How About A Casket That Reflects Your Profession
Here's an idea we recently spotted in the British magazine Farmer's Weekly. Writer Wendy Jones made an interesting proposal: Why be buried in an ordinary square casket when you could be buried in a custom-built box that tells people something about you?
She got the idea in Ghana, Africa, where people are generally buried in a casket that symbolizes their profession. For example, a teacher might be buried inside a giant pencil, a baker in a loaf of bread, a taxi driver in a taxi and a preacher in a big Bible-shaped box.
Jones suggested that farmers might want to pick up on the custom. If you grow corn, you could meet your maker in a big ear of corn. If you raise chickens, maybe a chicken-shaped casket is for you. Or maybe you have a pickup that is particularly beloved. Why not have a casket made to resemble it?
In Ghana, coffin craftsmen set up stalls near churches. Their colorful caskets are made out of lightweight wood, painted in bright colors. You can buy all kinds of ready-made boxes, or order one in advance.
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How About A Casket That Reflects Your Profession FARM HOME Miscellaneous 24-1-5 Here's an idea we recently spotted in the British magazine Farmer's Weekly. Writer Wendy Jones made an interesting proposal: Why be buried in an ordinary square casket when you could be buried in a custom-built box that tells people something about you?
She got the idea in Ghana, Africa, where people are generally buried in a casket that symbolizes their profession. For example, a teacher might be buried inside a giant pencil, a baker in a loaf of bread, a taxi driver in a taxi and a preacher in a big Bible-shaped box.
Jones suggested that farmers might want to pick up on the custom. If you grow corn, you could meet your maker in a big ear of corn. If you raise chickens, maybe a chicken-shaped casket is for you. Or maybe you have a pickup that is particularly beloved. Why not have a casket made to resemble it?
In Ghana, coffin craftsmen set up stalls near churches. Their colorful caskets are made out of lightweight wood, painted in bright colors. You can buy all kinds of ready-made boxes, or order one in advance.
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