The dead, cemetery and environmental conservations in kolo creek clan

Abstract

The study examines the dead, cemetery and the sacredness of the dead with particular emphasis on the burial ground. It adopted textual and expository analysis as well as empirical observation. The findings of the study revealed that the accorded high reverence to the dead by the Kolo Creek Clan people, its cemetery is also held sacred and not desecrated. The sacredness of the dead leads to the sacredness and holiness of the cemetery. It concluded that the sacredness of the dead as treated by the people leads to the sacredness and holiness of the cemetery thereby conserving the environment. The conservation of the environment leads to improvement in climate change.