What a way to go!

What a way to go!

Shunning the traditional idea of a
sorrow-filled funeral when saying goodbye to loved ones, a West African
tribe has taken to doing the complete opposite - and having a full-blown
celebration instead.For
the Ga tribe of coastal Ghana believe that when someone passes away,
they move on to another life and need a new 'home' - and what better way
to do that than in style?
Cue
a range of oversized, brightly coloured coffins which take the shape of
anything and everything, from a hammer or a movie projector, to a gas
pump, a grand piano and a mobile phone.




Hammer time: Coffin designed for a labourer looks like one of his tools

The bespoke novelty
coffins are designed to represent an aspect of the dead person's life,
such as a car if they were a driver, a fish if their livelihood was the
sea, or a sewing machine for a seamstress.

They might also symbolize a vice, such as a bottle of beer or a cigarette.
A
number of the custom-made caskets are also in the shape of animals,
with everything from pigs to chickens and sea turtles honouring the
dead.
Paa Joe, a 67-year-old master coffin
maker from Ghana in West Africa, has rustled up literally hundreds of the unusual coffins in
the last few decades.


He works for one of the most prolific coffin makers, the Kane Kwei Carpentry
Works in Accra, Ghana, which was set up in the 1950s by Seth Kane Kwei.The carpenter's first-ever coffin was created in the shape of an aeroplane, so that his grandmother
could take her 'first flight' after she died.



End on a high note: Paa Joe, a 67-year-old
master coffin maker from Ghana in West Africa, rustled up this grand
piano for a music lover







School rules: A notepad and pen pay homage to a former teacher






Life (and death) on film: A movie fan requested this unusual coffin





By the book: The owner of this coffin decided on a Bible design






Injection of life: A coffin shaped like a needle






Building blocks of life: A trowel coffin is the perfect way to remember a mason






Man or mouse: This casket is shaped like a friendly-looking rodent






Prey for me: A brightly-coloured wooden eagle doubles up nicely as a coffin






Source:-
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2187797/This-really-nail-coffin-The-casket-looks-like-hammer-bizarre-boxes-dead.html