PSA: Funeral traditions in Ghana are NOT what you think

I used to think every culture just buries or burns their dead, but then I saw how Ghanaians do it with these huge, expensive fantasy coffins shaped like fish or cars. My buddy's family spent over $2,000 on one shaped like a Mercedes last year, and the whole village parades it around before burial. Has anyone else run into a tradition that totally flipped your idea of what's normal?

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ericp671mo ago

Actually the coffins aren't always paraded, some families just use them for display during the service.

kai_bennett1mo ago

That whole "fantasy coffin" thing really flipped how I see funerals, I used to think they were all quiet and sad too.