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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 1523031" data-attributes="member: 12952">A Romany Gypsy family face having to exhume the body of a recently-buried relative because of a row over grave plots at Burbage Cemetery.Shadrack Smith was buried at the Lychgate Lane cemetery after a traditional Romany funeral on Friday .His family brought three plots they picked which faced his home at Aston Firs - a tradition in Romany culture.But since they purchased the plots the family of a Muslim man, who was already buried on the site, have objected to 89-year-old Mr Smith being buried next to him, despite the cemetery being billed as open to all faiths and denominations.“We have no issues with the Muslim family. I think they were under the impression it was a Muslim plot but it isn’t. But they should have tolerance to us.</blockquote>