Akwantukese Festival is a festival celebrated by the people of New Juaben traditional area in the Eastern Region of Ghana.
01 · What it is
Living Tradition
Documented cultural tradition on record; family classification awaits an editor.
02 · Where & name
Ghana
Placed on record in Ghana.
03 · How it is doing
□□□□ (Not yet assessed)
Documented in open cultural records, but no cited field assessment of its current vitality has been added here yet.
04 · Proof & reuse
2 cited sources
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Chapter Takeaways
HistoryThe Akwantukese Festival commemorates the great migration of the Juabens and their allies from their ancestral homes in Asante to establish the New Juaben settlement in the Eastern Region specifically in Koforidua some…
Common Questions Answered on Record
What is Akwantukese Festival in plain words?
Akwantukese Festival is a festival celebrated by the people of New Juaben traditional area in the Eastern Region of Ghana.
Where is Akwantukese Festival practised or documented?
Sources on this page place Akwantukese Festival in Ghana.
What is the current condition of Akwantukese Festival today?
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Cite as: "Akwantukese Festival." folkroom, https://folkroom.org/art-forms/akwantukese-festival, text CC BY-SA, with attribution.
Akwantukese Festival is a festival celebrated by the people of New Juaben traditional area in the Eastern Region of Ghana. It is celebrated to mark the epic journey of the people from Juaben in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
They settled not only with their history but the earnest desire to replicate or emulate some communities from their former home in Juaben. Just as there is Oyoko, Asokore, Effiduase and Koforidua in the currently known Ashanti Region, some towns in Koforidua are known to have such names. 1
History
The Akwantukese Festival commemorates the great migration of the Juabens and their allies from their ancestral homes in Asante to establish the New Juaben settlement in the Eastern Region specifically in Koforidua some 135 years ago. They were led by one Asafo Adjei. This festival signifies hope and unity for the people of New Juaben. 1
The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Akwantukese Festival”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. 1
Akwantukese Festival is festival of the people of New Juaben in Ghana, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 2
The source record links this tradition to 1 external register, which can be verified through the citation. 2