In Ghana today, funerals are no longer just solemn farewells to the departed. They have become grand spectacles stages where wealth is paraded, status is displayed, and grief is dressed in splendour.

Rituals around death are cultural expressions that occasionally collide with an individual's feelings. A supportive environment provides understanding within societal structures.

Rows of coffins line a university classroom in the South Korean port city of Busan, ready for use in training the funeral directors of the future in a rapidly ageing country. Students at the Busan ...

A TikTok video shows a BMW hearse transporting a coffin at a funeral processions. South Africans were split over the ...

Undas 2025 Who would not remember that one scene from the 1980s classic Himala, where people — all draped in black — walked ...

President John Dramani Mahama has announced Government’s decision to honour former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, ...

Explore the fascinating tradition of fantasy coffins in Ghana, where unique caskets symbolize the deceased's identity, ...

The funeral for Pope Francis will be held on Saturday, the Vatican said. Pope Francis, whose time as head of the Catholic Church was noted for humility and outreach efforts to people of disparate ...

Patricia Amankwaah, a Ghanaian woman who passed away during a candlelight vigil for Daddy Lumba in Hamburg on August 10, 2025 ...

Raila belonged to that now-tiny tribe of politicians who still spoke about justice and redistribution to the masses.

A man faked his own death so he could see how many people showed up at his funeral. Former Indian Air Force veteran Mohan Lal conducted a social experiment, faking his own funeral in the village of ...