Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Weird. I guess this is just the modern equivalent to a sarcophagus. What would your coffin look like? hmmm. I'm going to have to think about this.


"For the Ga tribe in coastal Ghana, funerals are a time of mourning, but also of celebration. The Ga people believe that when their loved ones die, they move on into another life — and the Ga make sure they do so in style. They honor their dead with brightly colored coffins that celebrate the way they lived.

The coffins are designed to represent an aspect of the dead person’s life — such as a car if they were a driver, a fish if their livelihood was the sea — or a sewing machine for a seamstress. They might also symbolize a vice — such as a bottle of beer or a cigarette."

1 comment:

John P said...

Me and my siamese twin are going to be buried in a coffin based on Anna Nicole Smith.

JP