Why Do Graves In Botswana Have Fences And Roofs

They also kept livestock used rather than mowing equipment to keep brush down from damaging graves.

Why do graves in botswana have fences and roofs.

In 2003 the leadership of botswana under pressure from its citizens erected the 2 4. Grave fence a fence surrounding a grave or plot completely usually one or more feet high. 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.

A slab roof could keep out marauding critters or even discourage potential grave robbers. 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. Those grave houses that had wood walls or picket fences could be painted. Barns are no exception.

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. Other botswana servicemen who died during the war are commemorated by the commission elsewhere. Since then different districts in botswana have had veterinary fences erected one at a time over the years. 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.

A grave fence can be of the most homely materials or of elegant and expensive commercial fencing. 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. I have read of a grave house in east tennessee now razed that had wood walls that were painted black. They numbered about four million at the turn of the 21st century.