“Our Last Honour”: Family Orders Spinning Casket for Late Mother, Organises Lavish Burial in Video
- A Nigerian family has caused a stir on social media after organizing a lavish burial ceremony for their late mother
- In a video, the body of the late woman was placed in an expensive white coffin that spun on a moving carrier
- While some netizens found the burial ceremony necessary, others had different things to say about the video
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A Nigerian family thought it wise to give their late mother a grand burial after she, unfortunately, passed away.
An intriguing video surfaced on social media showed the late woman's expensive white coffin.
The video, shared on TikTok by @ebele021, showed the coffin spinning around on its carrier as the late woman's children danced to a song playing in the background.
In the clip, undertakers carrying the coffin stood close to safeguard it as it kept on spinning.
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Reactions as family buries late mum in grand style
Mixed reactions have, however, trailed the video as some people lauded the lavish burial while others didn't.
Many others questioned the culture of show-off and ostentatious displays at funerals.
@josephineokpala22 said:
“Hope you people took good care of her when she was alive.”
@sampson__ said:
"Obi Cubana no do reach like this. Last honour for mama."
@JayBeeTay reacted:
“She will be feeling dizzy with all that spinning.”
@Lamarmide2 said:
“You won make mama enter heaven with all dis spinning.”
@kebangbakwe reacted:
“Only in Nigeria we take proper care of coffin.”
@bunmimaryoyewole said:
“You guys are turning mama eye abeg.”
@Anifa bb reacted:
“E don do eye go turn mama Abeg ooo.”
@PRETTY MABLE said:
“Everything na celebration for Igbo land.”
@Ayomisambig reacted:
“Show us video when she still alive.”
@Mohammed Danmama reacted:
“See money na technology day work ooo mama just day enjoy the toning nobi like the ones way them go throw up nd catch with dancing kerewawa.”
@glorybest43 said:
“Hope say mama enjoy wen she dey alive ooo.”
@user2247083039612 said:
“Hope you poeple take care of mama when she is alive.”
@mother of all Nation reacted:
“Hope una follow mama play when she dey alive because this play way una dey play with mama na eye go turn na ooo mama RIP.”
@Chiwendu Cynthia said:
“I hope you people take care of her when she was alive.”
Watch the video below:
Family buries girl under a phone-shaped tombstone
Meanwhile, YEN.com.gh reported earlier that family members gave a deceased 15-year-old girl a specific place to lie in keeping with her passions.
Theresa Sifaga, a phone addict, was buried behind a gravestone shaped like a phone in New Zealand. Her mother, father, and four siblings left her heartfelt comments on the smartphone-themed tombstone.
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Source: Legit.ng
David Otu-Aboagye David is a journalist with three years of experience in creating entertainment articles. He attended Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and graduated in 2021. His journalism journey started at Opera News as a writer/editor, from where he left to join YEN.com.gh in 2023. Reach out to him via: david.otu-aboagye@yen.com.gh
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