Ghana Pallbearers Take a Break from ‘Coffin Dance’ to Thank the Medics Fighting Pandemic

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Screengrab from the video.

Dressed in white fits and faces lined with masks, the band members applaud the medical doctors and say, ‘You are working arduous to handle everybody. Remember, keep our hope.’

  • News18.com
  • Last Updated: May 6, 2020, 12:12 PM IST

As the world grapples with Covid-19 disaster, the Ghana coffin dancers have expressed their gratitude to the medical doctors on the forefront of the mammoth job of battling the pandemic state of affairs.

“From NANA OTAFRIJA to all the Doctors & Medical Workers in the world,” learn the caption of the video uploaded on Instagram by one of many band members.

Dressed in white fits and faces lined with masks, the band members applaud the medical doctors and say, “You are working hard to take care of everyone. Remember, stay our hope.”

The medical doctors and well being staff are the one hope for the world proper now because the world faces an invisible hazard, whereas the scientists are racing in opposition to time to make a breakthrough to create a vaccine for the contagious virus.

The six pallbearers carrying a coffin and dancing, know as Ghana coffin dance, has these days develop into a well-liked meme template. The dancing Ghana coffin dance relationship again to 2015 just lately went viral and was tailored to scores of memes. In Ghana, it’s believed that dancing with the coffin on the funeral brings pleasure to the soul of the deceased.

Cops in a number of Indian cities have resorted to the favored Ghana coffin dancers meme to convey the identical message that the repercussions of stepping out might even show to be deadly.


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