Police around the world dance the ‘coffin dance’ to raise awareness

The coronavirus pandemic generated hundreds of memes, social media posts and videos on the internet. None have gained as much popularity and spawned dozens of versions around the globe as the “coffin dance.”

In 2017, a BBC video report of a group of six dancing pallbearers in Ghana went viral, garnering millions of views worldwide.

Three years later, social media users paired the footage with a decade old track from Russian composer and artist Tony Igy called “Astronomia,” and the darkly-humorous “coronavirus coffin dance” was born.

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