{"id":25962,"date":"2022-09-24T15:53:44","date_gmt":"2022-09-24T15:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/uncategorized\/a-ghanaian-view-of-the-queens-funeral-they-march-we-dance"},"modified":"2022-09-24T16:27:00","modified_gmt":"2022-09-24T16:27:00","slug":"a-ghanaian-view-of-the-queens-funeral-they-march-we-dance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/a-ghanaian-view-of-the-queens-funeral-they-march-we-dance","title":{"rendered":"A Ghanaian View Of the Queen’s Funeral: ‘They March, We dance’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Ghana. <\/strong><\/span>We do not have any personality that ranks on the scale of Queen Elizabeth II, so it is probably not fair to compare her funeral with how we do funerals here in Ghana. But since we pride ourselves on being world leaders in funerals, it is not surprising that we have been watching the spectacle of her funeral with keen interest. The first major departure from a grand funeral, as we know it, is to have buried the Queen within 10 days of her death. In Ghana, the greater the status of the dead person, the longer the wait for the funeral. We seem to think that to bury someone quickly after her death is to show disrespect. To illustrate with a personal experience, my siblings and I are still seen in a bad light in our home village because we buried our mother three weeks after her death. We are told with disgust that we buried our mother like she was a fowl! So, it will take some getting used to the fact that the Queen died on 8 September and was buried on 19 September.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Ghana. We do not have any personality that ranks on the scale of Queen Elizabeth II, so it is probably not fair to compare her funeral with how we do funerals here in Ghana. 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