Coffin Dance (Dancing Pallbearers)
Coffin Dance (Dancing Pallbearers) Coffin Dance meme features a group of Ghanaian pallbearers carrying a coffin while dancing in choreographed formation, set to the EDM track 'Astronomia.' It became a global punchline for fail videos during 2020.
Origin
The dancers are the Nana Otafrija pallbearing group from Prampram, Ghana, led by Benjamin Aidoo, who added choreography to funeral services starting in the 2000s. A BBC News feature in 2017 first brought them international attention. In early 2020 their footage was paired with 'Astronomia,' a track by Russian producer Tony Igy famously remixed by Dutch duo Vicetone.
Spread
Beginning February and March 2020, TikTok and YouTube creators tacked the dancing-pallbearers clip onto the end of fail or accident videos as a darkly comic way to imply the person had died. The format exploded during the early COVID-19 lockdowns, becoming one of the defining memes of 2020.
Legacy
Coffin Dance turned a Ghanaian funeral tradition into a worldwide symbol of gallows humor, sitting alongside 'To Be Continued' as a punchline for disaster clips. Benjamin Aidoo and his dancers gained international fame from it.
The Chain Trail
No tracked memecoin is currently mapped to this meme.
Key facts
- Features Benjamin Aidoo's Nana Otafrija dancing pallbearers from Prampram, Ghana.
- First covered internationally by BBC News in 2017.
- Set to 'Astronomia' by Tony Igy, remixed by Vicetone.
- Went viral as a fail-video punchline in early 2020.
- Became one of the defining memes of the COVID-19 lockdown era.
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