Benjamin Aidoo, the man behind the viral ‘dancing pallbearers’ meme, says he would be honoured to 'take Ronaldinho to his final home’.

Aidoo set up Nana Otafrija Pallbearing and Waiting Services in Accra in 2007, aiming to bring some joy into the funeral service by celebrating the life of the deceased with music and dance.
"Some people don't want to cry anymore,” Aidoo explained to Foot Mercato. “Others do cry, but whether they want to cry or not, we make them happy, we make them happy thanks to what we do.”
The company have now become famous beyond Ghana and all over the world, with one video of their service in particular finding popularity on social media.
A supporter of Barcelona and Chelsea, Aidoo was jokingly asked which footballer he would most like to take to their grave.
“I wish them a long life, of course, but if I had that chance, I dream of driving Ronaldinho to his last home!” he said. “Then Maradona and finally Messi. Ronaldinho is a player who has always impressed me.
“It would be a tribute from the dancer that I am to the dancer that he was in the field.”
There is some conflict in Aidoo’s footballing allegiance. As a Barca fan, he admits finding it difficult celebrating the success of Luis Suarez – the man who helped dump Ghana out of the 2010 World Cup with his last-gasp handball on the line to deny a certain goal.
“I'm divided. I am ashamed. I feel so bad,” he said. “Whenever I see this player, even when I hear his name, Suarez, I am sad.
“Because a hand from Suarez made my Ghana team return home without being able to play in the semi-finals, which was terrible.
“We have a saying here for Suarez. The name Suarez means the impossible. If you want to achieve something or go somewhere and Suarez is there, it means that you will not succeed. If you really want something and Suarez is there, you can never reach it.”
The resulting penalty from Suarez’ handball was infamously missed by Asamoah Gyan, Ghana’s top appearance-maker and record goalscorer. Despite his many accomplishments, Aidoo says many still haven’t forgiven him.
“No, no, they still haven't forgiven him,” he said. “You know that Ghanaians do not forgive.
“The day he missed the penalty, some Ghanaians went to his mother's house and harassed her. His failure had consequences on her mother's health after that, it was really sad.
“So his mother told Asamoah to never take a penalty in his life again. This is why you will never see Asamoah again venture to take a penalty. Because he promised never to risk it again, and now that his mother is 80 years old, I think he is following his wish, never to take a penalty for Ghana again.”
When Aidoo spoke to ‘Marca’ about what this phenomenon has meant and even dared to speak about football. “I would invite Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi and Ronaldinho to dance. Those three are my favourites,” he said.
“I love Ronaldo for his personality, for his way of being. Messi is my favourite player and Ronaldinho was always smiling. I love them and I would love to dance and play with them,” added Aidoo.
ronnie_luv
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i hope everyone reads the whole article before getting Offended. He is only showing his love towards Dinho
Nesaiknruy_Legend
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I read an interesting thing in the article unrelated to the title. It discuss Ghana 2010. All I will say is that in 2010 I had a Ghanaian friend who's dad owned a barber shop and we would sit in and watch every match for Ghana and all the guys in the shop would lose their minds when the team scored or did a big action. Especially when Ghana played Germany everyone lost their minds at times in the game but in a fun way lots of enjoyment. I'm not Ghanain myself but they are some of the most prideful and fun people to watch football with. They even had me supporting Ghana and cheering for Sulley Muntari 😅, the atmosphere was great.
cr7_king
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some ignorant fools didn't even read the article carefully before commenting and these people are football pundits who can tell you that Who is the best player of football. Pseudo intellectuals.
DrFranckeinstein
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The real problem is that only God knows if Ronaldinho or you who will die before the other. Future is unpredictable
saga27
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Don't spread hate , he is expressing his love to Ronaldinho