Strangely, burial of dead people lasted for years

Before burial, the body of the deceased must be kept for several months or even years in the cold room to wait for a full gathering of members of the clan.

In most countries around the world, burial of deceased people is extremely rapid, however, in Ghana - Africa the burial of the deceased is a very complex issue, it takes many months. , even years.

Although the local authorities have repeatedly raised their voices, trying to raise public awareness and abolish this cumbersome procedure, this process has not been removed yet. Ghanaians say that this practice is kept for many generations and there is no reason for them to give up.

It is known that the long burial practice in Ghana stems from the very concept of family in African countries. while alive, everyone belongs to a small family, including their parents, siblings, daughters or spouses. However, when they die, their bodies belong to the whole lineage. Therefore, when not yet fully assembled members of the clan, funerals can not take place.

Most deaths in Ghana have to go through 3 to 6 months of freezing.(Photo: OD).

This practice is considered very strange because there are cases, the deceased and distant relatives who have not met and talked for decades. When a person dies, their death is informed to all relatives. But only relatives considered to have a right to decide on the funeral took place. And the approval of the opinion of the entire clan, the funeral was carried out. It is because of this harsh rule that Ghanaians often have to keep corpses in the morgue for months, even years.

Elizabeth Ohene, a Ghanaian politician, said that it was necessary to change the body of the dead in the morgue for months. Evidence of this change is that she performed funerals for her 90-year-old mother quickly, and now the people in the village where she was born still consider it a disrespectful act for herself. his mother.

Not long ago, information about a chief died six years ago, and his body has been frozen at the morgue so far as it has not been decided on the funeral. However, this incident did not get much attention in Ghana's public opinion because in this country, this is not a rare case.

Ghanaians always bury the deceased by decorated coffins.(Photo: BBC)

With so many reasons such as how to write an obituary correctly, say, to design a coffin that is too fussy, cannot agree on where to lower the grave, list a list of visitors even rebuilding the house. the deceased man's door made the dead stay in the morgue without being buried.

After the study of funeral procedures in her country, Ms. Ohene said that the main reason was the cooling in the morgue. According to her, in the past, their country still buried the dead after only 2-3 days. But now there is a morgue that keeps dead bodies dead, so burial can last longer. Without morgue, Ghanians certainly could not keep the body that long.

It is known that Africa is a country famous for the most 'crazy' burial practices in the world. Specifically, during a funeral in Kenya, a cow will be killed as a "sacrifice" for a deceased person. In addition, people will use beef fat to cover the dead body as a way to protect the body. Or as a burial custom in Morocco, the deceased will be taken to burial within 12 hours after his death. In addition, only men are allowed to attend the funeral of the deceased.

The funeral in Babongo is also very different from other countries in Africa. Specifically, the dead body will be put into the forest before being taken to burial. Those who attend the funeral will wear white faces, beat drums, sing, dance during a funeral lasting three days.