Eguadoto Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Fantes in the Central Region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the month of August.[1][2] It is also celebrated by the people of Gomoa Ajumako near Apam.[3][4] It is also celebrated by the people of Gomoa Pomadze.[5]
Celebrations
editDuring the festival, visitors are welcomed to share food and drinks. The people put on traditional clothes and there is durbar of chiefs. There is also dancing and drumming.[6]
Significance
editThe festival is celebrated for the purification of the ancestral stools and marks the onset of fresh yams and the end of the famine period.[7][8][9]
References
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- ^ "Let's intensify education on peaceful election - Chief". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
- ^ "Major Festivals". www.ghanaembassyiran.com. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
- ^ "National Commission on Culture - Ghana - Enyan Abaasa Akwambo: celebration of a Fante Festival". www.s158663955.websitehome.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
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- ^ "Festivals in Ghana". touringghana.com. 2016-02-24. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
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