What these guys are carrying on their shoulders is no part of a fantasy land or a joy ride of an amusement part...then what is it? This is a coffin. Yes you heard that right, this is a coffin shaped as a huge fish, specially made to order by skilled artisans.

Spending lavishly on the last rites of your dear ones and burying them in some of the most exquisite of coffins had been an age-old tradition in African countries. But the tradition got swayed over by poverty and the funeral rites took a rather simple appearance. However, Ghana is one country that has managed to preserve the tradition owing to its relative prosperity being the world’s second largest cocoa exporter.

Therefore, even today, Ghanaians bury their dear ones in coffins that suit the deceased on in the best possible manner.

They believe that the coffin symbolizes a person’s aspiration. If one could not keep up to his aspirations when he was alive, he can at least unite with it in his death: this is the root thought behind these elaborate and brightly colored coffins that can include almost anything starting from a mobile phone to a bible or a fish to your favorite car.

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