🇬🇭 A CLOSER LOOK AT GHANA'S FUNERAL INDUSTRY | American Couple Reacts "Kumasi's Funeral Economy"

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  • 🇬🇭 A CLOSER LOOK AT GHANA'S FUNERAL INDUSTRY | American Couple Reacts "Kumasi's Funeral Economy" | The Demouchets REACT Ghana
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  • @giftyakowuah2628
    @giftyakowuah2628 Год назад +11

    Am an Ashanti and sometimes when these paid mourners come around to "perform" I forget it is a funeral and I laugh.They are soo good. Am a proud Ashanti. God bless Asanteman and my Ghana❤🇬🇭

  • @adonaimartyr
    @adonaimartyr 8 месяцев назад +2

    When my great grandmother passed away, her body was kept in the morgue for a year, bcuz the family was planning a grand funeral and also bcuz she was also a Queenmother of the Traditional Area

  • @afianyarkoacheampong1986
    @afianyarkoacheampong1986 Год назад +8

    Hi, I'm an Asante. Until Covid, corpse were kept in the morgue for months or a year based on the funeral planning process. But after COVID-19, they're kept a little shorter (within 5months). Also,every clan has a funeral opening dates where specific dates are announced for funerals for families of the dead to choose which one will fit their planning process. This is done to avoid funerals from clashing with any of the Asanteman durbars such Akwasidae or to prevent funerals from being conducted every weekend.
    2. The idea of the professional wailers/cryers may be misunderstood, but, just watching the video and the planning is stressful, so a lot of people are not able to even grieve properly due to financial stress and funeral organisation and all that, so finding someone to cry for you is an option then you cry later when everything is calm after the funeral and reality hits you. Mind you, the utterances they make when they cry sometimes draw your memories of that loved one and ignite your emotions.

  • @blessed4392
    @blessed4392 Год назад +7

    So funeral in Ghana is in stages. Usually burial is within 2-6 months.
    First one week celebration.
    Then forty days ( Ashanti culture)
    Then funeral ( which is typically 3 days, burial/ wake day usually Thursday or Friday)Then Saturday is funeral day with Sunday as thanksgiving day.
    And 1st anniversary celebration.

    • @TheDemouchetsREACT
      @TheDemouchetsREACT  Год назад +4

      Wooooahhh! So there is even more gatherings??? Now the investor statement makes more sense. Beautiful culture and a grand way to honor loved ones.

  • @kwamebenson911
    @kwamebenson911 Год назад +3

    The body can sometimes stay in the mogue for about 2 to 3 months. The essence is sometimes to allow majority of persons who know the deseased to hear of the demise, and come show their final respect.
    Others are also to mobilise resources to give a befitting burial, especially the elderly who have made great impact in the lives of people
    My mom, a fanti, passed on in December and was buried in February

  • @swaggst
    @swaggst Год назад +5

    Your wife to me looks like a Ghanaian from the Koforidua side of the Fante tribe from the Eastern Region. Her face eyes really connect to those types of people.

    • @dramaluvamens9313
      @dramaluvamens9313 Год назад

      Fantes are from the Central region.

    • @adonaimartyr
      @adonaimartyr 8 месяцев назад

      The Akuapims are in the Eastern Region not Fantes

    • @asante-p5q
      @asante-p5q 5 месяцев назад

      Those living in Koforidua are Asante.

  • @empiretvgh
    @empiretvgh Год назад +11

    She said 6months is a long time. Some chiefs 3years even😂😂😂

  • @afuajohnson9920
    @afuajohnson9920 Год назад +3

    It depends on the family preparation , sometimes it takes three weeks or two months for the funeral

  • @issahsalifu3080
    @issahsalifu3080 Год назад +4

    This is the culture of Ashanti people in Ghana

  • @empiretvgh
    @empiretvgh Год назад +1

    Ghana for you. I love my country😂😂😂❤❤🎉🎉

  • @AkubaCAB
    @AkubaCAB Год назад +2

    Funerals happen on whatever date the family agree. That means it can be 1 month, it can be as long as a year. I've been to a funeral which was as much as 7 years later because the man was a chief and there were other issues to deal with. The body was in the morgue that whole time and I walked past the body at that 7 year funeral.
    But also just to be clear, we have a 7 day ceremony, and then 40 days event as well.

  • @akosuaahwenepa5459
    @akosuaahwenepa5459 Год назад +3

    Yeaaap, billboards, posters, and some in the newspaper and radio stations. I actually once found out about a family friends death by these posters on the streets 😢. They mostly post or mount the posters at places where the person was offen seen, or is known 🙏

  • @blessed4392
    @blessed4392 Год назад +6

    So in Ghana you don’t have to personally know the person who died or any of their family members.
    Once they lived in your community you’re automatically invited.

    • @akosuaahwenepa5459
      @akosuaahwenepa5459 Год назад +7

      Mostly. 😂😂😂 and some may not even be related or live in the neighborhood, but just go there just to eat 😅😅, there's always free food at a funeral 😂😂

    • @melissayeboah1210
      @melissayeboah1210 Год назад +4

      ​​​@@akosuaahwenepa5459hock. They don't even know the person buh they cry louder than the deceased family 😂

    • @samuelyawbrobbey6481
      @samuelyawbrobbey6481 Год назад

      @@akosuaahwenepa5459 akosua no no😅😅

  • @kissPhamousStudio
    @kissPhamousStudio Год назад

    Ghana 🇬🇭 ❤️

  • @vivianboahemaah4382
    @vivianboahemaah4382 Год назад

    The body will be kept in the morgue for sometimes more than a month.my grandpa was kept in the morgue for 4months before burial and the funeral

  • @akosua8288
    @akosua8288 Год назад +2

    Hi my favourite couple, giving you a small clarification, with the who said the 41, it was for reference and how many nieces and nephews she's has been able to take care of with this work because 6 of her siblings have died, and this work is what is what is helping her take care of her mother and the 41 nieces and nephews.

  • @isaackonatey
    @isaackonatey Год назад +4

    We believe the soul of the departed can still be lingering so at least a grand celebration could give them closure to move on. A last brouhaha of sorts 😊.
    I feel like you get Ghana 🇬🇭 now no flaw in your interpretation. See you guys soon✊🏾.

    • @TheDemouchetsREACT
      @TheDemouchetsREACT  Год назад

      We try our best to understand,fam! Much love!

    • @josephquaye9756
      @josephquaye9756 Год назад

      The only thing is to make money out from the dead and nothing more. We know it takes fourty days for the departed soul to finally leave the earth to the ancestral according to some traditions. Why would you want to benefit from the dead but mostly despised them when they are alive?

  • @nanasarfo3817
    @nanasarfo3817 Год назад +1

    It's all about last respect 🙏 for the love one.

  • @dorcasanyimah9128
    @dorcasanyimah9128 Год назад

    We live a real life here in Ghana, the hardships, and all those kind of stuff but we are still happy here you have a feel of life real life the robotic kinda of life isn't our thing

  • @estherkumi6437
    @estherkumi6437 Год назад +1

    My mum was in the morgue for 5 months for us to prepare financially to give her a befitting burial so depends on pocket

  • @Ten_dai
    @Ten_dai Год назад

    Totally get the stops on the route to the final burial place. Usually places they lived, knew a lot of people etc. When my grandma died they did the same all the way to her hometown where she was buried

  • @markfrance293
    @markfrance293 Год назад +1

    How long till funeral and burial after death usually depends on the importance or family of the person.

  • @bismarkotchere4011
    @bismarkotchere4011 Год назад +1

    Some even pay for it to be mounted for years in remembrance of their loved ones. This is mounted before and after the burial.

  • @msnaadedei576
    @msnaadedei576 Год назад +2

    Traditionally the body should be kept for 40days
    But now people keep the corpse for a year or two

  • @theodoraocran8284
    @theodoraocran8284 Год назад +1

    People attend funerals who they know directly or indirectly through people who know the deceased or some just go to spectate or enjoy food from the after-party

  • @bellamom4485
    @bellamom4485 6 месяцев назад

    They keep them at the mock it depends on the family , if it’s a rich family yes up to six months if it’s king 👑 or a queen mother it can take two years because it’s a big celebration and you have to prepare for that

  • @nanakofi1710
    @nanakofi1710 Год назад

    That guy is a poet

  • @chimakalu41
    @chimakalu41 Год назад +2

    0:14 L o l she wants to build her own casket

  • @yvonneyayra
    @yvonneyayra Год назад +2

    Lol they didn’t even show the food and all

  • @swaggst
    @swaggst Год назад

    They keep it up for 3months or more. From when they die to their wake-keping,burial and sometimes after 40days

  • @solomontetteh4134
    @solomontetteh4134 Год назад

    The caskets can be damn funny. A fisherman who dies might just have a fish-shaped casket made for him, it's quite intriguing

  • @blessed4392
    @blessed4392 Год назад +3

    And the whole extended family is responsible for the cost of the funeral.

  • @giftyakowuah2628
    @giftyakowuah2628 Год назад +1

    The insurance system in Ghana does not take full responsibility for our funerals. They might collapse if they do. What they give you cannot even buy a casket

  • @ohemaaosika1124
    @ohemaaosika1124 Год назад

    Keeping the body for long or short periods depend on the kind of person. For instance if is a kid or a younger person, the body can be kept for 3 days to 2weeks but if is an adult or older person, the body can be kept for for 40days or 2months. And if the person is a king or queen that one is after 3 months or more. And even if u are an adult and u are the first child of ur parents to be dead and ur parents are still alive that one is after a week or two. So it depends on the type of person.

  • @jenn.a
    @jenn.a Год назад +2

    Ghanaians erhn we are low key extra hahahahahaha

  • @jenn.a
    @jenn.a Год назад

    some bodies can be kept for years. my grandfather was kept for 1 year. it is not the actual refrigerator lol

  • @jenn.a
    @jenn.a Год назад

    some of these billboards can be there for so long some end get destroyed by rain etc.

  • @foryoureyes3449
    @foryoureyes3449 Год назад +1

    Lol it depends
    If it's a chief or king it can take up to a year before the funeral is done and the body is buried

  • @princessnanadokwah3459
    @princessnanadokwah3459 Год назад +4

    Gh to the whole wiase 🌎 🔥🔥. That's the beauty of the+233s 🇬🇭 culture on the map ❤❤❤

  • @adminbentley5752
    @adminbentley5752 Год назад +1

    It some times takes over 6 month to even a year bury someone, it’s crazy

    • @josephquaye9756
      @josephquaye9756 Год назад

      Absolutely crazy. Greed and unnecessary family conflict over the decease.

  • @oshinegyir867
    @oshinegyir867 Год назад

    It's depends on individual

  • @maxwell3807
    @maxwell3807 Год назад

    Some go as much as 2 years!

  • @princessquarcoo925
    @princessquarcoo925 11 месяцев назад

    The body can stay in the morgue or a funeral for months until you are ready to do the funeral and burial

  • @jenn.a
    @jenn.a Год назад

    The dances have different interpretation depending on the occasion

  • @mikialyou1009
    @mikialyou1009 Год назад +1

    Some keep the body for over a year.

  • @asantewaaskitchen3527
    @asantewaaskitchen3527 6 месяцев назад

    My aunty was in the freezer for 9 months.

  • @jamesokyere
    @jamesokyere Год назад +2

    The crying is part of the culture. For the Ashanti culture we believe if a lot of people do cry at the funeral then it means the deceased loved people and treated them good. The more people cry and sad at the funeral the more people get to know him or her when he or she was alive and that’s why they go all out to go get people to come cry at the funeral

    • @TheDemouchetsREACT
      @TheDemouchetsREACT  Год назад

      ❤️❤️

    • @blackstargeneration3449
      @blackstargeneration3449 Год назад

      @@TheDemouchetsREACT if you are paying non-relatives to just cry, then there is no sincerity in the cries and its just for show, to give an impression. I think we can call those crocodile tears

  • @healingafricawithorganics4037
    @healingafricawithorganics4037 Год назад

    One this is not every funeral is planned the way you see in this video, some would cost as low as $500 to be done. The video you're reacting is a rich person's funeral
    Funerals are arranged based on the family's plans, it could be a month or done with specific time of their choice. Billboard are raised and pulled down just days afterwards. Funeral service is just one and the rest depends on the family whether to extend with games or donations activities or raise an foundation on their beloved person.

  • @bellamom4485
    @bellamom4485 6 месяцев назад

    You have to remember in America everything is fast fast, fast food paste so people don’t take their time to pay respect dead

  • @francisowusu6469
    @francisowusu6469 Год назад

    Yeah they do have people you can pay to cry for you

  • @georgeowusuamfo2058
    @georgeowusuamfo2058 Год назад +2

    But when you commit suicide,you will not have this kind of funeral,no matter how successful you are.

  • @nuxannharvey4932
    @nuxannharvey4932 Год назад

    Didn't they keep the late former president Mills a couple of years

  • @francisfuwaku
    @francisfuwaku Год назад

    some go as far as 1-year or more

  • @adminbentley5752
    @adminbentley5752 Год назад +2

    Well this paid mourners are only done by Ashantis

  • @gmog7857
    @gmog7857 Год назад

    Where was all that money when the person was alive and needed it? This is INSANITY....................................

  • @giftyakowuah2628
    @giftyakowuah2628 Год назад +17

    Am an Ashanti and sometimes when these paid mourners come around to "perform" I forget it is a funeral and I laugh.They are soo good. Am a proud Ashanti. God bless Asanteman and my Ghana❤🇬🇭

    • @tuebretling7998
      @tuebretling7998 Год назад +2

      There's nothing like 'Ashanti'. Learn your history

    • @evanswalig3246
      @evanswalig3246 Год назад

      ​@@tuebretling7998let her know the truth 😂

    • @adminbentley5752
      @adminbentley5752 Год назад

      @@tuebretling7998 what do you mean by that

    • @adminbentley5752
      @adminbentley5752 Год назад

      One dies and you pay someone to cry for you and you are proud, in this place funerals is just a business and has no spiritual meaning

    • @giftyakowuah2628
      @giftyakowuah2628 Год назад

      @@tuebretling7998 I know Ashanti is a corrupted word for Asante. When am speaking Asante Twi, I use Asante but when speaking to my father's people who are Ga - Adanbges I use Ashanti. I know much about my people my dear.