Household Prepares Nike Sneaker Coffin For Son Who died Shortly After Returning From US

A coffin designed to resemble a Nike sneaker has been ready for the burial of a Ghanaian returnee, popularly referred to as a “borga,” who reportedly died shortly after getting back from overseas.

Video circulating on-line reveals the elaborately crafted coffin, styled after a basic blue and white Nike sneaker full with the model’s signature swoosh, accompanied by the caption “Relaxation in peace Methodology.”

It’s mentioned that the deceased died Shortly after returning house from the US.

The coffin displays Ghana’s long-established “fantasy coffin” custom, most carefully related to the Ga individuals of Better Accra, through which caskets are custom-designed to mirror the career, pursuits, or private id of the deceased.

Sneaker-shaped coffins specifically date again to at the least the Nineteen Nineties, when grasp coffin artisan Paa Joe created designs for status-conscious purchasers, together with one now held within the everlasting assortment of the Brooklyn Museum in New York.

The id of the deceased, referred to within the video solely as “Methodology,” the particular circumstances of his demise, and the situation of the funeral haven’t been independently verified.

Watch the video HERE.