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Why Ghanians dance at funerals

Posted by / November 28, 2017

If you walk into a Ghanian funeral, you might think you’ve entered the wrong building. You’ll see people dancing and clapping, performing with coffins on their backs, and generally have a fabulous time. This, obviously, it’s at all what an American funeral is like. This video explains that Ghanians perform and dance at funerals because they see a funeral as an opportunity to celebrate life, not to mourn loss. It sure looks like a good way to send someone into the afterlife.

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