GRAVE YARDS


If there's anything that hasn't changed much over the years, it's graveyards.

but owing to a number of pressure including dwindling land space, cemeteries are  taking  a new trend.

 tv3's daniel lartey explores how graveyards of the 21st century are starting to change into something that barely resembles their previous form.

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there is no doubt that the dead are treasured, and this is evident in the  kind of cemetery you are buried lately.

from as low as 550 cedis to a rate as high as 17,400.

yes! thats how much it would cost for a grave

the traditional cemetery at awudome and the plush private cemetery at shiashie continue to compete for patronage.

 at the twin cemetery of awodome, tombs dug ranged between 550 ghana cedis for vault and 80 ghana cedis for ordinary, while osu charges 800 ghana cedis for both ordinary and vault.

but the more ridiculous price lies with the private company at shiashie  where one has to pay 17400 for the first fifteen years.

but there is a catch it is not a permanent resting place. It is a lease system spanning 30 years,

but the choice is between the young generation of mourners  and the old.

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modern day cemeteries are beginning to experiment with everything from environmentally friendly graveyards to simple tombstones

this some describes as an experience which couldn't be any better.

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could it also be the quiet and tranquility the private ones offer?

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but there are those  who believe in the public cemeteries to re-discover one's roots or heritage;

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to them, public graveyards are reserved for the powerful, rich and famous.

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director of metro public health department, dr. simpson boating says the trend is worrying

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but there is much the average person does not know about cemeteries.

the myth of "six feet deep;" graves are now usually dug at about four feet.

because there is less likelihood of a disease spreading as perceived years ago.

cemetery is from a greek term meaning "sleeping place"  most grave art at the awudome and osu bear colonial style.

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