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Historical documents video without sensitive content. 💀 The Coffin Dance is one of the most famous internet memes that became popular around the world in 2020. It features a group of professional pallbearers from Ghana dancing while carrying a coffin during a funeral ceremony. The tradition was created to celebrate the life of the deceased in a unique and respectful way while also bringing energy and emotion to the funeral procession. The meme became globally famous when people started combining the videos with the electronic music track Astronomia by Tony Igy and Vicetone. Internet users began adding the scene to videos showing funny mistakes or unexpected failures. Just before something embarrassing or disastrous happened the video would suddenly cut to the dancing pallbearers as a humorous way of saying that the situation was over in a dramatic fashion. During the COVID 19 pandemic the meme spread rapidly across social media platforms and became a symbol of dark humor on the internet. Even today the Coffin Dance remains one of the most recognizable memes in online culture. #Hantavirus#coronavirus