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A pen coffin is designed for a deceased teacher or author.

Ghana’s fantasy coffins: Fulfilling burial dreams one coffin at a time 

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In Ghana, coffin makers have elevated death into an art form, building fantasy coffins despite some raised eyebrows at this uncommon profession.

A worker paints a coffin at El Nuevo Renacer factory in Jucuapa, El Salvador.

In one of the deadliest countries in the world, there’s one business thriving — the coffin industry

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