Ghana Creates Colorful Fantasy Coffins

In Ghana, there are special coffins. These coffins are called Abebuo, which means \"proverb\". They can look like big pink fish or colorful peacocks.

These coffins show what the dead person did in life. A farmer might have a coffin like a tool. The coffin's design becomes a message, like a wooden puzzle.

Fantasy coffins are common with the Ga people in Accra. Now, other people use them too. They are a colorful way to say goodbye instead of using simple boxes.

When someone dies, the family plans the funeral. They go to a carpenter to make the coffin. Some families know what they want, and others ask the carpenter for ideas.

A fish seller may have a coffin shaped like a fish. Chiefs use lion coffins because lions mean power. Royal families in Labadi use rooster coffins, so coffin designs show who you are.