Saturday, October 2, 2010

Kampala and Kasubi Tombs - The Natural Wonders of Creation

want Kampala City is located in the region of Buganda, although the current government could isolate itself from Buganda be due to the political climate in Uganda, but the true fact is under Buganda, geographically and historically. The city has many attractions, one of them is Kasumbi graves.

This is the place to be deleted were called the king of Buganda Kabaka silenced. E 'west of Kampala, Rubaga Division, it takes about 5 minutes from downtown Kampala to the tombs of the pastthe newly opened highway called Kampala Northern Bypass. The tombs are considered the kings of the Baganda tribe as the most important spiritual center for the funeral of her.

Four consecutive Kabaka (king) of Buganda were buried in the same house Kasubi serious and that is;
- Mutes 1 (1835-1884)
- Mwanga 11 (1867-1903)
- Daudi CHWA (1896-1939)
- Sir. Mutes Edward (1924-1969)

Kasubi tombs have a unique architecture, large circular hut, very large, and the currentconsidered a man-made wonders of the world, was compared with the Egyptian pyramids Inside the tombs there are pictures of the four Kabaka to rest in a bed, beautiful scenery rest wall coverings, colorful woven mats on the floor is so clean and quiet in E 'the angle of a leopard taxidermy. It was a pet of a Kabaka mutes and the myth behind the story is used, when the Kabaka mutes 1, which was the case with the leopard was abandoned and began to violent death so closehas been defeated and brought to the tombs.

But out of the tombs are enormous, there are other graves small straw huts, which are about 10 large round tombs, these were the tombs of the kings of women, but it is unknown how many were buried in them were considered as Kabaka traditional polygamous be.

At the gates of Kasubi tombs, there is not much to offer as a nice restaurant, hotel or coffee and decent shower. The cabinet positions are Nakulabye, Mengo orcould make North By-pass highway Kasumba square, the place for these devices go missing. Kasubi tombs worth a visit if you are in Uganda, because it is historically and culturally.

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