There exists in Kiswahili a saying that he who does not know death should behold the grave. For a long time, I have thought that this is an inadequate source of instruction in the true representation of the phenomenon of death, because for someone truly ignorant of death may not learn another thing in the matter by simply looking at a grave.
In some graves that I saw in some Latin American countries — some in Africa, too — graves are very ornate, with literally little structures resembling small villas covering the tomb. For the unwary, these little villas could be taken for little residences for small people.
