The Bugum Chugu (Fire Festival) is the first Dagomba festival in the year. It is celebrated in the first month of the Dagomba lunar year, the Bugum Goli (the month of fire), and is celebrated on the ninth day of the month. The origin of the festival dates back to the Read more…
Adae Kese Festival (“big resting place”) is a celebration of the Ashanti. It glorifies the achievements of the Asante kingdom. It is also the occasion when the purification ceremony of Odwira is performed at the burial shrines of ancestral spirits. Generally, this coincides with the harvest season of yam and hence Read more…
The Fetu Afahye is a festival celebrated by the chiefs and peoples of Cape Coast in the Central region of Ghana. The festival is celebrated on the first Saturday in the month of September every year. The Fetu Afahye is celebrated annually by the Oguaa people of Cape Coast because in Read more…
The Ngmayem Festival is a harvest celebration that takes place in March in Manya Krobo in southeastern Ghana. The festival has been held annually since 1944 to foster tribal unity, but it commemorates the end of a famine that occurred hundred of years ago. The festival derives its name from the historic Read more…
The Hogbetsotso festival is celebrated by the chiefs and people of Anloga in the Volta region of Ghana. The festival is celebrated annually on the first Saturday in the month of November. The name of the festival is derived from the Ewe language and translates as, the festival of exodus. or “coming from Hogbe Read more…
The Kundum festival is celebrated by the Ahanta or Nzema people of the Western region of Ghana. It is celebrated to thank God for the abundance of food at the time of the harvest period of the area. The festival is believed to have first been celebrated in the 16th century. The Read more…
Homowo is a festival celebrated by the Ga people of Ghana. The festival starts in the month of May with the planting of crops before the rainy season starts. During the festival, they perform a dance called Kpanlogo. The Ga people celebrate Homowo in the remembrance of the famine that once happened in their history in precolonial Ghana. Read more…
Bakatue Festival is celebrated by the chiefs and peoples of Elmina in the Central region of Ghana. The festival, established at least as far back as 1847, is celebrated on the first Tuesday in the month of July every year. The festival is used to mark the beginning of the fishing season in Elmina. The name Bakatue is got from Read more…
Ghana is a country of 24.6 million people, comprising dozens of native ethnic groups, such as: the Akans in the centre and South of the country; the Ga and Adangbe in, around and East of Accra; the Guang peoples in the rain forest; the Dagombas, Mamprusi and related peoples in Read more…