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# Coffin Dance

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Internet meme · Classic

# Coffin Dance

A meme built on the Ghanaian dancing pallbearers performing funeral processions, later paired with the song Astronomia to create a morbidly humorous Internet trend.

- First seen: 2017-01-01
- Last seen: 2026-10-31
- Uses cited: 3
- Revision: 2

## Where it started

Dancing Pallbearers is the informal name given to a group of pallbearers from Nana Otafrija Pallbearing and Waiting Service who are based in the coastal town of Prampram in the Greater Accra Region of southern Ghana, although they perform across the country and outside of Ghana. The founder and leader of the group is Benjamin Aidoo. Locally, they are referred to as Dada awu ('Daddy's dead'). The group initially gained worldwide attention through a BBC News feature story in 2017. In March 2020, the group became an internet meme when the videos were paired with the EDM song "Astronomia" by Tony Igy, prompting additional popularity through video edits.

## The use timeline

1. 2017-01-01

    

   A group of Ghanaian pallbearers that respectfully dance during funeral processions were covered by the BBC in 2017 and gained some initial Internet popularity. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, a popular TikTok video combined the BBC footage with the EDM song "Astronomia" from Russian artist Tony Igy, creating a meme that appeared to spread as a morbidly humorous reminder about the dangers of COVID-19.
2. 2017-01-01

    

   Wikidata Q89756027: Coffin Dance — Ghanaian dancing pallbearers.

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