Peru's dancing undertakers offering an alternative to solemn funerals

  • 11 days ago
Dancing to the tune of a local band, four pallbearers carry a coffin performing choreographies through the streets of a northern Peruvian village. The so-called "dancers of death" evoking the famous Ghanaian "dancing pallbearers," has taken root in northern Peru, especially in rural villages, where farewells to the dead are usually more festive than solemn.

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