Recently, we should have seen the online circulation of the black he lifted the coffin dance, I initially thought it was a spoof, but after my research found that this dance is not a spoof, and is still the formal rules of the African Ghanaian culture of death, in Africa Ghana, this place black lifted the coffin dance is very popular, they were the culture of death is this, they do not feel that the death is sad, instead of the death of a life. Viewing death as life, so this coffin dance is completely able to respond to their death funeral culture, so this dance fire is not that the famous family is the world, the following we again look at the African Ghanaian culture of death it!
Recently, black people carrying coffins of moving pictures and terriers are endless, but it seems that too few people really have to understand too few.
Hopefully this sci-fi will be understood and will open your eyes and grow in insight after a good laugh.
The most important thing is not to discriminate against this culture, but to look at it rationally and with respect.
A loving netizen made the Movison version, which is quite cute.
I. The beginning of all storiesHave you seen this video of dancing while carrying a coffin?
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Picked one for you, so you can move over and check it out.
This is actually a report from the BBC about a local coffin-carrying dance in Ghana*** and the country, where people hire professional coffin-carrying teams to send off their loved ones in this cheerful form.
Second, the introduction part (divided into two parts: the cultural environment and the origin of the coffin-carrying dance)1, Ghana's special cultural background
The reason why the coffin-carrying dance appeared in Ghana, and the local unique culture of death and funeral.
There are two things Ghanaians cannot avoid, one is going to church and the other is funerals.
In Ghana, 80% of the population is religious, and funerals are very important rituals in the eyes of Ghanaians, where people die and leave the world with dignity.
"The death of a person is not the end of life, but a new beginning, so it is also important to leave in style."
The Akan people, who make up the majority of Ghana's population, will even dump their family's money for a funeral just to make it spectacular.
The people of Ghana are also much more open to death, they see it as a process of their loved ones going to the world of their ancestors, so people make beautiful coffins to send their family members on their last journey and also believe that their loved ones will live a happy and joyful life and go on to enjoy the good life because of these coffins made of their favorite things that they loved during their life.
Because of this open attitude, these coffins come in all sorts of shapes and sizes - some are animal-themed, some look like cars and airplanes, some are even packaged to look like cell phones, cameras and Coca-Cola - anything the deceased loved or wanted could be a coffin.
This is actually the same as when we burn paper at a memorial service, and the paper tied up with luxury villa bills is just as much a wish.
The tip of the iceberg (you can see that there are fish, crabs, eagles, chickens, cows, tigers and other animals, but also cars and rowboats)
Have you ever imagined that your coffin is a camera?
An openness to death makes a Ghanaian funeral everything but sadness and tears.
Ghanaian funerals are generally divided into three stages: the day of death, the preparation period, and the burial.
Once there is a death in the family, relatives will run around to announce it, while obituaries are published in newspapers, magazines, and on the Internet. Charges for obituaries have even become a major source of income for the media in Ghana.
After the obituaries have been published, relatives hang large photos of their loved ones in the streets with the message "You are gone! But you are still alive in our hearts".
Preparations for funerals in Ghana involve a lot of preparation time, not only for the banquet, but also for the fashion show and other entertainment. So there is a lot of preparation time, and many family members even take time off work to prepare for the funeral.
First of all, you need to distribute invitations to your friends and neighbors, inviting them to attend the funeral, and those who receive the invitations usually need to pay a share of the money, the amount of money is about ten dollars to fifty dollars.
In order to ensure that the scenery, funeral preparations are more extravagant, the hosts need to arrange for guests to dance with the music, buffet lunch, drinks and desserts, but also to hire a professional sound engineer and announcer to host. They also have to pick a location for the cemetery and compile a funeral booklet that chronicles the life of the deceased.
There was once an 84-year-old entrepreneur who died, and the funeral booklet was 226 pages long.
The funeral preparations are meticulous, but the length of the process results in delays in burial, with the average person waiting three to six weeks at the morgue.
When attending a funeral, the attendees are usually dressed in traditional ethnic attire. First, the body is said goodbye, the priest prays for the deceased, and after the burial, there is an hours-long celebration in the host's home, where hired dancers begin to perform to the music, and prepared food and drinks are served.
While mourning, people hand over their share of the money to the host, and the highlight of the entire funeral is when the announcer reads out the names of the guests and the amount of the donations one by one over the loudspeaker.
Every weekend, carnival funerals are held in small and big towns in Ghana. Many people who have nothing else to do on the weekend even call their friends to inquire, "Are there still funerals to attend?"
Funerals have also become important occasions for many Ghanaians to make friends, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that they are a special social occasion.
2. The Origin of the Casket Dance
When it comes to the Casket Dance in this video, it's important to introduce Benjamin Aidoo.
He's the founder and captain of the team in this video, and he's also the inventor of the Casket Dance.
He started out as a pallbearer ten years ago, and was inspired by a client's request for a "dance funeral".
Then he started his own funeral company, with the intention of innovating on the traditional process.
So he ditched the traditional all-black attire and put the pallbearers in something more fancy, in a color of the client's choosing.
And for variety and greater relevance, they offer different kinds of burial services, depending on the needs of the client.
Some people like to be solemn, so the ceremony is more serious, with all suits, slowly advancing while carrying the coffin.
Some people want to be more relaxed, so the dress code is more lively, and dancing is added to the ceremony.
I didn't realize that this would work well, so over the years more and more customers have chosen this way to send off their loved ones.
Later, other companies saw the popularity of the casket dance and began to copy this model, but Benjamin's team remained the most professional and highest standards.
The team of seven people was nicknamed the "Seven Musketeers Under the Dead"
and this special ceremony was naturally welcomed by many locals.
1. The reason why black people carry coffins can be rooted in the domestic soil, rapid growth, but also thanks to the majority of netizens of the secondary creation. I don't know who combined them with the "music" and "music," and other terriers, collided with a new spark.
Now you can learn a lot of new things every day.
2. Black people carrying coffins will spread so quickly, a very important reason is also because of the current serious epidemic situation.
Because a lot of people can only stay at home to look at their phones and computers and watch TV, so how can we kill the boredom has become a very important thing.
For many people, black people carrying coffins is a detachment from the self.
Yes, this epidemic has already claimed countless lives, not to mention the possibility of many more in the future, and death is all around.
In this environment, death starts to become a statistic, and it's only natural that people living in fear, grief, and numbness would want to find ways to forget about it for a while.
To put it simply, 2020 is already sad, and I'd like a little bit of pure sand-sculpting joy.
3. Of course, not everyone may be able to understand the laughs of the black man carrying a coffin, and maybe some people will think it's a bit cruel to look at someone else's funeral and laugh.
But the beauty of a terrier is that you don't need to explain why it's funny to someone who doesn't get it - you just need to find a group of people who find it funny.
Because while you're laughing, you're having a moment of synchronicity with someone on the other side of the internet, and it's a wonderful feeling of "you know what".
4. Everyone has their own interpretation, and there's nothing wrong with that.
In the video of the black man carrying the coffin, it reflects too much: the conflict between life and death, the attitude towards death, how to look at the death of loved ones.
Of course, a lot of people will have their own opinions and feel that it's not respectful enough.
That's fine, it's perfectly normal to have different views on the same thing because of different cultural environments.
But I still hope that we can look at it rationally and respect this particular custom and culture.
The original video from B station is attached here: BV1u5411t7zQ.
Inside is the normal soundtrack, so you can feel it.
In the original video, the soundtrack isn't really that jumpy and exaggerated, and the people around it aren't all hilarious from start to finish, everyone is respectful and accepting, and this open-mindedness and attitude is still very unique.
Lastly, let's say a little something to summarize (the stink of liberal arts students haha).
I know a lot of people go to see this video, for likes and retweets and favorites, and even emoticons and avatars have been arranged, probably just want to take a breather under the heavy pressure of life, and laugh a little. After all, life is too difficult now, meticulously are not easy, I have a friend who always said that mixed rice is good, other dare not think.
But I also hope that, if after the happy to go to understand this "surprised at first sight actually hidden story" culture, long insight is also good. It would be nice to have new insights and ideas about life and death.
"Life and death are also great."
Above, thank you for seeing this.
Attached to the source of the reference:
From Zhihu
This is not necessary to say, b station search "black carry coffin" first video is, more than 10 million playback
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