[gleeaikin]

Maybe people are overthinking this. When traveling in Mexico I would see crosses and flowers along the road. I though maybe these were tombs, then someone told me they were just markers for where people had died in an accident. I wonder if the big figures are for adults, and the small ones for children. Have they actually dug up bodies where these symbols are?

[PeterPrinciple]

Maybe people are overthinking this.

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When I was in Mongolia, there were big piles of rocks at intercessions of paths (roads). The bigger the pile the more heavily traveled.

I asked my interpreter about it. It was a custom to pick up a rock along the path, and then walk around the intersection as you threw the rock in the pile for good luck. (Buddism) Very practical custom to clear a road and mark interstation.

I observed the big accumulation of trash in the piles and he said, “something new”. Since the roads were paved, they now circled it and threw their trash out of the car.