Ghana’s unique coffin tradition – On Assignment | ITV News

In Ghana funerals can look quite different to what you might be used to. When someone dies, the village comes together to celebrate the life with food, dancing and sometimes a fantasy coffin. Kaf Okpattah returned to his country of birth to look at its unique tradition of decorating coffins; made to order pieces of art that often reflect the career or the passion of a loved one as they pass into the afterlife.

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