves (MTFE).
Participants will team up in groups of two to dig a tomb 2 meters long, 80 centimeters wide, and 1.6 meters deep in two hours, and then repopulate about 2.5 tons of soil for 15 minutes to make a neat mound. Speed, accuracy, and aesthetic completeness are the criteria for evaluation, not just a physical struggle.
Evaluation is scored on a scale of 10.
The championship went to the Hungarian team 'Parakletosz Nonprofit Kft'.
The team won the title again this year following last year with a time of 1 hour 33 minutes and 20 seconds. The winners Laslo Keys and Robert Nudge "were able to perform well thanks to the routine we have learned from our daily work without any special training" he said. The second and third places were also taken by the Hungarian team.
The purpose of the competition is to raise the status of the occupation of graveyard digging and to inform the younger generation of the importance and professionalism of the occupation.
The organizers want to publicize their hard work, saying that `digging graves is not just manual labor, but a specialized field that requires mental strength and delicacy.'," he said.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
