The Ruins of the Kasubi Tombs of Uganda
The largest grass thatched hut in the world and the burial ground of 4 Buganda monarchs now lies in burnt ruins
Situated on Kasubi hill, within Kampala, Uganda, the Kasubi Tombs site is an active religious place in the Buganda Kingdom, the largest of the traditional kingdoms still in present-day Uganda
To the Baganda people the Kabaka, or ‘King’ of the Buganda people is the unquestioned symbol of the spiritual, political, and social state of the Buganda nation.
As the burial ground for the previous four Kabakas, therefore, the Kasubi Tombs – a grass thatched hut, the largest in the world, which hold the bodies of the previous Kabaka, or King of the Baganda people – are a place where the Kabaka and others in Buganda’s complex cultural hierarchy frequently carry out important centuries-old Ganda rituals.
Recently in a disaster for the Buganda kingdom, the mausoleum and largest grass thatched hut in the world was gutted by fire On 16 March 2010, at about 8.30 pm local time. The cause of the fire is as yet unknown.
A UN World Heritage Site, currently the entire country of Uganda is in utter shock. Many countries around the world have expressed their dismay including the entire European Union and the United Nation.
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Category: Memento Mori, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries, Disaster Areas
Location: Kampala, Uganda
Edited by: dougonair, Dylan