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JANUARY    Festival

Festivals
ADAE KESE KUMASI/ASHANTI REGION
Procession of chiefs and elders to the durbar grounds with drumming and dancing.
   
MARCH/APRIL  
DIPO PUBERTY RITES MANYA KROBO
Procession of initiates and elders to the durbar grounds amidst drumming and dancing.
   
APRIL/MAY  
ABOAKYER WINNEBA
Procession of chiefs and elders to the durbar grounds to wait the arrival of the victorious “asafo” company (traditional civil and military organization) to present their wildlife catch to the Chief.
   
MAY  
DAMBA UPPER EAST
Procession of the chiefs and elders on horseback to the durbar grounds amidst drumming and dancing.
   
JULY  
BAKATUE ELMINA/CENTRAL REGION
Colourful and thrilling regatta on the “Benya Lagoon” and a durbar of chiefs to mark the beginning of the fishing season.
   
AUGUST  
ASAFOTUFIAM ADA/GREATER ACCRA
Procession of chiefs to the durbar grounds amidst the firing of musketry.
   
AUGUST/SEPTEMBER  
HOMOWO ACCRA/GREATER ACCRA
Procession of chiefs and people in a carnival mood and sprinkling of a traditional meal of “kpokpoi”, signifying the end of the famine experienced by their ancestors.
   
SEPTEMBER  
FETU AFAHYE CAPE COAST/CENTRAL
Procession of chiefs to burbar grounds after the ritual sacrifice of a cow and fetish dancing the previous day.
   
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER  
ODWIRA AKWAPIM/EASTERN REGION
A festival celebrated by the people of the Akwapim Traditional area. Odwira, an Akan word, means purification.
   
OCTOBER  
KUNDUM NZEMA/WESTERN REGION
It is celebrated by the Ahantas and the Nzema.
   
OCTOBER/NOVEMBER  
HOGBETSOTSO ANLO/VOLTA REGION
It is celebrated by the Anlo to commemorate their escape from the Tyrannical King Ago Koli of Ille Ife in Nigeria.
   
 
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