The Akwantutenten Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and peoples of Worawora in the Jasikan District in the Oti Region of Ghana formally Volta region who are Akans. It is usually celebrated in September.
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The Akwantutenten Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and peoples of Worawora in the Jasikan District in the Oti Region of Ghana formally Volta region who are Akans.
01 · What it is
Living Tradition
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02 · Where & name
Ghana
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03 · How it is doing
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04 · Proof & reuse
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Chapter Takeaways
CelebrationsDuring the festival, there is a grand durbar of chiefs where they sit in state and receive homages from their subjects.
SignificanceThis festival is celebrated to mark the exodus of the people of Worawora who migrated from Kuntunase in the Ashanti-land to their current abode.
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What is Akwantutenten Festival in plain words?
The Akwantutenten Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and peoples of Worawora in the Jasikan District in the Oti Region of Ghana formally Volta region who are Akans.
The tradition & historical record
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The Akwantutenten Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and peoples of Worawora in the Jasikan District in the Oti Region of Ghana formally Volta region who are Akans. It is usually celebrated in September. 1
Celebrations
During the festival, there is a grand durbar of chiefs where they sit in state and receive homages from their subjects. People all over and other Akans come to the Worawora township to show off their best. A ritual of cleansing and pacification of stools and shrines are done in black wear. 1
Significance
This festival is celebrated to mark the exodus of the people of Worawora who migrated from Kuntunase in the Ashanti-land to their current abode. The festival involves a pilgrimage to their former settlements up the hills where they overlook the hills at which foot where their present settlements location. 1
The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Akwantutenten Festival”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. 1
Akwantutenten Festival is Festival of Worawora people, 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.