[Tagging] RFC: tomb key

[Bert -Araali- Van Opstal]

Mausoleum surely can work for the Kasubi tombs, as they contain complete 
human remains.

I am weighing options for the hundreds of other examples, where the 
tombs don't contain human remains, or just a bone.  They still are 
tombs, but tombs that contain the spirits, so I see them less favourable 
as being called mausoleum. They can be tagged as historical, but serve 
many other purposes as places of worship, tourist attraction, memorials 
etc... but none of them really a good definition of their primary 
purpose, a place where tribes keep the spirits of their ancestors.

A bit like Christians pray to the Holy spirit, to the cross, but then in 
a form that can become materialised or is visual not by praying, but 
through the artefacts, they are not just places of worship, they are the 
homes of the spirits of ancestors which live into eternity in those 
places until they are destroyed.

Difficult to explain Martin to other cultures who don't consider a 
spirit as a human remain.  Of course it's not something materialised, 
but many tribes believe they manifestate themselves through the 
traditional rituals that are performed there or by meditation or through 
offerings, often if they even have other religions, some of them are 
Christians, others Moslem, Jews etc... but these tombs are separate from 
those religions and the traditions linked to them. The spirits remain in 
the multiple chambers of the tombs through the artifcacts or in some 
cases parts of human remains that are kept inside. Does something 
similar exist in other cultures / religions that is already provided in 
OSM? If not I think it's worth considering another tomb value for it.

Greetings,

Bert Araali


On 27/02/2021 19:08, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
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>> On 27 Feb 2021, at 15:02, Bert -Araali- Van Opstal <bert.araali.afritastic at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Actually, the central Kasubi Tombs contain only the remains of the last 4 kings.
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> do you suggest we add a new tomb type, or maybe „mausoleum“ would fit from the proposed values?
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> Cheers Martin
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