Dancing Pallbearers

Dancing Pallbearers, dem be known plus chaw names, wey dey include Dancing Coffin, Coffin Dancers, Coffin Dance Meme, anaa Coffin Dance, dem be group of pallbearers wey dey base for de coastal town of Prampram for Greater Accra Region of Southern Ghana, but dem dey perform across de country den outside Ghana."How Prampram pallbearers became an international sensation – and a meme". April 17, 2020. De founder den leader give de group be Benjamin Aidoo."Viral Coffin Dancers (internet meme legends)" – via www.youtube.com. Dema local name be Nana Otafrija Pallbearing den Waiting Service anaa Dada awu."Funeral dancers for hire". BBC News. Retrieved 2020-04-19.

De group gain worldwide attention thru BBC dema feature story for 2017 insyd."Africa Live: Def Jam comes to Africa to 'invest in talent'". BBC News. Retrieved 2020-05-27. For March 2020 insyd, de group cam turn internet meme as dem pair dema videos plus EDM song "Astronomia" by Tony Igy,Amter, Charlie (April 30, 2020). "Tracing the 'Coffin Dance' Meme Music's Path From Russia to Ghana to the World". wey esan gain popularity for video edits insyd."Ghana Pallbearers Funny Coffin Song Is Still in a Trend for a Meme". XdigitalNews. April 12, 2020.

 Origin 
Benjamin Aidoo wey dey lead de Dancing Pallbearers, wey he start de group as regular pallbear service for 2013 insyd."A Peep Into Ghana Dancing Pallbearers". Gistvic. 2020-04-02. Archived from the original on 2020-06-26. Retrieved 2020-05-23. Later nu, he get de idea make dem add choreography to dema pallbearing job. Dem dey charge extra fees if dem dance plus de coffin during funeral."Ghanaians really know how to celebrate when someone dies". Metro. 2017-07-27. Retrieved 2020-04-08.

De oldest for de clips dem reuse komot from YouTube by Travelin Sister for January 22nd, 2015."Coffin Dance / Dancing Pallbearers". Know Your Meme. 2020-03-30. Retrieved 2022-11-23. Though de Dancing Pallbearers first rise go wider prominence for 2017 insyd wen BBC News Report feature dem."Ghana's dancing pallbearers bring funeral joy". BBC. 2017-07-26. Retrieved 2020-04-20. De third video, wey depict pallbearers dem dey accidentally drop coffin during demma service, Facebook user Bigscout Nana Prempeth wey first post am for May 2, 2019, wey he gain ova 2,900 reactions, 4,600 shares den 350,000 views for one year insyd."Here's the story behind the 'coffin dance crew' we see on the internet every day". InqPOP!. April 13, 2020.

 Rise 
De video den plus similar material gain significant popularity for TikTok top as punchline give fail clips wey be manner similar to To Be Continued den We'll Be Right Back memes, e dey imply say de person for de fail video die. For example, for March 6, 2020, TikTok account Trickshots post version of de meme wey receive ova 2.9 million views den 237,000 likes.

 Oda appearances for media insyd 
De Dancing Pallbearers make appearance for internet memes insyd. For example, easter egg for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War insyd dey reference de meme."How to Complete Zombies Coffin Dance Easter Egg in COD: Black Ops Cold War". ScreenRant. 2020-11-23. Retrieved 2021-03-15. In addition, de meme experience revival for social media top after de White House COVID-19 outbreak, de tym wey Donald Trump test positive for COVID-19 for early October 2020 insyd."The Ghanaian Pallbearers Have Come For Trump". www.vice.com. Retrieved 2020-10-03.

 References 
Category:Ghanaian culture
Category:21st-century dance
Category:Funerals
Category:Ghanaian dancers

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