Kalibi Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Sankana, a town in the Nadowli-Kaleo district in the Upper West Region of Ghana.[1][2] It is usually celebrated in the month of April.[3][4][5]
Celebrations
editDuring the festival, visitors are welcomed to share food and drinks. The people put on traditional clothes and there is a durbar of chiefs, as well as dancing and drumming.[6]
Significance
editThis festival is celebrated to commemorate the victory of the local people over the slave raiders led by Babatu and Samori in 1896.[7] It also serves as an occasion where the ancestors are asked for good health and prosperity.[8]
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- ^ "National Commission on Culture - Ghana - Upper West Region". www.s158663955.websitehome.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
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