Description

Stones piled upon each other.

Brief History

The respect one paid to such a mound was the same as that accorded to ordinary graves. Placing something on the mound was accompanied by a verbal \'request\' for safe passage. The Herero call these sites ombindi, and used the site to make a detour around it in a spirit of veneration. For the Nama, the mounds are the graves of the demigod Haiseb, who always rose from death. The stone heaps could also be seen as border posts.