Why Do Graves In Botswana Have Fences And Roofs

Other botswana servicemen who died during the war are commemorated by the commission elsewhere.

Why do graves in botswana have fences and roofs.

Botswana has started erecting a 300 mile electric fence on part of its border with zimbabwe to stop an influx of humans and livestock dismaying zimbabwean officials who claim that southern africa. The gable roof on dutch and prairie barns the cone shaped dome shaped eight or twelve sided roof of round barns and the gambrel roof of the typical barn are among the most prominent features on these buildings. A slab roof could keep out marauding critters or even discourage potential grave robbers. They numbered about four million at the turn of the 21st century.

The question of why were so many grave houses placed in hillside locations might be best answered by a friend of mine from west virginia hill country. Since then different districts in botswana have had veterinary fences erected one at a time over the years. In addition a soldier of the south african forces buried in francistown cemetery and a soldier of the 1914 1918 war buried in quagganai police camp whose graves could not be maintained are also commemorated on this memorial. In 2003 the leadership of botswana under pressure from its citizens erected the 2 4.

Barns are no exception. They brought many useful ideas for protective devices with them from europe above ground brick or rock vaults rock cairns slabs over the grave called wolf stones low stone roofs known as hog back tombs wrought iron safes placed over graves to protect from robbers board fences on the center of the grave vine wattling baskets over. Tswana also called motswana singular or batswana plural formerly spelled bechuana westerly division of the sotho a bantu speaking people of south africa and botswana the tswana comprise several groupings the most important of which numerically speaking are the hurutshe kgatla kwena rolong tlhaping and tlokwa. I have read of a grave house in east tennessee now razed that had wood walls that were painted black.

Those grave houses that had wood walls or picket fences could be painted. And some figure the stone caps kept water from the grave keeping the coffin intact for at least a little longer. Gravehouse a ramada roof with comer posts supporting it over a grave or a shed over a grave. The roof is among the most important elements of building form.