According to a woman who makes a profession by crying at funerals, their fees vary depending on how many days they are required to cry.
Professional Kete and Adowa dancer Maame Ode claims that even though they sometimes have to cry for several days straight, paracetamol helps them deal with their headaches.
She said they didn’t need to know who had passed away in order to weep because it was their job decision.
“I just have to see the person’s face and tears will be dripping from my eyes. We charge based on the number of days we have to weep. We sometimes weep for three days after which we take paracetamol for our headaches,” she told Delay.
Weeping during funerals has become a marketed activity in the Ashanti Region.
People are instructed to cry during funerals in order to give the deceased a respectable burial.
