![]() The video received more than 98,000 views in less than two days. In the video, the group talks about their viral success and the coronavirus pandemic. On May 4th, 2020, BBC News Africa published a follow-up video on the Dancing Pallbearers. On YouTube, compilations of Dancing Pallbearer memes, often referred to as Dancing Coffin memes or Astronomia memes, were posted. For example on March 20th, 2020, Facebook page J e k y uploaded an edit that was received over 660 reacts and 2,600 shares in one week. In the following weeks, the meme received further spread to Twitter, Instagram and other online platforms. A March 14 meme by gained over 7.2 million views and 478,400 likes (shown below, right). A March 12th meme by TikTok user received over 2.7 million views and 330,800 likes (shown below, center). For example, on March 6th, 2020, TikTok account Trickshots posted a version of the meme that received over 2.9 million views and 237,000 likes (shown below, left). In the following weeks, the video gained significant popularity on TikTok as a punchline for FAIL clips in a manner similar to To Be Continued and We'll Be Right Back memes memes, implying that the person in the FAIL video has died. The TikTok received over 4.5 million views and 474,700 likes in one month (shown below). On February 26th, 2020, TikTok user (previously posted the earliest known instance of the meme (made by an unknown author) in which the video, paired with the song, was used as a punchline for a FAIL clip. The exact first instance of the video being paired with the EDM track "Astronomia" by Tony Igy is unknown. On May 3rd, 2019, the video was reuploaded to YouTube where it received over 725,000 views in one year. The third video, which depicted pallbearers accidentally dropping a coffin during their dance, was first posted by Facebook user Bigscout Nana Prempeth on May 2nd, 2019, gaining over 2,900 reactions, 4,600 shares and 350,000 views in one year (shown below). That video received over 681,000 views in three years (shown below, right). Another video, a report by BBC News Africa, was uploaded to YouTube on July 27th, 2017. The video received over 2.9 million views in five years. The first of the three most popular videos that gained popularity in connection with the trend was uploaded to YouTube by Travelin Sister on January 22nd, 2015 and depicted Ghana's cultural phenomenon of dancing pallbearers (shown below, left). In late May 2020, a Coffin Dance remix video was shared by Donald Trump on his official Facebook page, which mocked a controversial statement made by Democratic rival Joe Biden. In March 2020, the videos, paired with EDM song "Astronomia" by Tony Igy, gained popularity in FAIL edits, similar to To Be Continued and We'll Be Right Back memes. ![]() ![]() ![]() Dancing, pallbearers, coffin, remix, video, astronomia, edm, carriers, casket, fail, funeral, techno, music, tony igy, coffin dancers, cofin, grave rave, dancing coffin, coffin dance, travelin sister, bigscout nana prempeth, ReferencesĩGAG Meme Generator Reddit Twitter Urban Dictionary Wikipedia AboutĬoffin Dance, also known as Dancing Pallbearers or Dancing Coffin, refers to several videos showing Ghanian pallbearers dancing while they are carrying a coffin. ![]()
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