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Unique Coffins in Ghana has become the mainstay for the country’s attractions. The tradition of placing people who have died in a coffin various shapes and colors.

Teshi which is in the region close to the capital of Ghana, Accra, a unique tradition of making coffins are located.

Coffin shapes such as fish, hammer, plane, until various cars like Mercedes and Cadillac, were selling in the market.

When you step into this area, maybe you think are in the middle of a movie set.

But this is not a movie set, but the final resting place for those who passed away.

Isaac Adjetey Sowah is the manager of a family business engaged in the manufacture of coffins unique.

At the age of 22 years, he has produced various forms of coffins, like mobile phones, canoe, fruits, pineapples, elephants, leopards up.

Many of the relatives of those who died wanted their loved ones buried in a coffin which they do business in accordance including a coffin-shaped bottle of Coca-Cola.

Approximately 50 years ago, there was a wood craftsman who used to make conveyances in the form of a chair which was placed on the shoulders.

A neighbor wants a chair-shaped piece made of cocoa, the main crop in Ghana

But he died before the seats are finished. He was later buried in a coffin-shaped fruit of the cocoa. Since then the tradition of making this a unique coffin ongoing.

When asked, Isaac said he wanted to be buried in a coffin with a plane shape.