Saturday I will be hitting the road with Chris Gyimah, a math teacher. We are headed to his village located in the Eastern Region of Ghana. It’s also in Ghana’s “high country” so Gyimah promises me it’s going to be cooler there.
Why are we going? It’s funeral day in his village. Apparently it’s common in rural places to have designated funeral days every so many weeks. He says “when there are enough dead bodies” they have a funeral day. This saves people the hassle of having to travel to the village too frequently to attend funerals. He says with a chuckle, they just “keep them on ice for some time.”
I’ll take plenty of pictures and video and share them when I return on Sunday.
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Thanks for including the map! Can't wait to see the pictures of a totally different side of a Ghana. And hear your experience with funerals and Gyimah's village.
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