Ghana - Two weddings and a funeral

In Ghana, even caskets can be fun: they are made to evoke the deceased's job or hobbies, from cars to bottles of beer. Then, after the entombment, a large remembrance meeting is held in his honour, all guests attired in black and red mourning dresses.
Weddings can span from the "modern" ones, where the smartly dressed bride collects gifts and money by dancings with guests and passersby, to more "traditional" ones, where the bride demurely sits in a dark hut with her close friends, while the other villagers sing, dance and prepare the wedding dinner-party

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[renataflorio]

Thank you for the appreciation and for the correction: I thought that the traditional wedding was Muslim, while the modern one was Ashanti. My misunderstanding , of course !

[maa7me]

i think people should get their facts rights before passing comments about others. You won't find more loving and caring people anywhere else in the world than you would in Ghana.

Our neighbours don't need therapists when they lose loved ones cos we are there to help them through it emotionally and financially.

DON'T DISPLAY YOUR IGNORANCE AND NARROW MINDEDNESS IN PUBLIC.

[MrHalohalo85]

Thank you for the wonderful video renataflorio! A little correction though; The funeral is Ashanti, from the south of the country, but the 2 weddings receptions (both modern and traditional) are from the Muslim peoples of northern Ghana (in particular, the Dagomba people). You can tell the difference between northerners and southerners by the clothes they wear, the language they speak, and the instruments they play (The traditional fiddle is only played among northern Ghanaians).

[MrHalohalo85]

@Sinawi90 From your silly comment, I know you have NEVER been to Ghana! Among Ghanaians, if you have no food, your neighbour will feed you. If you have no home, your neighbour will give you shelter. And all Ghanaians actually RESPECT their dead. The whole community comes together to mourn their loss and celebrate their lives to help their relatives with emotional and financial problems. I don't know where you come from but never write rubbish about Ghanaians again.

[Sinawi90]

Why for dead people? Its shame african people. Why dont you help your poor people instead of dead people. I heard that people of gana neva help each other. But why only dead people? Shhhh AFRICA :(