Festivals in Ghana are celebrated for many reasons pertaining to a particular tribe or culture, usually having backgrounds relating to an occurrence in the history of that culture. Examples of such occurrences have been hunger, migration, purification of either gods or stools, etc.
Reasons for celebrating festivals The importance of each festival's celebration includes: Planning developmental project. The festival is used as an occasions to meet and plan developmental projects in the area since most citizens are likely to attend. Purification of gods. The period is used to clean ancestral stools and perform important rites. Thanksgiving. The festival is used to thank the supreme God and the lesser gods for the guidance and protection National and political significance. Prominent people in the government are invited to explain government policies and programmes. Dispute resolution. The occasion is used to settle family and individual disputes for peaceful co-existence. To promote tourism. Some festivals celebrated in Ghana attract many foreign tourists to the country. An example is the Aboakyir festival. Tourism is the third foreign-exchange earner for Ghana.
List of traditional festivals and their month of celebration Festival in Ghana Ethnic group that celebrates Bakatue Elmina (Fante) HomowoGa Aboakyer Efutu (Winneba) KundumNzema Foo (Fao)Navrongo Kpini Chugu (Guinea fowl Festival)Dagombas, Mamprusis, Nanumbas, Kokombas and BasarisOhumAkim, Akuapem HogbetsotsoAnlo NgmayemKrobo Volo (Me/Lomo) Volos YamHoBuɣum Chuɣu (Fire Festival)al)Dagomba Dagbon, Gonja, Mamprusi and NanumbaBengGonjaLukusiVe (Near Hohoe)DanyibaKpandoFetu AfahyeOguaa (Cape Coast)Adae KeseAshanti Etc.AdaeAsante,Akim, AkwamuAsafotufiamAdaDzawuwu FestivalAgaveFiokBuilsaApaframAkwamuOsudoku FestivalAsutsuareAfenorto FestivalMepePapa FestivalKumawuOpemso FestivalKokofu-AnyinamƆvazu FestivalAkposoDamba festivalDagomba people, Gonja, MamprusiApoo festival Techiman, WenchiEddie FestivalWasa people
Below is a list of all traditional, religious commemorative festivals celebrated throughout the year in Ghana. These may not entirely consist of festivals of Ghanaian descent.
Commemorating farming season Kakube festival Kobine Festival
Commemorating migration Akwantukese Festival Hogbetsotso festival Keta-Some Tutuza Suma Akwantukese
Religious Akwasidae Festival Aboakyer festival Easter Christmas Eid al-Fitr Eid al-Adha
Film Festivals
Berlinale Spotlight: Accra Black Star International Film Festival (BSIFF) Accra Indie Filmfest Ndiva Women's Film Festival
Others Agadevi (Have, Afadzato South District, Volta Region) Agbamevo Festival Ahobaa Akwambo festival Akwantutenten (Worawora, Volta Region) Amu Festival Apoor Asafotu-fiam (Ada in the Eastern region) Asafotufiam Festival Asafua Festival Asogli Yam Festival Atu-Ho-Akye (Ejisu, Ashanti Region) Ayimagonu Festival Ayimagonu Festival Bakatue festival Beng Festival Chale Wote Street Art Festival Damba festival Danso Abaim & Ntoa Fukokuese Festivals (Techimentia & Nkoranza, in the Brong Ahafo Region) Dipo Festival (Manya Krobo, Yilo Krobo, Eastern Region) Dzawuwu Festival Dzohayem (Osudoku, Greater Accra) Edina Buronya Festival Eiok (War Festival) Alluolue festival Fetu Afahye Fiok (Sandema by the Builsas) Gbidukor Festival Gbidukor Festival Glimetoto Festival Golob (Tengzung, Upper East Region) Gologo festival Gwolgu Munufie festival Jintigi (All Gonja Towns, Northern Region) Kente Festival (Bonwire, Ashanti Region) Kloyosikplem festival (Ghana Eastern region) Kobine Kpalikpakpa zã (Kpalime Traditional Area in the Volta Region) Kpini-Kyiu Festival (Wa & Tongu, in the Upper East Region) Kpledjoo Kundum Festival Kwafie Meet Me There Weekender Mmoanniko Festival Nkyidwo (Essumeja) Ntoa Fokuose Nyidwoo Odambea Festival Odwira festival Paragbeile Festival Rice festival (Akpafu, in the Volta Region) Sasadu Festival Sometutuza (Keta) Tenghana Festival (Wa & Tongu, in the Upper East Region) Tongu Upper East Region Wilaa Festival (Takpo, Upper West Region) Yaa Asantewaa Festival Ɔvazu Festival (Akposokubi) Oti Region, formally Volta/Trans-Volta Togoland
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