🇬🇭Ga (Gamei)
People of Accra; kpodziemo outdooring and the famous figurative coffins.
Customs they practice
2 recorded rites, each with its steps and its WHY.
Outdooring · the Akan and Ga eighth-day naming
On the eighth day the newborn is brought outdoors for the first time, shown to the sky and community, and given names including the day name that every Akan and Ga person carries.
🇬🇭 🇨🇮 🇹🇬 🇧🇯Akan · Ga · Ewe
Abebuu adekai · the Ga fantasy coffins
Ga carpenters of Accra build figurative coffins shaped as the life of the deceased: a fish for the fisherman, a Mercedes for the driver, a Bible for the deacon; the funeral parades the life’s work.
🇬🇭Ga
Names from this tradition
14 names in the decoder, meaning first.
Mensah
AI-aggregatedThe third-born child.
Surname & clan🇬🇭 🇨🇮Akan & Ga (Ghana)
Aku
AI-aggregatedborn on Monday
Given name🇬🇭Ga (Ghana)
Naa
AI-aggregatedborn on Thursday
Given name🇬🇭Ga (Ghana)
Korkor
AI-aggregatedpeace
Given name🇬🇭Ga (Ghana)
Tei
AI-aggregatedfirstborn
Given name🇬🇭Ga (Ghana)
Adjeley
AI-aggregatedremedy
Given name🇬🇭Ga (Ghana)
Tetteh
AI-aggregatedfirstborn of twins
Given name🇬🇭Ga (Ghana)
Ashong
AI-aggregatedsixth born
Given name🇬🇭Ga (Ghana)
Manye
AI-aggregatedpeaceful soul
Given name🇬🇭Ga (Ghana)
Okai
AI-aggregatedsecond born
Given name🇬🇭Ga (Ghana)
Nii
AI-aggregatedborn on
Given name🇬🇭Ga (Ghana)
Oboshie
AI-aggregatedninth born
Given name🇬🇭Ga (Ghana)