For the Ga tribe in coastal Ghana, funerals are a time of mourning, but also of celebration.

They honor their dead with brightly colored coffins that celebrate the way they lived.

They might also symbolize a vice – such as a bottle of beer or a cigarette.

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It’s a huge industry in Accra and expensive.

A coffin can cost $400 dollars, which is equivalent to one year’s salary.

Ghanas relatively new tradition of Fantasy Coffin has now become a tourist attraction for the country.

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