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How Dancing African Pallbearers Became A Worldwide Meme (And Why They’re Partying Like It’s 1349)

DANCE Posted: April 24, 2020 12:01 pm

No, it’s not a traditional practice, but there are pallbearers in Ghana who (at the bereaved’s request) will execute some slick moves while toting the coffin on their shoulders. The social mediaverse, as it’s wont to do, has turned images of these dancers into a meme — first to make fun of epic fails, now to express coronavirus dread and warn people to stay home and wear masks when out. Writer Dan Schindel makes the case that the choreographed casket carriers are just a 21st-century variant of a meme that goes back to medieval Europe. – Hyperallergic

DANCE Published: 04.23.20

Read the story in Hyperallergic Published: 04.23.20

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