Coffins shaped like a boat, plane, pawpaw and fish on display, Kuluedor, Ghana
On the coast of Ghana the Ga tribe approach death in an interesting way. A funeral is a time to both mourn and celebrate life. The coffins they create therefore are brightly coloured elaborate and festive. Often called fantasy coffins they represent something about how deceased lived. Coffins are created in the form of fish animals cars bottles Bibles and any other object requested. A fisherman may get a boat or fish a carpenter a plane a tailor a sewing machine and a farmer a cacao fruit.
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Location: In a coffin maker's workshop along the road from Kuluedor to Accra, southern Ghana
Photo credit: © Ulrich Doering / Alamy / Afripics
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