1. A festival is a cultural event or celebration that is usually conducted annually to mark a significant period, activity, or event that is of great importance to a community or society.
2. Five types of festivals in Ghana and their respective celebrants are:
a) Homowo festival - celebrated by the Ga people of Accra to mark the end of the farming season and to invoke blessings for a bountiful harvest.
b) Aboakyer festival - celebrated by the people of Winneba to mark the hunting expedition of their ancestors to the Krobo hills for a golden stool.
c) Kundum festival - celebrated by the Ahanta and Nzema people of the Western region to thank the gods for their protection and bountiful harvest.
d) Bakatue festival - celebrated by the people of Ada to mark the end of the fishing season and the beginning of the planting season.
e) Odwira festival - celebrated by the people of Akropong to give thanks to the gods and ancestors for their protection and success in hunting and farming.
1. What is a festival?
2. Five types of festivals in Ghana and people who celebrates them
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