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Re: The Insanely Colourful, Elaborate, Custom Coffins From Ghana (photos) by correctguy101(m): 7:33am On Nov 13, 2017

onatisi:
ghanians love burials more than weddings ooo

infact they hardly celebrate wedding , but burial ceremonies they dont joke with it

It's obvious cheesy

Re: The Insanely Colourful, Elaborate, Custom Coffins From Ghana (photos) by Augustap(f): 7:50am On Nov 13, 2017

mysteryman2014:
Thief maybe Blackmaria

Fada lawd

Re: The Insanely Colourful, Elaborate, Custom Coffins From Ghana (photos) by ClitoPen: 8:09am On Nov 13, 2017

Which one will the coffin makers get?

Re: The Insanely Colourful, Elaborate, Custom Coffins From Ghana (photos) by liljboy(m): 8:15am On Nov 13, 2017

this people... their brain dey "one corner"

Re: The Insanely Colourful, Elaborate, Custom Coffins From Ghana (photos) by akigbemaru: 8:51am On Nov 13, 2017

ScotFree:
Every culture has its unique funeral customs; but the most interesting ones usually come from those cultures that celebrate death instead of mourning it. Such is the way in Ghana, who honor their deceased ancestors by sending them off in the most insanely elaborate coffins you have probably ever seen. Larger-than-life-sized Nike trainers, Coca-Cola bottles, naked women, grand pianos. . . they can all serve as caskets for the dead.

In this Gold Coast Nation, the dead are seen as protectors of the living - spirits that dwell among us and interact with us on a daily basis. For this reason, it's important to keep the dead happy. One way to do that is to send them off in style, ferried to the hereafter encased in a one-of-a-kind work of art - a fantasy coffin.
Unless you've got a sense of humor about these things, it does seem a little morbid at first. But what's wrong with enjoying those last few moments of life with the people we love the most? After all, the Ghana fantasy coffin business has in itself become a great boon to the living of Ghana. And dead or alive, you have to appreciate that kind of legacy. Photos below. Read for more info after the photos.

cc bigfrancis21, Fulaman198, odumchi

Re: The Insanely Colourful, Elaborate, Custom Coffins From Ghana (photos) by Ifiegboria(m): 8:57am On Nov 13, 2017

Hmmm

Re: The Insanely Colourful, Elaborate, Custom Coffins From Ghana (photos) by FRANKOSKI(m): 9:17am On Nov 13, 2017

THEY MISSED CONDOM COFFIN FOR BLEEPERS.

Re: The Insanely Colourful, Elaborate, Custom Coffins From Ghana (photos) by Nobody: 9:42am On Nov 13, 2017

mysteryman2014:
Thief maybe Blackmaria

Stay guided

Re: The Insanely Colourful, Elaborate, Custom Coffins From Ghana (photos) by bettyLad(f): 9:50am On Nov 13, 2017

my question is , how many feet grave ll b dug for all this coffins .i thought the basic is 6 feet ..!!

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Re: The Insanely Colourful, Elaborate, Custom Coffins From Ghana (photos) by squarelead(m): 9:54am On Nov 13, 2017

Creativity, at least we won't see the usual any longer. I love this creativity

Re: The Insanely Colourful, Elaborate, Custom Coffins From Ghana (photos) by poposki33: 10:22am On Nov 13, 2017

This one surprise me o

So person wet be say na pure water him sell till death na pure water coffin him go get so him go continue him struggle for the hear after

Re: The Insanely Colourful, Elaborate, Custom Coffins From Ghana (photos) by poposki33: 10:24am On Nov 13, 2017

ClitoPen:
Which one will the coffin makers get?

They will be given all of them

Re: The Insanely Colourful, Elaborate, Custom Coffins From Ghana (photos) by 02Kebreal(m): 11:45am On Nov 13, 2017

E BE LIKE SAY THIS COFFIN THE MAKE DEATH HUNGARY THIS OP...

Re: The Insanely Colourful, Elaborate, Custom Coffins From Ghana (photos) by Nobody: 12:14pm On Nov 13, 2017

bettyLad:
my question is , how many feet grave ll b dug for all this coffins .i thought the basic is 6 feet ..!!

Yes, six is assumed to be the standard but grave sizes differ according to needs, size of the coffin, size of the person to be buried ( most people don't dig up to 6 feets for a child) , topography and even people in swampy areas or places with the water table close to the surface use different depth when digging graves.

Re: The Insanely Colourful, Elaborate, Custom Coffins From Ghana (photos) by Sugar97(f): 6:50pm On Nov 13, 2017

crunchyg:
It's nice, at least it will reduce the scary feelings of seeing a normal casket, don't you think so?

Hmmm...perhaps. But then, what's a "normal" casket? Cos what we consider strange might be normal to them. I'm thinking that's their idea of a normal casket

Re: The Insanely Colourful, Elaborate, Custom Coffins From Ghana (photos) by crunchyg: 8:35pm On Nov 13, 2017

Sugar97:
Hmmm...perhaps. But then, what's a "normal" casket? Cos what we consider strange might be normal to them. I'm thinking that's their idea of a normal casket

Hhhmm that's an intelligent reasoning, you there. Thanks for making it more clearer to me

Re: The Insanely Colourful, Elaborate, Custom Coffins From Ghana (photos) by crunchyg: 8:20am On Nov 14, 2017

Sugar97:
Hmmm...perhaps. But then, what's a "normal" casket? Cos what we consider strange might be normal to them. I'm thinking that's their idea of a normal casket

Hey beautiful

Re: The Insanely Colourful, Elaborate, Custom Coffins From Ghana (photos) by Sugar97(f): 9:02pm On Nov 14, 2017

crunchyg:
Hey beautiful

Hope u haven't been thinking about coffins cheesy

Re: The Insanely Colourful, Elaborate, Custom Coffins From Ghana (photos) by crunchyg: 9:05pm On Nov 14, 2017

Sugar97:
Hi

Hope u haven't been thinking about coffins

Hahahaha, how can I see a beauty like you and be thinking about coffin, God forbid. How was your day today dear

Re: The Insanely Colourful, Elaborate, Custom Coffins From Ghana (photos) by Sugar97(f): 9:15pm On Nov 14, 2017

crunchyg:
Hahahaha, how can I see a beauty like you and be thinking about coffin, God forbid. How was your day today dear

Lol...u sounded like normal coffins really scare u cheesy

Day was just there...urs?

Re: The Insanely Colourful, Elaborate, Custom Coffins From Ghana (photos) by crunchyg: 9:25pm On Nov 14, 2017

Sugar97:
Lol...u sounded like normal coffins really scare u

Day was just there...urs?

I won't lie sha, there was a time it used to scare me but not anymore, I can even play with it now, see it like ordinary furniture now. You sound like a fun person, that's good