Some people find it hard to cry when their loved-ones’ die, but wailing and mourning are a big part of funerals in the African country of Ghana, as it is indicative of the deceased’ social standing or how beloved they were by their family and community. So it’s no wonder that some Ghanaians are willing to pay professional mourners to cry on their behalf.

Ami Dokli is the leader of one of the several groups of professional mourners in Ghana. In a recent interview with BBC Africa, she said that some people cannot cry at their relatives’ funerals, so they rely on her and her team to do the wailing. Dokli and the other women in her team are all widows who, after their husbands died, decided to come together to help others give their loved-ones a proper send-off to the afterlife. But crying for strangers is not the easiest thing in the world, so professional mourners charge a fee for their services, the size of which is in direct relation to the size of the funeral. If it’s a big funeral, their tears cost more.

Professional mourning is just one small part of the extravagance associated with Ghanaian funerals. People in this African country will spend as much if not more on a funeral as they would on a wedding. A funeral planner told CNN that the average funeral should cost between $15,000-$20,000, and should feature as many mourners as possible. These big social events are preceded by obligatory giant billboards that announce funeral arrangements, and sometimes feature artistic coffins shaped as something reminiscent of the deceased, and even dancing pallbearers.

According to Madam Awo Yaadonkoh, the leader of the Kumasi Funeral Criers Association, another group of talented criers-for hire in Ghana, professional mourners can help the family of the deceased raise more money from funeral participants.

“We are always hired by people to cry at the funeral rites of their dead relatives,friends, some people even go to the extent of including in their will that their family members should contact us after their death,” Yaadonkoh told Otownloaded. “The way we professionally cry moves sympathizers to give out more money to the bereaved families. That’s the main reason people contract us.”

Interestingly enough, some of these professional mourners charge by the style of crying that the customer is interested in. Here’s the list of crying styles offered by Kumasi Funeral Criers Association: crying with swagg, deep wailing and shouting, crying and rolling on the ground, crying and walking at funeral ground, highly emotional crying, basic crying, crying and vomiting, chipmunk crying. That last one sounds interesting…

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1981075948652490

Lol

E be things

The hustle is real, anyway issa way


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Hustle must pay
All way na way

Arrrrrrrh

Unbelievable! Imagine paying someone to cry for you in a burial! Am not in support of such, but the idea is something I love. People do certain things and get paid and some one will be saying he/her is broke. Please start doing something, be a problem solver and the money will come

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YoonSung67:
Everything na money, I saw something very similar to this last year, during my dad's burial. The things still dey surprise me

Dem go even overtake the real mourners for volume of tears SHED

Huh
Wtf!

Easy ooo, Africa. As long as it rakes in cash,no biggie,na we be your best plug for everything sexual enhancement no forget

Everything nah business for Africa, smh!

My brother this one na big side hustle o imaging being paid to cry while many others 4 my corn3 are crying for free everyday. In short let me start business if you know you can cry well well see my signature.

Orisirisi dey happen sha

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THESE ONES STILL DEY LEARN WORK NAH..LET THEM COME TO BENIN AND SEE PROFESSIONALS

E be things things

we use to have them here in the past. I never knew they still exist.

Everything na money, I saw something very similar to this last year, during my dad's burial. The things still dey surprise me

Ihedioha employed some more professional ones when he was impeached.

It is just an evidence that your family and friends are not moved, and that's shameful.

The guy above is right o

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macho44:
Some people find it hard to cry when their loved-ones’ die, but wailing and mourning are a big part of funerals in the African country of Ghana, as it is indicative of the deceased’ social standing or how beloved they were by their family and community. So it’s no wonder that some Ghanaians are willing to pay professional mourners to cry on their behalf.

Ami Dokli is the leader of one of the several groups of professional mourners in Ghana. In a recent interview with BBC Africa, she said that some people cannot cry at their relatives’ funerals, so they rely on her and her team to do the wailing. Dokli and the other women in her team are all widows who, after their husbands died, decided to come together to help others give their loved-ones a proper send-off to the afterlife. But crying for strangers is not the easiest thing in the world, so professional mourners charge a fee for their services, the size of which is in direct relation to the size of the funeral. If it’s a big funeral, their tears cost more.

Professional mourning is just one small part of the extravagance associated with Ghanaian funerals. People in this African country will spend as much if not more on a funeral as they would on a wedding. A funeral planner told CNN that the average funeral should cost between $15,000-$20,000, and should feature as many mourners as possible. These big social events are preceded by obligatory giant billboards that announce funeral arrangements, and sometimes feature artistic coffins shaped as something reminiscent of the deceased, and even dancing pallbearers.

According to Madam Awo Yaadonkoh, the leader of the Kumasi Funeral Criers Association, another group of talented criers-for hire in Ghana, professional mourners can help the family of the deceased raise more money from funeral participants.

“We are always hired by people to cry at the funeral rites of their dead relatives,friends, some people even go to the extent of including in their will that their family members should contact us after their death,” Yaadonkoh told Otownloaded. “The way we professionally cry moves sympathizers to give out more money to the bereaved families. That’s the main reason people contract us.”

Interestingly enough, some of these professional mourners charge by the style of crying that the customer is interested in. Here’s the list of crying styles offered by Kumasi Funeral Criers Association: crying with swagg, deep wailing and shouting, crying and rolling on the ground, crying and walking at funeral ground, highly emotional crying, basic crying, crying and vomiting, chipmunk crying. That last one sounds interesting…

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1981075948652490

Funeral is a big business in Ghana, especially asente region. I was told they can even kill a family member,raise money from the funeral to escape poverty..

Na him be say Lie Mohammed go spend well well for Buhari when he die... because nobody go cry for am

RUBBISH. is that what nigerians do?

Notatribalist:
Funeral is a big business in Ghana, especially asente region. I was told they can even kill a family member,raise money from the funeral to escape poverty..

Notatribalist:
Funeral is a big business in Ghana, especially asente region. I was told they can even kill a family member,raise money from the funeral to escape poverty..

Na BLOOD money be that

All join!. na business!. na work!. so far na legit hustle. nothing bad!. na part of african culture and tradition to get mourners for burial ceremonies and events..as long as e dey pay.people go do the work if e enter naija.

It is a good business idea..

Business.

Aladdin1:
All join!. na business!. na work!. so far na legit hustle. nothing bad!. na part of african culture and tradition to get mourners for burial ceremonies and events..as long as e dey pay.people go do the work if e enter naija.

Baba for 9ja na food and drink consumers we dey get for burials ooo. Mostly common in the west and southern region of the country. Those people ensures that no food is put to waste, you don't really need to pay them though...