THE INNOVATIONS OF THE 21ST CENTURY HAVE EVEN INVADED THE TRADITIONAL EXTRAVAGANT COFFINS OF THE GA TRIBE IN GHANA WEST AFRICA. FOR DECADES THE GA TRIBE HAVE BURIED THEIR LOVED ONES IN COFFINS WHICH BEFIT THEIR TRADE OR STATUS SUCH AS A GIANT FISH FOR A FISHERMAN. HOWEVER WITH PROGRESS MARCHING ON, COFFINS NOW ARE PRODUCED IN SUCH MODERN STYLES AS COKE BOTTLES , CAMERAS, NIKE TRAINERS , JET PLANES AND PLASTIC BIROS. PICTURE SHOWS THE OLDER STYLE COFFINS, THE ROOSTER FOR A TRIBAL CHIEF, THE SNAKE FOR A PRIEST AND THE CRAB COFFIN FOR A CRAB SELLER. PICTURE:

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THE INNOVATIONS OF THE 21ST CENTURY HAVE EVEN INVADED THE TRADITIONAL EXTRAVAGANT COFFINS OF THE GA TRIBE IN GHANA WEST AFRICA. FOR DECADES THE GA TRIBE HAVE BURIED THEIR LOVED ONES IN COFFINS WHICH BEFIT THEIR TRADE OR STATUS SUCH AS A GIANT FISH FOR A FISHERMAN. HOWEVER WITH PROGRESS MARCHING ON, COFFINS NOW ARE PRODUCED IN SUCH MODERN STYLES AS COKE BOTTLES , CAMERAS, NIKE TRAINERS , JET PLANES AND PLASTIC BIROS. PICTURE SHOWS THE OLDER STYLE COFFINS, THE ROOSTER FOR A TRIBAL CHIEF, THE SNAKE FOR A PRIEST AND THE CRAB COFFIN FOR A CRAB SELLER. PICTURE: STORY LUCY LAING

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