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FESTIVAL  CALENDER


Festivals occur through-out the whole year in Ghana. Regardless of the month, you can experience, participate or witness one of the nicest and colourful festivals in any where in Ghana.


Below is a compilation of some of the major festivals with the months they take place in Ghana.



MONTH

FESTIVAL

 AREA/ETHNIC GROUP/REGION
JANUARY-FEBRUARY ID ELADHA MUSLIMS
APRIL KPLE JOO TEMA/ACCRA
APRIL DIPO FESTIVAL THE KROBOS/EASTERN REGION
APRIL KALIBI SANKANA  UPPER WEST
MARCH-APRIL EASTER  KWAHU
APRIL PAMYAM  SHAI
MAY ABOAKYERE WINNEBA
JULY-AUGUST HOMOWO GREATER ACCRA REGION
JULY BAKATUE CENTRAL REGION
JULY FETU-AFAHYE CAPE-COAST
JULY-AUGUST PANAFEST CAPE-COAST & ELIMINA
JULY-AUGUST DAMBA TAMALE, WA
AUGUST AKWAMBO AGONA SWEDRU/CENTRAL REGION
SEPTEMBER ODWIRA AKROPONG
JULY-SEPTEMBER OHUNKAN THE AKYEMS
JULY-SEPTEMBER KUNDUM SEKONDI-TAKORADI
DECEMBER ID EL FITR MUSLIMS






Below is a brief literature on some of the festivals mentioned above;

The Dipo Festival(initiation of adolescent girls into womanhood) by the Krobos,

The Aboakyere Festival(Deer Hunting Festival) by the people of Winneba,

The Odwira Festival by the people of Akropong and Mamfe.




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