Fancy being buried in a fish after you die?
Not a real one, obviously – that wouldn’t be pleasant for anyone (least of all the fish).
Here’s what’s involved in a Tibetan sky burial
But how about a wooden one, built to your exact specifications?
In Ghana, a fish is just one of the options available for your final resting place. You can also choose mermaids, planes or even a lion. And the only limit is your imagination.
Here’s what you need to know about the country’s fantasy funeral trend.
Putting the ‘fun’ into funeral
Over the last fifty years, the Ga community of Greater Accra has become renowned for its wild and wonderful ‘fantasy coffins’.
Funerals in this coastal region are not the sombre affair we are used to in the UK.
Death here is celebrated as the start of the afterlife and as such, funerals are jubilant occasions when the deceased are given an… Read the full story
from Metro http://metro.co.uk/2017/10/21/fish-shoes-and-chilli-peppers-ghanas-fantasy-coffins-are-anything-but-grave-6979614/
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