In Asante culture, when a prominent person or royal dies, this is commonly seen. A cock is an important animal..its cry wakes us up in the morning. Despite its importance and majesty, it's powerless in the jaws of death. The cock signifies man, and the man signifies death. https://twitter.com/PulseGhana/status/1354400792011268100

This is to remind us that we're just mere mortals No matter our importance, power, & significance in society, we cannot escape death.

Reminds me of the Akan saying : nipa bɛgyee ne din, w'ammɛ pre nyinkyerɛ which means a man was born to seek the glory of his name, not along life

But its scary to see in person tho..the first time I saw something like that was at Manhyia palace. I almost ran away