See Fish Casket AkwaIbom Man Was Buried In + Other Interesting Caskets

An  Akwa-Ibom man who  opted to “swim to the great beyond” by being buried in a fish casket is currently trending online.

The photos were shared on social networking site Facebook by Essien Ndueso, the Special Assistant to the Akwa-Ibom state Governor on Media.

He wrote: 

Could it be that the man loved eating fish, or he was a fisherman or came from the great ‘Iyak’ family?

I witnessed this scene on Nwaniba road this morning around St Luke’s Hospital.

Note, i didnt say the man turned into a fish o, i only saw a fishlike casket.. perhaps my friend Uwemedimoh Umanah who owns a fish farm and also loves fisherman soup can explain this better why a man would choose to swim to eternal glory.

Happy weekend folks

Photos below:

The practice of burying people in caskets modeled after something a deceased person liked it did in his life time is actually very popular in some parts of Ghana. Caskets resembling bottles, planes, cameras, birds etc are not unusual. Some photos below:

Interesting right? Do leave your comments.