Why Do Graves In Botswana Have Fences And Roofs

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.

Why do graves in botswana have fences and roofs. 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. They also kept livestock used rather than mowing equipment to keep brush down from damaging graves. A grave fence can be of the most homely materials or of elegant and expensive commercial fencing. Gravehouse a ramada roof with comer posts supporting it over a grave or a shed over a grave.

Grave fence a fence surrounding a grave or plot completely usually one or more feet high. I have read of a grave house in east tennessee now razed that had wood walls that were painted black. 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. 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.

Barns are no exception. 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. 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. 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. Other botswana servicemen who died during the war are commemorated by the commission elsewhere. The roof is among the most important elements of building form.