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GHANA COFFINS

Coffins shaped as lions, cars and cocoa pods are seen on display at the Hello Design Coffins shop in Teshie, on the outskirts of Ghana's capital Accra, on Tuesday December 9, 2008. Is it a tradition in Ghana to bury people in coffins shaped to represent their life's work. For instance, a chief would be buried in a lion-shaped coffin, a driver in a car-shaped one, and a cocoa farmer in one shaped as a cocoa pod..

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Ghana coffins
Coffins shaped as lions, cars and cocoa pods are seen on display at the Hello Design Coffins shop in Teshie, on the outskirts of Ghana's capital Accra, on Tuesday December 9, 2008. Is it a tradition in Ghana to bury people in coffins shaped to represent their life's work. For instance, a chief would be buried in a lion-shaped coffin, a driver in a car-shaped one, and a cocoa farmer in one shaped as a cocoa pod..